Birger Rosengren
Swedish footballer
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Date of birth | (1917-10-29)29 October 1917 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Norrköping, Sweden | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 15 October 1977(1977-10-15) (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
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
IFK Norrköping
- Allsvenskan: 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48[1]
- Svenska Cupen: 1943, 1945
Sweden
References
- ^ 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Birger Rosengren.
- Birger Rosengren at National-Football-Teams.com
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Sweden football squad – 1948 Summer Olympics – Gold medalists
- GK Lindberg
- GK Svensson
- DF Emanuelsson
- DF Leander
- DF E. Nilsson
- DF K. Nordahl
- MF Andersson
- MF B. Nordahl
- MF Rosén
- MF Rosengren (c)
- FW Bengtsson
- FW Carlsson
- FW Gren
- FW Jönsson
- FW Liedholm
- FW S. Nilsson
- FW G. Nordahl
- FW Nyström
- Coach: Raynor
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