Mats Rubarth

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Mats Rubarth
Personal information
Full name Mats Carl Rickard Rubarth
Date of birth January 25, 1977 (1977-01-25) (age 31)
Place of birth    Örebro, Sweden
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Left Winger
Club information
Current club AIK
Number 23
Youth clubs
1983–1991
1992–1996
IK Sturehov
Örebro SK
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1997–2000
2001–
Örebro SK
AIK
065 00(5)
145 0(20)   
National team2
1993
2004
Sweden U21
Sweden
001 00(0)
001 00(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 20:31, 11 May 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 1 January 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Mats Rubarth, born January 25, 1977 in Örebro, Sweden, is a professional footballer with Swedish top side AIK. He left Örebro SK after the 2000 season for AIK. He is also an artist and composer

A technical left-winger (though right footed), Rubarth excells in dribbling past defenders. He regularly provides strikers with good passes, and consequently gets quite a few assists. During the 2003 season, Rubarth's best, he proved to be an able goal scorer too, netting ten times in the Swedish top division, Allsvenskan (2001 he did a spectacular bicycle-kick goal in a Stockholm derby against Hammarby).

Though not a physical player, Rubarth picks up a staggering amount of yellow cards, and quite a few red ones. This is due to his sometimes uncontrollable temper which causes him to perform all kinds of crazy tackles. Present AIK coach Rikard Norling is aware of this threat to the team and if Rubarth receives a yellow card, he is often substituted in order to avoid getting him sent off.

Despite his on-pitch temper problems, Rubarth is quite popular at AIK's home ground Råsunda, due to his bohemian style and technical flair (and also thanks to his commitment to the club, as he has stayed in AIK in six seasons, including the season in the second division, Superettan).

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