When a 60-year-old(!) Arne Hegerfors showed off the unsuspected giant talent – with total playhouse on the football field

Arne Hegerfors is not only one of our most popular commentators.
He was also a real talent on the football field.
This clip proves it – as a 60-year-old(!) he had a total playhouse.

Arne Hegerfors has a special place in the hearts of all Swedish sports lovers. He moved over to SVT in 1969 and that was just the beginning of something really big in sports media. He would eventually become the most popular commentator we have.

Great soccer talent

Arne Hegerfors had the calm and the knowledge. He was rarely the one to stress himself out unnecessarily, and he was always a perfect guide to the very biggest matches. In 1998, i.e. almost 30 years after the move to SVT, he left for the newly started Canal Plus, and there he continued to cement his place as Sweden’s foremost commentator.

He didn’t retire until 2012, and he did so as a true legend. But the fact is that Hegerfors was not only talented in the commentary booth – but also down on the football field. As a youngster, Hegerfors played for Frölunda, but there was no success there, and he quickly returned to Gothenburg club Sandarna.

Dominated as a 60-year-old

During a trip to Nice in France, Hegerfors was discovered by chance by the big club Nice – and he was offered trial training. He scored a hat-trick in a friendly, and the contract was on the table. Hegerfors was a striker, but not a major scorer, he has said himself. Unfortunately, Hegerfors broke his foot, and the transition ran into the sand. But there is no doubt that he had ball sense.

On TikTok, a clip of Hegerfors has now received loads of likes. In the clip, he plays some kind of exhibition match, and absolutely excels. But the most remarkable thing is that at the time of the match he is fully 60 years old. Many 60-year-olds would find it difficult to even run, but Hegerfors does it with elegance, and he also hits several nice passes, has a shot on the post – and absolutely excels with his sense of the ball. This side of Hegerfors is unknown to many, but it is admirable to say the least.