Karl-Erik Palmér

Karl-Erik Palmér

Palmér in Malmö FF in 1949
Personal information
Date of birth	(1929-04-17)17 April 1929
Place of birth	Malmö, Sweden
Date of death	2 February 2015(2015-02-02) (aged 85)
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1948–1951	Malmö FF	49	(22)
1951–1958	Legnano	192	(21)
1958–1959	Juventus	3	(0)
1960	Malmö FF	3	(0)
Total		247	(43)
International career
1949–1950	Sweden	14	(10)
Medal record Representing  Sweden FIFA World Cup 1950 Brazil
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Karl-Erik "Calle" Palmér (17 April 1929 – 2 February 2015) was a Swedish professional football player who played as a midfielder.

Career

He represented Malmö FF, Legnano, and Juventus during a club career that spanned between 1948 and 1960. A full international between 1949 and 1952, he won 14 caps and scored ten goals for the Sweden national team. He scored three goals in five games as Sweden finished third at the 1950 FIFA World Cup.

Personal life

Palmér was the father of former professional footballer Anders Palmér who also represented the Sweden national team and won the Swedish Championship with Malmö FF.^[1]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Sweden	1949	4	4
	1950	10	6
Total		14	10

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

List of international goals scored by Karl-Erik Palmér

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	2 October 1949	Malmö IP, Malmö, Sweden	Finland	5–1	8–1	1948–51 Nordic Football Championship	[2]
2	13 November 1949	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland	Republic of Ireland	1–0	3–1	1950 FIFA World Cup qualifier	[3]
3				2–0
4				3–1
5	8 June 1950	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	Netherlands	2–0	4–1	Friendly	[4]
6	29 June 1950	Estadio Durival de Brito, Paraná, Brazil	Paraguay	2–0	2–2	1950 FIFA World Cup	[5]
7	13 July 1950	Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil	Uruguay	1–0	2–3	1950 FIFA World Cup	[6]
8	16 July 1950	Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil	Spain	3–0	3–1	1950 FIFA World Cup	[7]
9	24 September 1950	Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo, Norway	Norway	2–0	3–1	1948–51 Nordic Football Championship	[8]
10	29 June 1958	Stade des Charmilles, Geneva, Switzerland	Switzerland	1–2	2–4	Friendly	[9]

Honours

Malmö FF

• Allsvenskan: 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51

Juventus

• Coppa Italia: 1958–59

Sweden

• FIFA World Cup third place: 1950

Individual

• Stor Grabb: 1950^[10]

References

1. "MFF-ikonen Calle Palmér död". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 3 February 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
2. "Sverige - Finland - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
3. "Sverige - Irland - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
4. "Sverige - Nederländerna - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
5. "Sverige - Paraguay - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
6. "Sverige - Uruguay - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
7. "Sverige - Spanien - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
8. "Norge - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
9. "Schweiz - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
10. "Stora Grabbars Märke". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.

External links

• Career summary by playerhistory.com
• Karl-Erik Palmér at National-Football-Teams.com
• Obituary, SVT Sport at the Wayback Machine (archived February 3, 2015)
• Picture of his career Archived 17 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Sydsvenskan