Gunnar Nordahl
![Nordahl with [[A.C. Milan|AC Milan]] in the 1950s](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Gunnar_Nordahl_-_AC_Milan.jpg)
Nordahl is Milan’s all-time record goalscorer, and he long held the record for most goals for a single club in the history of Italian league, before being surpassed by Francesco Totti in January 2012. He still holds the record for goals per appearance in Italy. He had several nicknames in Italy, whereof the most famous was ''Il Cannoniere'' ("The Prime Gunner"). He was also known as ''Il Pompiere'' ("The Fireman") and ''Il Bisonte'' ("The Bison'").
A full international between 1942 and 1948, he won 33 caps and scored 43 goals for the Sweden national team. He represented his country at the 1948 Summer Olympics, where he was the joint top scorer alongside Denmark's John Hansen as Sweden won gold.
Nordahl is considered to be one of the greatest Swedish players and one of the best strikers of all-time. In 2017, he was included in ''FourFourTwo'' magazine's list of the 100 greatest players of all time, at the 54th position.
He is the father of former footballer Thomas Nordahl. Provided by Wikipedia
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