Birger Rosengren
Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 29 October 1917 | |||||||||||
Place of birth | Norrköping, Sweden | |||||||||||
Date of death | 15 October 1977 59) | (aged|||||||||||
Place of death | Norrköping, Sweden | |||||||||||
Playing position | Midfield | |||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||
1935–1949 | IFK Norrköping[1] | |||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||
1945–1948 | Sweden | 9 | (0) | |||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Birger Rosengren (29 October 1917 – 15 October 1977) was a former international Swedish footballer who played for IFK Norrköping as a midfielder. During his club career, he won the national Swedish league (Allsvenskan) five times.
International career
Rosengren played nine times for his home country, and as team captain he won the gold medal with the Swedish Olympic team at the 1948 Summer Olympics, at which he played in 4 games including the final.[2][3][4]
Honours
Club
- Allsvenskan (5): 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48[1]
- Svenska Cupen (2): 1943, 1945
Olympic
- Gold medal (1): 1948
References
- 1 2 "Birger Rosengren". National Football Teams. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- ↑ "Birger ROSENGREN". FIFA. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- ↑ Birger Rosengren. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Birger Rosengren. Swedish Olympic Committee
External links
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- Birger Rosengren at National-Football-Teams.com
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