Orvar Bergmark

Orvar Bergmark

Personal information
Date of birth	(1930-11-16)November 16, 1930
Place of birth	Bureå, Sweden
Date of death	May 10, 2004(2004-05-10) (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	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.

External links

• Profile at AIK