Remie Olmberg

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Remie Olmberg
Personal information
Full name Remie Jacques Olmberg
Date of birth (1950-08-28) August 28, 1950 (age 73)
Place of birth Paramaribo, Surinam
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1964–1966 Froweinschool
1966–1969 Robinhood
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1969–1978 Robinhood ? (?)
1979–1981 Transvaal ? (?)
International career‡
1972–1978 Suriname 15 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 18, 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 18, 2015

Remie Jacques Olmberg (born August 28, 1950) is a retired Surinamese footballer who played as a defender for SV Robinhood in the Hoofdklasse, and the Suriname national team. He was the team captain for SV Robinhood for a decade during one of the club's most successful periods, having won three national titles and finishing as runners-up in the CONCACAF Champions Cup on three occasions as well. He also won the Surinamese Footballer of the Year award twice. [1]

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Career

Early career

Olmberg began to play football at age eight under the tutelage of Jules Coblijn (SV Robinhood) and Saften (SV Voorwaarts). He played for the Froweinschool in the Mulo competition, before moving to the George Streepy Stadion playing in the youth ranks of S.V. Robinhood. In 1966 he was selected to play for the Suriname national youth team to compete in the Kingdom Games leaving an impression on then Dutch national team head coach George Kessler. [2]

SV Robinhood

In 1969 Olmberg made his debut for the first team of SV Robinhood playing with the likes of Theo Blaaker, Ewout Leefland and Wilfred Garden. His impact on the team earned him the captain armband and in 1970 he was awarded the prize for Surinamese Footballer of the Year. The following season saw him win his first national title and Robinhood's eighth overall. Qualifying for the 1972 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, Olmberg would captain his team to a second-place finish in the tournament, losing to Olimpia from Honduras 2–0 on aggregate score in the final. [3]

Olmberg won his second national title with Robinhood in 1975, thus qualifying for the CONCACAF Champions' Cup once more. In 1976 Robinhood would go on to win consecutive national titles and Olmberg's third overall, while also making it to the 1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup final once more. Robinhood finished second to Águila from El Salvador, losing 8–2 on aggregate score in the final. [4] In 1977, he led Robinhood to the 1977 CONCACAF Champions' Cup final for the second time in a row where they faced Club América from Mexico, losing 1–0 on aggregate score. It was Olmberg's third time in the finals of the competition, with his performance earning him his second National Footballer of the Year award. His period with Robinhood is considered one of the best in the club's history. [5]

Caribbean All-Stars

On Sept 1, 1977 a friendly match was played at the Queen's Park Oval, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago between the New York Cosmos and the Caribbean All-Stars, a selection of International football players of the Caribbean Football Union. [6] Olmberg was selected to captain the team, which included players such as Arsène Auguste, Hugh Bell, Leroy Spann, Ernst Jean Joseph, Orville Edwards and Jose Sabin. The New York Cosmos were captained by Pelé, and fielded players such as Carlos Alberto, Franz Beckenbauer, Giorgio Chinaglia, Rildo and Werner Roth. The match ended in a 5–2 win for the Cosmos with Chinaglia, Topić and Pelé scoring for the visitors. Olmberg played the full match, which saw Trinidadians' Spann and Llewellyn scoring for the Caribbean All-Stars. [7]

SV Transvaal

In 1979, Olmberg transferred to cross town rivals S.V. Transvaal and in 1981 helped the team win their second CONCACAF Champions' Cup, defeating Atlético Marte from El Salvador 2–1 on aggregate score in the final. [8] It was Olmberg's first Continental title, having been to the finals of the competition three times with his former club.

International career

Suriname youth teams

Olmberg made his first appearance for the Suriname national team playing for the youth team in the 1966 Kingdom Games. [2] [9]

Suriname first team

He made his debut for the first team in 1972, playing in the country's 1974 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign on 28 November 1972 against Trinidad and Tobago. The match ended in a 2-1 loss at the Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, with Suriname failing to advance in the qualifying rounds.

Olmberg also played in Suriname's 1978 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign. The team played the 1977 CONCACAF Championship qualification, finishing in 8th place in the final round. He scored five goals in the campaign, scoring against Trinidad and Tobago twice, as well as against Canada, Mexico and El Salvador. That same year he also helped Suriname to win the CFU Championship. [10] [11]

Career statistics

International goals

Scores and results list Suriname' goal tally first.
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.28 November 1976 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
1–1
2–2
 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.18 December 1976 Stade de Baduel, Cayenne, French Guiana
3–2
3–2
3.8 October 1977 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1–1
1–2
4.15 October 1977 Estadio Universitario, Monterrey, Mexico Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
1–0
1–8
5.20 November 1977Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
2–3
2–3

Honours

Club

S.V. Robinhood [12]
S.V. Transvaal

International

Suriname

Individual

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