Nils Gunnar Nordahl was a Swedish professional footballer. A highly prolific, powerful, and physically strong striker, with an eye for goal, he is best known for his spell at AC Milan from 1949 to 1956, in which he won the scudetto twice, and also the title of pluricapocannoniere, with an unprecedented five top scorer (capocannonieri) awards, more than any other player in the history of the Italian championship.
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The 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup bidding process is the process used by FIFA to select the host for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup. Brazil won the hosting rights on 17 May 2024.
The bidding process for the UEFA Women's Euro 2029 will be the process by which the location for the 15th UEFA Women's Championship or commonly referred as UEFA Women's Euro 2029, will be selected.
Denmark and 
Sweden – After the two nations failed to receive the 2025 hosting rights with Finland and Norway, the president of the Swedish Football Association, Fredrik Reinfeldt said they would look into potentially bidding in the future. [4] On 8 February, before the 2024 UEFA Congress in Paris, Denmark and Sweden expressed an interest in hosting the event. [5] [6] The four Nordic countries planned to bid again, but after the evaluation report for 2025 stated the likelihood of winning would increase with only two hosts, Denmark and Sweden decided to pair up. [7] [8] Norway was reportedly disappointed with their decision and wants to negotiate with them about joining the bid. [9] [10] On 24 April 2024, Denmark and Sweden decided against bringing Norway into the bid. [11] Denmark previously hosted the UEFA Women's Euro 1991 while Sweden already hosted the men's UEFA Euro 1992, 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, UEFA Women's Euro 1997, co-hosted by Norway and UEFA Women's Euro 2013 as sole host.
Poland – After failing to receive the 2025 hosting rights to Switzerland, on 26 July 2024 president of the Polish Football Association, Cezary Kulesza, announced that Poland will bid once again to host the tournament in 2029. [12] Poland hosted UEFA Euro 2012, the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
Portugal - On 4 September 2024 the Portuguese Football Federation, after a general meeting with the board, announced they would present a bid to host Euro 2029. [13] [14] Portugal previously hosted the men's UEFA Euro 2004.
Germany – The German Football Association decided on 20 September 2024 that they would make a bid for Euro 2029 and submit their interest to UEFA by the deadline of 24 September. [15] [16] DFB president Bernd Neuendorf said in a statement the bid was the organisation's "flagship project" which will give an "additional boost" to women's football in Germany. [17] Germany previously hosted the men's 1974 FIFA World Cup, the men's UEFA Euro 1988, UEFA Women's Euro 1989, UEFA Women's Euro 2001, the men's 2006 FIFA World Cup, 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and the men's UEFA Euro 2024.
Italy - On 1 October 2024, the Italian Football Federation announced that it will bid to host the tournament as a build-up to host the men's UEFA Euro 2032 with Turkey. However, their bid could be affected by the stadium conditions. [18] Italy previously hosted the men's 1934 FIFA World Cup, the men's UEFA Euro 1968, the men's UEFA Euro 1980, the men's 1990 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Women's Euro 1993.
