Orvar Bergmark
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | November 16, 1930 | ||
Place of birth | Bureå, Sweden | ||
Date of death | May 10, 2004 | (aged 73)||
Place of death | Sweden | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Youth career | |||
1944–1947 | Byske IF | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1948–1954 | Örebro SK | ||
1955 | AIK Fotboll | 17 | (7) |
1956–1962 | Örebro SK | ||
1962–1964 | AS Roma | ||
1964–1965 | Örebro SK | ||
International career | |||
1951–1965[1] | Sweden | 94 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1958–1961 | Örebro SK | ||
1966–1970 | Sweden | ||
1971–1973 | Örebro SK | ||
1974–1977 | Fjugesta IF | ||
1978 | Örebro SK | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Orvar Bergmark (16 November 1930 – 10 May 2004), born in Bureå south of Skellefteå, was a Swedish football defender and manager, as well as bandy player.
He played 147 matches for Örebro SK, and 17 for AIK, Solna, in the Swedish national league Allsvenskan, and also played for A.S. Roma. He was part of the national team that lost the final in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, where he was awarded as the best right back of the tournament. He was also awarded the Swedish national prize Guldbollen that year. He was the national team manager from 1966 to 1970.
In addition to his successes in football, he won three Swedish Championships in bandy with Örebro.
References
- ^ "Örvar Bergmark - International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
External links
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