Glenn Peter Strömberg (; born 5 January 1960) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a

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. Starting his career in 1979, he won the

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with

IFK Göteborg Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or simply Göteborg, is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, it is the ...

before moving on to represent Benfica and

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before retiring in 1992. A full international between 1982 and 1990, he won 52

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and scored 7 goals for the Sweden national team, and represented his country at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He was awarded

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in 1985 as Sweden's best footballer of the year.

Club career

IFK Göteborg

Strömberg was a part of IFK Göteborg's youth teams before making his senior debut for "Änglarna" on 16 April 1979 in an Allsvenskan game against

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that ended 4–0. He helped the team win the

, the 1982 Allsvenskan, as well as three

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titles between 1979 and 1983. During Strömberg's four seasons at Göteborg, he played in 203 games (including friendlies) and scored 33 goals.

Benfica

Strömberg signed with Benfica after the 1982 Allsvenskan season, reuniting with his former IFK Göteborg manager Sven-Göran Eriksson. During only one and a half seasons at Benfica, Strömberg helped the team win two straight Portuguese league championships.

Atalanta

After scoring three goals for Sweden against Italy during the

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stage against

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, Strömberg managed to land a contract in

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with

. While at Atalanta, he was voted Swedish footballer of the year, winning the 1985

International career

Strömberg appeared 9 times for the Sweden U21 team between 1979 and 1981. He made his senior international debut for Sweden on 3 June 1982 in a friendly 1-1 draw with the

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, playing for 68 minutes before being replaced by Karl Gunnar Björklund. Strömberg scored his first international goal on 29 May 1983 in a

game against

which Sweden won 2–0. A few months later, Strömberg scored two goals as Sweden beat Italy 3–0 away in the same qualifying campaign. Despite the two victories against Italy, Sweden failed to qualify for

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. Strömberg was a part of the Sweden team that qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup, and scored a goal against

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as Sweden was eliminated in the group stage after three straight losses. Strömberg's last international appearance came in the last group stage game against Costa Rica on 20 June 1990.

Playing style

For his majestic way of playing in the midfield Strömberg was nicknamed "The Marathon Man". His usual position was central midfield or defensive midfield.

Personal life

Strömberg works as an expert commentator for Sveriges Television, for

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and

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matches and for

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site Expekt.com as an expert. In June 2012, Glenn Strömberg launched his own football site, Gurufans.com, in Swedish and English. Since he has no managerial experience, he was never regarded as a serious candidate to succeed

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as head coach of the Sweden national football team. In interviews during the

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he said that he was flattered to get mentioned as a potential candidate for the job and that he would think carefully about any offer from the

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Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year International goals

Honours

IFK Göteborg *

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: 1981–82 * Allsvenskan: 1982 *

: 1978–79, 1981–82, 1982–83 Benfica * Primeira Liga: 1982–83, 1983–84 *

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runner-up:

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* Iberian Cup: 1983 Atalanta *

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runner-up: 1986–87 Individual *

: 1985 Orders * Stella_di_Italia_Ufficiale

Officer of the

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(2 May 2012)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stromberg, Glenn 1960 births Living people Footballers from Gothenburg Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Italy Swedish footballers Sweden international footballers Sweden under-21 international footballers Swedish expatriate footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal IFK Göteborg players S.L. Benfica footballers Atalanta B.C. players Allsvenskan players Serie A players Serie B players Primeira Liga players 1990 FIFA World Cup players Association football midfielders Swedish association football commentators UEFA Cup winning players