Gösta Löfgren
Karl Gösta Herbert "Lövet" Löfgren (29 August 1923 – 5 September 2006) was a Swedish association football player who won a bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics[1] and a silver medal at the 1958 FIFA World Cup. Between 1951 and 1961, he played 40 international matches and scored 12 goals.[2][3]
Löfgren c.1952 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Karl Gösta Herbert Löfgren | ||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 29 August 1923 | ||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Motala, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 5 September 2006 83) | (aged||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Motala, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||
Playing position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||
– | Motala AIF | 25 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||
– | IFK Norrköping | 42 | (18) | ||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||||
1951–1961 | Sweden | 40 | (12) | ||||||||||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||||||||||
1971–1972 | IFK Norrköping | ||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Gösta played for Motala AIF and took the team to Allsvenskan in 1957. In 1960, he began playing for IFK Norrköping and became Swedish champion. He later coached IFK Norrköping.[4]
References
- Gösta Löfgren. sports-reference.com
- Gösta Löfgren. Swedish Olympic Committee
- "Sweden national football team stats". passagen.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 6 June 2012.
- Tranare Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. gruvstugan.com
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