Sven Friberg
Personal information | |||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 7 February 1895 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Lysekil, Sweden | ||||||||||||
Date of death | 26 May 1964 (aged 69) | ||||||||||||
Place of death | Göteborg, Sweden | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
IFK Göteborg | |||||||||||||
Örgryte IS | |||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||
1915–1928 | Sweden national team | 41 | (0) | ||||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||||
1930–1931 | Örgryte IS | ||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Sven Richard Friberg (7 February 1895 – 26 May 1964) was a Swedish association football defender who won a bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1] Between 1915 and 1928 he played 41 international matches and scored no goals.[2][3]
Playing career[]
Club[]
Friberg won the Svenska Serien in 1914–15 with IFK Göteborg.[2]
With Örgryte IS he won the Svenska Serien in 1920–21 and 1923–24 as well as Allsvenskan in 1925–26 and 1926–28.[2]
International[]
Friberg captained the Sweden national team which won a bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[4] In total he made 41 appearances between 1915 and 1928, captaining 30.[2]
Managerial career[]
Friberg returned to Örgryte IS as a coach, managing the club from 1930 to 1931.[5]
Honours[]
IFK Göteborg
Örgryte IS
References[]
- ^ Sven Friberg. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b c d e f "Sven Friberg". Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "Sven Friberg". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 April 2020.
- ^ "Sven Friberg". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "ÖIS tränare genom tiderna". fotboll.ois.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 April 2020.
Categories:
- 1895 births
- 1964 deaths
- Association football midfielders
- Swedish footballers
- Sweden international footballers
- Svenska Serien players
- Allsvenskan players
- IFK Göteborg players
- Örgryte IS players
- Swedish football managers
- Örgryte IS managers
- Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Sweden
- Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
- Olympic medalists in football
- Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Swedish Olympic medalist stubs
- Swedish football biography stubs