Matti Sundelin

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Matti Sundelin (born 4 December 1934) is a Finnish former footballer who played as a forward.

Sundelin was born in Turku. At club level he played for TPS. He scored 30 goals in the 1960 Mestaruussarja season, which is still the record for top-tier football in Finland. In the same season he scored seven goals against IF Drott, which is still[ when? ] the record number of goals scored in a single top-tier football match in Finland. [1] He earned five caps at international level between 1937 and 1941, scoring two goals.

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