Henning Svensson

Biography

Karl Olof Henning Svensson was born on October 13, 1891 in Partille and made his IFK Göteborg debut in the 1908 season. At 17 years, 6 months and 18 days, on May 2, 1909, he took part his first competetive game against Örgryte IS in a Corinthian Bowl game that ended 1–4. He spent seventeen seasons with the IFK Göteborgs first team, and during his career he played in 367 first team games and scored 3 goals. Out of these 367 first team games, 15 were Allsvenskan games. Since he has competed in more than 200 games, and through his efforts contributed to, and helped shape IFK Göteborgs's proud history, he is regarded as a legend by the club and as a result has had his name engraved on the Kamratstenen located at Kamratgården Training Centre.

Henning Svensson is with his 15 Allsvenskan games number 314 on the list of those who have competed in most Allsvenskan games for IFK Göteborg. Svensson won the Swedish championship with IFK Göteborg in 1910 and 1918. In total, Svensson has represented his country at the highest level on 20 occasions. He is the brother of Urban Svensson. Svensson passed away in 1979, 87 years old.
It's worth noting that the statistics for players who had their debut ahead of the 1920 season is, or could be, incomplete.

358 games and 3 goals in the database