Gösta Löfgren
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Karl Gösta Herbert Löfgren | ||
Date of birth | August 29, 1923 | ||
Place of birth | Sweden | ||
Date of death | September 5, 2006 | (aged 83)||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
– | Motala AIF | ||
– | IFK Norrköping | ||
International career | |||
1951–1961 | Sweden | 40 | (12) |
Managerial career | |||
1971–1972 | IFK Norrköping | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Men's Football | ||
Representing Sweden | ||
Helsinki 1952 | Team Competition |
Karl Gösta Herbert Löfgren (29 August 1923 – 5 September 2006) was a Swedish footballer.
Career
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 capped 40 times for the national football team[1] and was a part of the squad to FIFA World Cup 1958.
He later coached IFK Norrköping.[2]
References
- ^ "Sweden national football team stats". passagen.se (in Swedish).
- ^ http://www.gruvstugan.com/tranare.htm
External links
Categories:
- 1923 births
- 2006 deaths
- Swedish footballers
- Sweden international footballers
- Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- 1958 FIFA World Cup players
- Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
- Olympic footballers of Sweden
- IFK Norrköping players
- Swedish football managers
- IFK Norrköping managers
- Olympic medalists in football