Matti Sundelin

Matti Sundelin (4 December 1934 – 5 December 2025) was a Finnish footballer who played as a forward.

Sundelin was born in Turku. 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.[1] He earned five caps at international level between 1937 and 1941, scoring two goals.

Sundelin died on 5 December 2025, at the age of 91.[2]

Honours

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TPS

Individual

  • Mestaruussarja top scorer: 1957, 1959, 1960

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