Stig Sundqvist

Stig Sundqvist
Personal information
Date of birth	19 July 1922
Place of birth	Boden, Sweden
Date of death	3 August 2011 (aged 89)
Place of death	Jönköping, Sweden
Position(s)	Striker, midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
–1949	Vittjärvs IK
1949–1950	IFK Norrköping
1950–1953	Roma
International career
1949–1950	Sweden
Managerial career
1955–1958	GIF Sundsvall
	Jönköpings Södra IF
Medal record
Representing Sweden
FIFA World Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stig "Vittjärv" Sundqvist (19 July 1922 – 3 August 2011) was a Swedish professional footballer who played as a forward or midfielder.^[1]

Career

Sundqvist played 11 games for the Sweden national team and scored 3 goals at the 1950 FIFA World Cup, helping Sweden to a third-place finish and their first ever World Cup medal. After the World Cup he left Swedish side IFK Norrköping for the Italian club A.S. Roma, where he remained until 1953.^[2] Upon returning to Sweden he was active in coaching, among other teams Jönköpings Södra IF, for several years.^[3]

During his active days he was known by the nickname "Vittjärv", after the Swedish village where he grew up.^[3]

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[4]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Sweden	1949	5	0
Sweden	1950	6	3
Total		11	3

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sundqvist goal.

List of international goals scored by Stig Sundqvist
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	29 June 1950	Estadio Durival de Brito, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil	Paraguay	1–0	2–0	1950 FIFA World Cup	^[5]
2	13 July 1950	Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil	Uruguay	2–1	2–3	1950 FIFA World Cup	^[6]
3	16 July 1950	Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil	Spain	1–0	3–1	1950 FIFA World Cup	^[7]

Sweden

^ Andersson, Lars-Henrik (4 August 2011). "Fotbollslegendaren Stig "Vittjärv" Sundqvist avled natten mot onsdagen " (in Swedish). Norrländska Socialdemokraten. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
^ "Italienproffs som blev stor också i Medelpad". Sundsvalls Tidning (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Från Korpen till VM-brons". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 21 September 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
^ "Stig Sundqvist - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 March 2021.
^ "Sverige - Paraguay - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 March 2021.
^ "Sverige - Uruguay - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 March 2021.
^ "Sverige - Spanien - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 March 2021.

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