Karl-Erik Palmér

Karl-Erik Palmér
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. He spent the majority of his club career in Italy, and earned 14 caps for Sweden, scoring 10 goals.

Career

Palmér represented Malmö FF, Legnano, and Juventus during a club career that spanned between 1948 and 1960. He belonged to the legendary Malmö FF lineup, which won three straight championships in the 1948-49, 1949-50 and 1950-51 seasons and played 49 Allsvenskan matches in a row without a loss. After his first match playing for MFF, the daily newspaper Sydsvenskan reported on his playing style. "Perfect balls to his winger varied with calm back passes to the half-backs when the moment called for it. Time and again, his passes, which testified to his exquisite vision, drew ovation-like applause."[1]

A full international between 1949 and 1952, he won 14 caps and scored ten goals for the Sweden national team. In the World Cup qualifying match against Ireland in Dublin in 1949, Sweden won 3–1, with Palmér scoring all three goals. He scored three goals in five games at the 1950 FIFA World Cup as Sweden finished third. The successful World Cup winger trio Palmér-Jeppson-Skoglund was referred to in the press as Pal-Jep-Sko, a tribute that referred to the golden winger trio Gre-No-Li from the London Olympics and whose members, like this one, all ended up being recruited as professionals for Italy.

Personal life

After finishing his football career, Palmér was employed as a sports journalist, first at Arbetet and then at Sydsvenskan, where he worked until his retirement in 1994. 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.[2]

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 [3]
2 13 November 1949 Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland  Republic of Ireland 1–0 3–1 1950 FIFA World Cup qualifier [4]
3 2–0
4 3–1
5 8 June 1950 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden  Netherlands 2–0 4–1 Friendly [5]
6 29 June 1950 Estadio Durival de Brito, Paraná, Brazil  Paraguay 2–0 2–2 1950 FIFA World Cup [6]
7 13 July 1950 Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil  Uruguay 1–0 2–3 1950 FIFA World Cup [7]
8 16 July 1950 Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil  Spain 3–0 3–1 1950 FIFA World Cup [8]
9 24 September 1950 Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo, Norway  Norway 2–0 3–1 1948–51 Nordic Football Championship [9]
10 29 June 1958 Stade des Charmilles, Geneva, Switzerland   Switzerland 1–2 2–4 Friendly [10]

Honours

Malmö FF

Juventus

Sweden

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Calle Palmér: "Jag njöt storligen av min debut"". Svenskafans. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  2. ^ "MFF-ikonen Calle Palmér död". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 3 February 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Sverige - Finland - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Sverige - Irland - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Sverige - Nederländerna - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Sverige - Paraguay - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Sverige - Uruguay - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Sverige - Spanien - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Norge - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  10. ^ "Schweiz - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  11. ^ "Stora Grabbars Märke". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 December 2022.


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