Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 15 October 1944 | ||
Place of birth | Landskrona, Sweden | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1962–1965 | Landskrona BoIS | ||
1966–1970 | Djurgårdens IF | 104 | (30) |
1971–1980 | Landskrona BoIS | ||
International career | |||
1970–1974 | Sweden [1] | 16 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1983–1985 | Landskrona BoIS | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Claes Cronqvist (born 15 October 1944) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a striker.
Claes Cronqvist began his career in Landskrona BoIS in 1962, and played in 1966–1970 for Djurgårdens IF and became a Swedish champion during his first year in his new club. In 1971, he transferred back to Landskrona BoIS, where he won the Swedish cup in 1972 and two bronze medals for the seasons 1975 and 1976. He set the record for most red cards in Allsvenskan (7), later matched by Mats Rubarth, in a time when the red card was less common.
He was capped 16 times for the Sweden national team and was on the squads in the 1970 FIFA World Cup and in the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
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He later worked as a trainer in the lower divisions. In 2015 Claes Cronqvist was honored with a stone at the Landskrona Walk of Fame.
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