Leif Forsberg

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Leif Forsberg
Personal information
Full name Leif Forsberg
Date of birth (1963-04-15) 15 April 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Sundsvall, Sweden[1]
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1988 GIF Sundsvall 153 (56)
1988–1989 IFK Göteborg 26 (2)
1990–2001 GIF Sundsvall 249 (89)
Total 428 (147)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leif "Lill-Foppa" Forsberg (born 15 April 1963) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a forward.[2]

He made his professional with GIF Sundsvall at the age of 17.[3]

Personal life

Forsberg is the son of footballer Lennart Forsberg and has a son, Emil Forsberg, who is also a footballer.[4][3]

References

  1. ^ Leif Forsberg at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ Alsjö, Martin (2011). 100 år med Allsvensk fotboll (in Swedish). Idrottsförlaget. p. 295. ISBN 978-91-977326-7-3.
  3. ^ a b Yokhin, Michael (21 December 2016). "The secret behind Emil Forsberg and the mercurial rise of RB Leipzig". ESPN Singapore. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  4. ^ Elofsson, Sven (25 March 2013). "MFF-Emil är tredje generationen allsvenskar i släkten Forsberg". Smålandsposten (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 March 2020.

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