Nordahl played for Roma for two seasons. Nordahl's record for most goals scored in Serie A (not including Divisione Nazionale, before Serie A was installed) of 35 in 1949–50 in a season was broken by Gonzalo Higuaín in the 2015–16 season who scored 36. Nordahl, together with the mentioned Gre-No-Li is today legendary in Milan. When Milan striker Andriy Shevchenko scored his 100 goal in Serie A for Milan, it is said that some old Milanese supporters commented: "Well he can double that number, and then add another 26, then, and just then, he has passed Il Cannoniere." International career Nordahl was first called up to the Swedish national team in 1942. In 1948, he helped Sweden to win the Olympic football tournament, becoming the tournament's top scorer on the way. The Swedish team also included his brothers Bertil and Knut Nordahl. Nordahl's transfer to Milan forced him to retire from the national team, as the rules at the time prevented professionals from the Swedish national team, being not called to 1950 FIFA World Cup along his fellows Gren and Liedholm. In his 33 matches in the national team, he scored a total of 43 goals. Career statistics Club International Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nordahl goal. Honours IFK Norrköping Allsvenskan: 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48 Swedish Cup: 1945 AC Milan Serie A: 1950–51, 1954–55 Latin Cup: 1950–51, 1955–56 Sweden Olympic Gold Medal: 1948 Nordic Football Championship: 1937–1947 Individual Allsvenskan top scorer: 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1947–48 Swedish Footballer of the Year: 1947 Olympic Games Top Scorer: 1948 Italian Serie A Top Scorer: 1949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55 AC Milan Hall of Fame Nordic Football Championship top scorer: 1937–1947 Records Most goals scored for AC Milan: 221 Most Italian Serie A Top Scorer titles: 5 Most consecutive Italian Serie A Top Scorer titles: 3 (record shared with Michel Platini) Most braces scored in Serie A: 49 (record shared with Silvio Piola) Most hat-tricks scored in Serie A: 17 (all with AC Milan) See also List of men's footballers with 500 or more goals References External links Gunnar Nordahl – Classic Player profile – [FIFA.com] List of Swedish Players and Coaches in Italy since 1945 – RSSSF Detail of international appearances and goals – by Roberto Mamrud, RSSSF Profile at magliarossonera.it Biography at Storie di Calcio Obituary in la Repubblica 1921 births 1995 deaths