Anders Ljungberg

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Anders Ljungberg
Personal information
Full name Anders Ljungberg
Date of birth (1947-07-12) 12 July 1947 (age 75)
Place of birth Sweden
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1967–1968 Malmö FF
1969–1971 Åtvidabergs FF
1972–1979 Malmö FF 254 (35)
1979 Limhamns IF
1979–1981 Landskrona BoIS
1981–1982 Örebro SK
International career
1969-1981 Sweden 9 (0)
Managerial career
1995–1996 Landskrona BoIS
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anders Ljungberg (born 12 July 1947) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a midfielder. [1] He was nicknamed "Puskas" after the Hungarian footballer of the same name. [2]

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Club career

Ljungberg is most known for being part of the Malmö FF team that reached the 1979 European Cup Final.[ citation needed ] He won five national championships and six cup titles during his time with Malmö.[ citation needed ]

Coach career

Ljungberg was coach of Landskrona BoIS from 1995 to 1996.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

Today, Ljungberg is an upper secondary school teacher in Trelleborg, Sweden.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "Drömmer om att träna MFF". sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 23 July 2010.
  2. Kjelldén, Jakob (1 August 2001). "Tacklingar vi minns". SvenskaFans.com. Retrieved 8 April 2020.