Gösta Löfgren
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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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 | (aged 83)|||||||||||||
Place of death | Motala, Sweden | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
– | Motala AIF | 25 | (9) | |||||||||||
– | IFK Norrköping | 42 | (18) | |||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1951–1961 | Sweden | 40 | (12) | |||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
1971–1972 | IFK Norrköping | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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]
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).
- ^ Tranare. gruvstugan.com
External links
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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
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics