Mathias Gravem (born 15 March 1976) is a Norwegian-Swedish[1] former professional footballer who played as a forward for IFK Norrköping, GAIS, Ljungskile SK and Qviding FIF. Because of his notorious goal-scoring, Gravem became a legend in GAIS where he played between 2001 and 2006. He scored 58 goals in 104 matches in total for GAIS. Gravem got the nickname "Messias Gravem" [2] after the first few games where he scored many goals, notably four in the same match against IFK Malmö in 2001.[3][4] In 2003, he was injured but came on as a substitute with ten minutes left, scored a goal to secure advancement to Superettan for GAIS, and was then substituted off again. ”Messias” and Ville Viljanen formed a notorious striker partnership for many years, after GAIS got their hands on the at the time Finland international.[5] When the club could not afford him in 2003, supporters crowdsourced money (225.000 Swedish crowns) to retain him.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ "Vi är i superettan om ett år". gais.se. 12 December 2001. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ^ "Spelarpresentation". gais.se. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ^ "Matchreferat - IFK Malmö 2001-08-14". gais.se. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ^ "IFK Malmö - Gais kultmatch på Malmö IP". gais.se. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ^ "Mathias Gravems hockeybyte!". gais.se. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ^ "Gais-fans köpte loss Gravem". Sportal. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012.
- ^ "Sammanfattning vecka 4". GoPeking.net. 26 March 2003. Archived from the original on 1 March 2003.
External links
edit- Mathias Gravem at WorldFootball.net