Karl Gösta Herbert "Lövet" Löfgren (29 August 1923 – 5 September 2006) was a Swedish association football player who won a bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics[1][2] and a silver medal at the 1958 FIFA World Cup. Between 1951 and 1961, he played 40 international matches and scored 12 goals.[3][4]
 Löfgren c.1952 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Karl Gösta Herbert Löfgren | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 August 1923 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Motala, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 5 September 2006 (aged 83) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Motala, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| – | Motala AIF | 25 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||
| – | IFK Norrköping | 42 | (18) | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 67 | (27) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1951–1961 | Sweden | 40 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1972 | IFK Norrköping | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Gösta played for Motala AIF and took the team to Allsvenskan in 1957. In 1960, he began playing for IFK Norrköping and won the Swedish National Championship. He later coached IFK Norrköping.[5]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gösta Löfgren". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Gösta Löfgren". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ Gösta Löfgren. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ "Sweden men's national football team stats". passagen.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 6 June 2012.
- ^ Tranare Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. gruvstugan.com
External links
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- http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/sport/guldbollen/1955.html
- Gösta Löfgren – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Gösta Löfgren at Olympedia
- Gösta Löfgren at Olympics.com
- Gösta Löfgren at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (English translation)
