Bror Mellberg

Bror Mellberg
Mellberg with Toulouse in 1953
Personal information
Full name Bror Lars Astley Mellberg
Date of birth (1923-12-09)9 December 1923
Place of birth Ambjörby, Sweden
Date of death 8 September 2004(2004-09-08) (aged 80)
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1936–1940 Ambjörby IK
1941–1947 IK Viking
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1948 Karlstad BK
1948–1950 AIK 21 (15)
1950–1952 Genoa 65 (23)
1952–1953 Toulouse 33 (27)
1953–1956 Red Star 103 (72)
1956–1957 Sochaux 25 (7)
1957–1961 AIK 62 (18)
International career
1948–1949 Sweden B 2 (1)
1949–1958 Sweden 6 (2)
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
FIFA World Cup
Third place 1950 Brazil
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bror Lars Astley Mellberg (9 December 1923 − 8 September 2004)[1] was a Swedish footballer who played as a forward. He played for the Sweden national team at the 1950 FIFA World Cup and 1958 FIFA World Cup where Sweden finished third and second, respectively.

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[2]
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 1949 1 1
1950 2 1
1951 0 0
1952 0 0
1953 0 0
1954 0 0
1955 0 0
1956 0 0
1957 0 0
1958 3 0
Total 6 2
Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mellberg goal.
List of international goals scored by Bror Mellberg
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 23 October 1949 Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark  Denmark 2–2 2–3 1948–51 Nordic Football Championship [3]
2 16 July 1950 Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil  Spain 2–0 3–1 1950 FIFA World Cup [4]

Honours

Sweden[5]

References

  1. ^ Bror Mellberg, eu-football.info. Retrieved 18 September 2016
  2. ^ "Bror Mellberg - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Danmark - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Sverige - Spanien - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  5. ^ "500 AIK:are - Bror Mellberg". www.aik.se. Retrieved 6 December 2022.