Lennart Samuelsson
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| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 7 July 1924 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Borås, Sweden | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 27 November 2012 (aged 88) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Borlänge, Sweden | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1947–1950 | IF Elfsborg | |||||||||||||
| 1950–1951 | OGC Nice | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1951–1956 | IF Elfsborg | |||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1950–1955 |
 Sweden[1] | 36 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| IFK Luleå | ||||||||||||||
| 1962–1966 | IK Brage | |||||||||||||
| 1967–1970 | Örebro SK | |||||||||||||
| 1971–1973 | IK Brage | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Torsten Lennart Samuelsson (7 July 1924 – 27 November 2012) was a Swedish association football player, who won bronze medals at the 1950 FIFA World Cup and 1952 Summer Olympics.[2][3]
Between 1950 and 1955 Samuelsson capped 36 international matches an scored no goals. Domestically he played for Elfsborg (126 matches, 2 goals in 1947–1954), and in 1951 he appeared in nine matches with the French club Nice. His career was cut short due to a broken leg.[4] He later coached IFK Luleå, IK Brage[5] and Örebro SK.
References
- ^ Sweden national football team stats. passagen.se
- ^ TT. "Lennart Samuelsson avliden". DN.SE. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ Lennart Samuelsson. sports-reference.com
- ^ Lennart Samuelsson. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ Tränare genom tiderna. ikbrage.se
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lennart Samuelsson.
- Lennart Samuelsson at National-Football-Teams.com
- Swedish Olympic Committee
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Categories:
- 1924 births
- 2012 deaths
- Swedish footballers
- Sweden international footballers
- IF Elfsborg players
- Ligue 1 players
- OGC Nice players
- 1950 FIFA World Cup players
- Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
- Olympic footballers of Sweden
- Swedish football managers
- Örebro SK managers
- IK Brage managers
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Olympic medalists in football
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics