Kay Wiestål Explained

Kay Wiestål
Full Name:Kay-Arne Arvid Wiestål
Birth Date:16 October 1940
Birth Place:Holmsund, Sweden
Years1:1963–1967
Caps1:71
Goals1:25
Years2:1968
Caps2:9
Goals2:1
Years3:1968
Caps3:11
Goals3:2
Years4:1970–
Manageryears1:1970–
Managerclubs1:Ope IF (playing manager)
Manageryears2:1975–1976
Managerclubs2:Kalmar FF

Kay-Arne Arvid Wiestål (16 October 1940 – 14 November 2020)[1] was a Swedish footballer and entrepreneur.[2]

Career

Wiestål played for Djurgårdens IF and won Allsvenskan in 1966. He later played in the North American Soccer League for Oakland Clippers and St. Louis Stars. In 1970, he joined Ope IF as playing manager.[3]

Death

Wiestål died on 14 November 2020, at the age of 80, from COVID-19.[4]

Honours

Djurgårdens IF

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kay-Arne Arvid Wiestål fyller år den 16 Oktober | Birthday.se . www.birthday.se . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140914160043/http://www.birthday.se/person/63be84ca-03e5-cb21-75fa-10a1d7cb8468 . 14 September 2014.
  2. https://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten/victoriadagens-grundare-ar-dod-kay-wiestal-blev-80-ar/ Victoriadagens grundare är död – kungafamiljens sorg
  3. Web site: Historik - Ope IF - Fotboll - IdrottOnline Klubb . 14 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140914201315/http://www7.idrottonline.se/OpeIF-Fotboll/Foreningen1/Historik/ . 14 September 2014 . dead .
  4. https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/2d33M4/kay-wiestal-ar-dod Kay Wiestål är död
  5. Web site: Förteckning över samtliga SM-guld för Djurgårdens IF på seniornivå genom tiderna . DIF . https://web.archive.org/web/20100811042345/http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf. 11 August 2010 . sv.