Birger Rosengren
Appearance
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Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 29 October 1917 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Norrköping, Sweden | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 15 October 1977 | (aged 59)|||||||||||||
Place of death | Norrköping, Sweden | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfield | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1935–1949 | IFK Norrköping[1] | |||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1945–1948 | Sweden | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Birger Rosengren (29 October 1917 – 15 October 1977) was a Swedish international footballer who played for IFK Norrköping as a midfielder. During his club career, he won the national Swedish league (Allsvenskan) five times.
International career
[edit]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,[2] at which he played in 4 games including the final.[3][4][5]
Honours
[edit]IFK Norrköping
Sweden
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Birger Rosengren". National Football Teams. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- ^ "Birger Rosengren". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ "Birger ROSENGREN". FIFA. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. 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
Categories:
- 1917 births
- 1977 deaths
- Swedish men's footballers
- Sweden men's international footballers
- Olympic footballers for Sweden
- Olympic gold medalists for Sweden
- Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- IFK Norrköping players
- Olympic medalists in football
- Men's association football midfielders
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Footballers from Norrköping
- Swedish football midfielder stubs
- Swedish Olympic medalist stubs