Lars "Laban" Arnesson (20 February 1936 – 1 October 2023) was a Swedish professional

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

player and manager and bandy player. He was the coach of the

Sweden national football team The Sweden national football team ( sv, svenska fotbollslandslaget) represents Sweden in men's international football and it is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body of football in Sweden. Sweden's home ground is F ...

from 1980 to 1986.

Career

Arnesson represented Djurgården 1960–64, playing 93 matches and scoring one goal as well as winning one Swedish title, in 1964. Arnesson had great success as a coach for

Östers IF Östers Idrottsförening, commonly known as Östers IF or simply Öster, is a Swedish sports club located in Växjö, specializing in Association football, football, and playing in the second tier of Swedish football, Superettan. The club has ...

and got the job as coach for the national team, leading Sweden in

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and

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World Cup qualifying. Having never taken the team to any World Cup, he resigned in 1986. He also played for

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is named ...

in the early 1960s. Following his coaching career, Arnesson worked with the FIFA technical committee to evaluate proposals for changes to the

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. Arnesson also played bandy for

between 1961–1965.

Death

Lars Arnesson died on 1 October 2023, at the age of 87.

Honours

Djurgårdens IF *

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

: 1964

References

External links

Profile at the Swedish football association
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