Orvar Bergmark
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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 167 matches for Örebro SK in 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, and he was awarded prize as the best right back of the tournament, and he was also awarded the Guldbollen that year. He was the national team manager from 1966 to 1970.
As well as his successes in football, he won three Swedish Championships in bandy with Örebro.
Sweden squad - 1958 World Cup Runners-up | ||
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1 K. Svensson | 2 Bergmark | 3 Axbom | 4 Liedholm | 5 Johansson | 6 Parling | 7 Hamrin | 8 Gren | 9 Simonsson | 10 Selmonsson | 11 Skoglund | 12 T. Svensson | 13 Oberg | 14 Gustavsson | 15 Borjesson | 16 Haraldsson | 17 Hakansson | 18 Lofgren | 19 Kallgren | 20 Mellberg | 21 Berndtsson | 22 Olsson | Coach: Raynor |
Sweden squad - 1970 World Cup | ||
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1 Hellström | 2 Selander | 3 Axelsson | 4 Nordqvist | 5 Grip | 6 Svensson | 7 B. Larsson | 8 Eriksson | 9 Kindvall | 10 Grahn | 11 Persson | 12 S. Larsson | 13 Cronqvist | 14 Kristensson | 15 Målberg | 16 Nordahl | 17 Pettersson | 18 Turesson | 19 Nicklasson | 20 Olsson | 21 Ejderstedt | 22 Pålsson | Coach: Bergmark |