About Matti Sundelin
Lived 1934 – 2025 (aged 91). Matti Sundelin was a Finnish association football player and ice hockey player.
Matti Sundelin (4 December 1934 – 5 December 2025) was a Finnish footballer who played as a forward.
Biography Sundelin was born in Turku on 4 December 1934. At club level, he played for TPS. He scored 30 goals in the 1960 Mestaruussarja season, which is still the record for top-tier football in Finland. In the same season, he scored seven goals against IF Drott, which is still the record number of goals scored in a single top-tier football match in Finland. He earned five caps at international level between 1956 and 1960, scoring two goals.
Sundelin died on 5 December 2025, at the age of 91.
Honours TPS Mestaruussarja: 1938, 1939, 1941, 1945
Individual Mestaruussarja top scorer: 1957, 1959, 1960
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Who was Matti Sundelin?
Finnish footballer
When was Matti Sundelin born?
Matti Sundelin was born on 4 December 1934 in Turku.
When did Matti Sundelin die?
Matti Sundelin died on 5 December 2025 in Turku.
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Matti Sundelin was an association football player and ice hockey player.
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Matti Sundelin was Finnish.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Matti Sundelin. https://biography.guide/matti-sundelin/
MLA: "Matti Sundelin." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/matti-sundelin/.
Chicago: "Matti Sundelin." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/matti-sundelin/.
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