- Kennet Andersson
Kennet Andersson is a former Swedish football (soccer) player, a key member of the Swedish national team that finished third in the 1994 World Cup. He is 193 cm (6'3) and 92kg (200lbs). On the club level, Andersson played for Tunafors (1985), Eskilstuna (1985-88), Göteborg (1988-91), Mechelen (1991-92), Norrköping (1993), Lille (1993-94), Caen (1994-95), Bari (1995-96), Bologna (1996-99 and 1999-2000), Lazio (1999), and Fenerbahçe (2000-02).
- Anders Svensson
Anders Svensson ['ɑndɛʃ 'svɛnsɔn] (born July 17, 1976 in Göteborg, Sweden) is a Swedish international football player playing for IF Elfsborg from Borås.
- Marcus Allbäck
Marcus Christian Allbäck, born July 5, 1973 in Göteborg, is a Swedish football striker, who currently plays for F.C. Copenhagen in Denmark.
- Stefan Schwarz
Stefan Schwarz is a Swedish former footballer. Born to a German father, he played as a midfielder. He was capped for the Swedish national side on 69 occasions, often as captain. He played at the World Cup 1990 and 1994 finals, and at the Euro 1992 finals. He began his career at his hometown club Malmö. In 1990 he played as a youthplayer in Leverkusen before moving on to Benfica where he played from 1990 to 1994,he also played for Arsenal, Fiorentina, …
- Zlatan Ibrahimović
Zlatan Ibrahimović is a Swedish football player. He plays as a striker. He currently plays for Inter Milan, in Italy, and for the Sweden national football team.
- Tomas Brolin
Tomas Brolin (born November 29, 1969 in Hudiksvall) is a former Swedish football player, and was a key member of the Swedish national team that finished third in the 1994 World Cup. He was also a member of the Swedish squad that competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
- Fredrik Ljungberg
Karl Fredrik Ljungberg (born 16 April, 1977 in Vittsjö, Hässleholm) is a Swedish Footballer who currently plays for Arsenal. He plays as an attacking midfielder and is the captain of the Swedish National Football team
- Christian Wilhelmsson
Christian "Chippen" Wilhelmsson (born December 8, 1979 in Malmö) is a professional football player who plays for FC Nantes of the French Ligue 1 in midfield and for the Swedish national team Wilhelmsson started his career with Mjällby AIF in 1997 where he stayed for three seasons. In 2000 he played for Norwegian team Stabæk I.F. before joining Anderlecht in 2003. Wilhelmsson represented Sweden at Euro 2004 and the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
- Thomas Ravelli
Thomas Ravelli is a former Swedish footballer, who plays as a goalkeeper, the all-time appearance leader for the Swedish national team with 143 caps. On the club level, Ravelli played for Swedish clubs IFK Göteborg and Östers IF, winning the Swedish championship six times with the former and twice with the latter. He also played for the Tampa Bay Mutiny of Major League Soccer. Ravelli's international career spanned from 1981 to 1997; he played in the 1990 World Cup, …
- Nils Liedholm
Nils Liedholm (born October 8, 1922 in Valdemarsvik) is a Swedish retired football midfielder and coach, famous for being part of Sweden's "Gre-No-Li" trio of strikers along with Gunnar Gren and Gunnar Nordahl at A.C. Milan and the Swedish national team. He is the only member of the three still living. As a coach, he was in charge of several teams in Italy, managing for nearly four decades.
- Erik Edman
Erik Edman (born November 11, 1978, in Huskvarna, Sweden) is a professional Swedish footballer, currently playing for Rennes in the French Ligue 1. Before coming to France, Edman played for Helsingborgs IF and AIK in Sweden, Karlsruher SC in Germany, SC Heerenveen in the Netherlands and Tottenham Hotspur in England. He joined Rennes on August 31, 2005, for an undisclosed amount. Edman came to the club with a huge amount of international experience, …
- Rami Shaaban
Rami Shaaban (born 30 June 1975 in Fisksätra, Stockholm) is a Swedish professional football player. He currently plays as a goalkeeper for Fredrikstad. He is the son of an Egyptian father and a Finnish mother. Prior to joining Arsenal in 2002, he also worked as a Mountains Explosives Specialist.
