Bror Mellberg
Swedish footballer (1923–2004)
![]() Mellberg with Toulouse in 1953 | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Bror Lars Astley Mellberg | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1923-12-09)9 December 1923 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ambjörby, Sweden | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 8 September 2004(2004-09-08) (aged 80) | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
1936–1940 | Ambjörby IK | |||||||||||||
1941–1947 | IK Viking | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1947–1948 | Karlstad BK | |||||||||||||
1948–1950 | AIK | 21 | (15) | |||||||||||
1950–1952 | Genoa | 65 | (23) | |||||||||||
1952–1953 | Toulouse | 33 | (27) | |||||||||||
1953–1956 | Red Star | 103 | (72) | |||||||||||
1956–1957 | Sochaux | 25 | (7) | |||||||||||
1957–1961 | AIK | 62 | (18) | |||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1948–1949 | Sweden B | 2 | (1) | |||||||||||
1949–1958 | Sweden | 6 | (2) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bror Lars Astley Mellberg (9 December 1923 − 8 September 2004)[1] was a Swedish footballer who played as a forward. He played for the Sweden national team at the 1950 FIFA World Cup and 1958 FIFA World Cup where Sweden finished third and second, respectively.
Career statistics
International
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Sweden | 1949 | 1 | 1 |
1950 | 2 | 1 | |
1951 | 0 | 0 | |
1952 | 0 | 0 | |
1953 | 0 | 0 | |
1954 | 0 | 0 | |
1955 | 0 | 0 | |
1956 | 0 | 0 | |
1957 | 0 | 0 | |
1958 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 6 | 2 |
- Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mellberg goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 23 October 1949 | Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark | ![]() | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1948–51 Nordic Football Championship | [3] |
2 | 16 July 1950 | Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1950 FIFA World Cup | [4] |
Honours
Sweden[5]
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1958
- FIFA World Cup third place: 1950
References
- ^ Bror Mellberg, eu-football.info. Retrieved 18 September 2016
- ^ "Bror Mellberg - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ "Danmark - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ "Sverige - Spanien - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "500 AIK:are - Bror Mellberg". www.aik.se. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
External links
- Bror Mellberg at WorldFootball.net
- "Profile". Archived from the original on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- Bror Mellberg at National-Football-Teams.com
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- 1934: Nicolas
- 1935: Nicolas
- 1936: Nicolas
- 1937: Spechtl
- 1938: Lammana
- 1939: Newell & Planquès
- 1946: Campiglia
- 1947: Humpál
- 1948: Arnaudeau
- 1949: Libar
- 1950: Haan
- 1951: Cisowski
- 1952: Johnsson
- 1953: Mellberg
- 1954: Courteaux
- 1955: Van Rhijn
- 1956: Van Rhijn
- 1957: Devlaeminck
- 1958: Johnsson
- 1959: Van Rhijn
- 1960: Corbel
- 1961: Kozakiewicz
- 1962: Masnaghetti
- 1963: Gianella
- 1964: Soukhane
- 1965: Groschulski
- 1966: Ferrazzi
- 1967: Sansonetti
- 1968: Bonnet
- 1969: Grizetti
- 1970: Blanc
- 1971: TriantafyllosN / BlancC / KoumS
- 1972 Gr. A: PleimeldingGr. A / MayaGr. B / MolitorGr. C
- 1973: FaberGr. A / TonnelGr. B
- 1974: WilczekGr. A / CombinGr. B
- 1975: TrippGr. A / MartinezGr. B
- 1976: AntićGr. A / BerdollGr. B
- 1977: OnnisGr. A / GemmrichGr. B
- 1978: GiudicelliGr. A / Garnier & DosseviGr. B
- 1979: TrivinoGr. A / MartetGr. B
- 1980: Polaniok & FerrignoGr. A / Vergnes & PintenatGr. B
- 1981: PintenatGr. A / CampagnacGr. B
- 1982: PascalGr. A / Olarević & OuattaraGr. B
- 1983: LubańskiGr. A / DalgerGr. B
- 1984: RelmyGr. A / FonsecaGr. B
- 1985: EriksenGr. A / DomínguezGr. B
- 1986: ValadierGr. A / KabongoGr. B
- 1987: KurbosGr. A / N'GoueteGr. B
- 1988: Orts & PailleGr. A / MartetGr. B
- 1989: CabañasGr. A / LangersGr. B
- 1990: MonczukGr. A / OrtsGr. B
- 1991: MonczukGr. A / LagrangeGr. B
- 1992: OrtsGr. A / MonczukGr. B
- 1993: PriouGr. A / OrtsGr. B
- 1994: Le Saux
- 1995: Cascarino
- 1996: Cascarino
- 1997: Michel
- 1998: Ray
- 1999: Diallo
- 2000: A. Traoré
- 2001: Santos
- 2002: Diallo
- 2003: Fauré
- 2004: Suarez
- 2005: Koné
- 2006: Lesage & Savidan
- 2007: Lesage & K. Traoré
- 2008: Hoarau
- 2009: Thil
- 2010: Giroud
- 2011: Ribas
- 2012: Fauré
- 2013: Yatabaré
- 2014: Delort & Duhamel
- 2015: Le Bihan
- 2016: Diédhiou
- 2017: Niane
- 2018: Bozok
- 2019: Charbonnier
- 2020: Kadewere
- 2021: Bayo
- 2022: Healey
- 2023: Mikautadze
- 2024: Mendy
(N) – Nord Section, (C) – Centre Section, (S) – Sud Section, Gr. A – Group A section, Gr. B – Group B section