Leif Forsberg

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Leif Forsberg
Personal information
Full name Leif Folke Enar Forsberg
Date of birth (1963-04-15) 15 April 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth Sundsvall, Sweden [1]
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1980–1988 GIF Sundsvall 153 (56)
1988–1989 IFK Göteborg 26 (2)
1990–2001 GIF Sundsvall 249 (89)
Total428(147)
International career
1987–1988 Sweden Olympic 7 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leif Folke Enar Forsberg (born 15 April 1963) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a forward. [2]

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Career

He made his professional debut with GIF Sundsvall at the age of 17, and played his last game for the club at the age of 38. [3] [4] He represented the Sweden Olympic football team seven times between 1987 and 1988, scoring two goals. [5] [4]

Personal life

Forsberg is the son of footballer Lennart Forsberg and has a son, Emil Forsberg, who is also a footballer. [6] [3] He is nicknamed "Lill-Foppa". [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Leif Forsberg at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ Alsjö, Martin (2011). 100 år med Allsvensk fotboll (in Swedish). Idrottsförlaget. p. 295. ISBN   978-91-977326-7-3.
  3. 1 2 Yokhin, Michael (21 December 2016). "The secret behind Emil Forsberg and the mercurial rise of RB Leipzig". ESPN Singapore. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 "#10 Leif "Lill-Foppa" Forsberg". GIF Sundsvall (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Leif Forsberg - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  6. ↑ Elofsson, Sven (25 March 2013). "MFF-Emil är tredje generationen allsvenskar i släkten Forsberg". Smålandsposten (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 March 2020.
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