Career
He is widely considered as one of Olympique de Marseille"s best strikers, along with Josip Skoblar and Jean-Pierre Papinby whom?. He started his career in Sweden, where he was nicknamed Säffle, before playing for Danish side Kjøbenhavns Boldklub before being transferred to Olympique de Marseille, where he became a key player, scoring 169 goals in 220 matches in Division 1. He also played for other French teams such as Football Club Girondins de Bordeaux and AS Aix.
Despite his success in France, he never played for the Sweden national football team because of a policy not to select players based outside Sweden, such as Andersson and Gunnar Nordahl.
However, as he obtained French citizenship in 1954, he was capped once for the France B team, but was disappointing and was never called again. He remains today one of the best players to wear l"Member of the Order of Merit uniform and one of the most appreciated by supporters.
