#16 Reine Almqvist

Biography

Rolf Reine Almqvist was born on April 12, 1949 in Göteborg and made his IFK Göteborg debut in the 1967 season, which was also the debut season of team mate Donald Niklasson. At 18 years, 6 months and 2 days, on October 15, 1967, he took part his first competetive game against IFK Norrköping in an Allsvenskan game that ended 1–0. He has spent eleven seasons with the IFK Göteborgs first team, and during his career he played in 298 first team games and scored 145 goals. Out of these 298 first team games, 110 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.

Reine Almqvist is one of 93 players to compete in 100 or more games for IFK Göteborg in Allsvenskan, and he is number 78 on the list of those who have competed in most Allsvenskan games for IFK Göteborg. His 54 goals makes him number 12 on the list of those who have scored most Allsvenskan goals for IFK Göteborg. Almqvist won the Swedish championship with IFK Göteborg in 1969 and was awarded Ärkeängel of the year 1978. He won Kristallkulan in 1978. In the 1978/79 season he had a part in IFK Göteborg winning the Swedish Cup. In total, Almqvist has represented his country at the highest level on 4 occasions and scored 1 goal. He is the son of Rolf Almqvist. He currently holds the individual club records of Most goals against IK Sirius (5), Most goals against Skövde AIK (4) and Most goals in a game against Skövde AIK (3). 74 year old Almqvist completed his last season with IFK Göteborg 1980.

244 games and 119 goals in the database