Tryggve Granqvist

Biography

Tryggve Stefan Granqvist was born on December 25, 1925 in Partille and made his IFK Göteborg debut in the 1949/50 season, which was also the debut season of team mate Lars Jangblad (Johansson). At 24 years, 4 months and 25 days, on May 21, 1950, he took part his first competetive game against AIK in an Allsvenskan game that ended 4–0. He spent thre seasons with the IFK Göteborgs first team, and during his career he played in 47 first team games and scored 40 goals. Out of these 47 first team games, 8 were Allsvenskan games.

Tryggve Granqvist is with his 8 Allsvenskan games number 375 on the list of those who have competed in most Allsvenskan games for IFK Göteborg, and his 10 goals makes him number 106 on the list of those who have scored most Allsvenskan goals for IFK Göteborg. In total, Granqvist has represented his country at the highest level on 2 occasions and scored 1 goal. Granqvist passed away in 1997, 71 years old.

42 games and 33 goals in the database