Stefan Landberg

Stefan Olof Ragnar Landberg (born 5 May 1970) is a Swedish football coach and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Stefan Landberg
Personal information
Full name Stefan Olof Ragnar Landsberg
Date of birth (1970-05-05) 5 May 1970
Place of birth Hultsfred, Sweden
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1989 Kalmar FF 48 (16)
1990–1994 Östers IF 117 (22)
1995–2000 IFK Göteborg 106 (5)
Total 271 (43)
International career
1987–1988 Sweden U19 5 (2)
1990–1992 Sweden U21/O 25 (1)
1992–1997 Sweden 17 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

He played for Kalmar FF (1987–1989), Östers IF (1990–1994) and IFK Göteborg (1995–2000) during his career. He won two Allsvenskan titles while at IFK Göteborg, and was named the 2000 Årets Ärkeängel as IFK Göteborg's player of the year.[1] He made a total of 196 appearances for IFK Göteborg, of which 106 was in Allsvenskan.[1]

International career

Youth

Landberg made 30 appearances for the Sweden U19, U21, and Olympic teams between 1987 and 1992, and represented Sweden at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.[2]

Senior

He made his full international debut for Sweden on 11 November 1992, in a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Israel when he replaced Tomas Brolin in the 87th minute in a 3–1 win.[2][3] He scored his first international goal for Sweden the following year on 2 June 1993, when Sweden beat Israel 5–0 in the return game of the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[4] He appeared in a total of five qualifiers for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, but did not make Sweden's final squad for the main tournament.[2]

Landberg made his 17th and final international appearance for the Sweden national team on 16 February 1997, in a friendly 3–1 win against Thailand.[2]

Coaching career

He was later an assistant coach of IFK Göteborg, together with Kjell Pettersson under head coach Arne Erlandsen.[5]

Career statistics

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year[2]
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 1992 1 0
1993 6 1
1994 3 0
1995 1 0
1996 3 0
1997 3 0
Total 17 1
Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Landberg goal.
List of international goals scored by Stefan Landberg
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 2 June 1993 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden  Israel 5–0 5–0 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier [4]

Honours

IFK Göteborg

Individual

  • Årets ärkeängel (IFK Göteborg player of the year): 2000[1]

References
  1. "Stefan Landberg - ifkdb.se". ifkdb.se. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  2. "Stefan Landberg". Svensk Fotboll.
  3. "Israel - Sverige Herrar A VM-kval". Svensk Fotboll.
  4. "Sverige - Israel - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  5. Göteborg, I. F. K. (2020-05-05). "Vi gratulerar "Lampan"". IFK Göteborg – Hela stadens lag (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-03-07.


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