- Gunnar Gren
Gunnar Gren was a Swedish football player and coach, part of the famous "Gre-No-Li" trio of forwards at A.C. Milan and the Swedish national team. Considered one of Sweden's all-time greats, Gren won several trophies in his career, including the Swedish title with IFK Göteborg. He won the Guldbollen in 1946. In 1949, he joined AC Milan and became the 'Gre' part of the famous Gre-No-Li trio with his international teammates Gunnar Nordahl ('No') and Nils Liedholm ('Li').
- Daniel Andersson
Daniel Andersson ['daːnijɛl 'ɑndɛ(r)ʃɔn] (born August 28, 1977 in Borgeby) is a Swedish football midfielder. He has played 41 international matches for the Sweden national team, and was a squad player for the Euro 2000, the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He played for Bjärreds IF as a youngster, but joined Malmö FF in 1994. He gradually became a star in the Swedish league, and was bought by Italian Serie A outfit AS Bari.
- Patrik Andersson
Patrik "Bjärred" Andersson is a former Swedish footballer. Both his father, Roy Andersson, as well as his younger brother, Daniel Andersson, have played professional football. As of early 2005, Andersson has a total of 96 caps for the Swedish national team, scoring 3 goals. He won a bronze medal in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Andersson also played in the team which reached the semi-finals in the 1992 European Championship, Euro 2000, …
- Gunnar Nordahl
Gunnar Nordahl was a Swedish football player, best known for his play in AC Milan 1949-1956. Nordahl started out at Degerfors in Sweden before moving to IFK Norrköping. He won four Swedish championships with Norrkoping and once scored seven goals in one game. During his time in Swedish clubs, Nordahl scored 149 goals in 172 matches. Nordahl transferred to AC Milan on January 22, 1949. Later, he would team up with his national team strike partners, …
- Johan Elmander
Johan Elmander ['juːan ɛl'mɑndɛr] (born May 27, 1981 in Alingsås, Sweden) is a Swedish football player, who plays as a forward for French club Toulouse FC in the Ligue 1 championship. Elmander has scored nine goals in 26 games for the Swedish national team, and he was chosen to represent his country at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
- Andreas Isaksson
Andreas Isaksson was born on October 3, 1981 in Trelleborg and is a Swedish football player (goalkeeper) and national team player for Sweden. He currently plays for Manchester City in England and for the Swedish national team, for whom he currently has 42 caps. His name is pronounced
- Kim Källström
Kim Källström [kɪm 'ɕɛlˌstrœm] (born August 24, 1982 in Sandviken, Sweden) is a left-footed Swedish midfielder playing for the Swedish national team and Olympique Lyonnais. He has a powerful shot, which once knocked out his team-mate Andreas Isaksson during training prior to the 2006 World Cup. His nickname is "Kongo-Kim". He is also known for sporting a rather unique quiff.
- Mattias Jonson
Mattias Jonson [ma'tiːɑs 'jʊnsɔn] (born January 16 1974) is a Swedish professional football player, who plays as a midfielder for Swedish club Djurgårdens IF in the Allsvenskan championship. He has played 57 games and scored nine goals for the Sweden national football team, and represented Sweden at two World Cups and the 2004 European Championship.
- Martin Dahlin
Martin Dahlin is a former Swedish football player. He is the son of a Venezuelan father and Swedish mother. He was part of the Swedish national team which finished 3rd in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, scoring four goals in the tournament. He also participated in the team which reached the semifinals of Euro 92. In 1993 he was selected as best Swedish player of the year, winning Guldbollen. He has played for Malmö FF, Borussia Mönchengladbach, AS Roma, …
- Martin Ericsson
Martin Ericsson is a Swedish professional footballer, who plays as an attacking midfielder for Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga. He has played four matches for the Sweden national football team. Born in Gustafs, he played for Swedish club Tunabro SK, before turning professional with IK Brage and IFK Göteborg. He debuted for the Swedish national team in the 0-3 loss to Norway on January 22, 2004.
- Mikael Nilsson
Mikael "Micke" Nilsson (born June 24 1978 in Ovesholm) is a Swedish footballer (defender) who plays for Greek giants Panathinaikos Nilsson is described as highly versatile and can be utilized in a number of positions. He has played in the Sweden national team since 2002 when he made his debut against the Czech Republic. He has been included in his country's squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
- Mikael Nilsson
Mikael Nilsson (born 28 September, 1968 in Falköping) is a former Swedish football defender. He played for a local club and IFK Falköping until 1987 when he moved to IFK Göteborg, where he stayed until he ended his active career in 2001 due to an eye injury. During these years, he played 609 first team matches, which is a club record. He also won six Swedish Championships with the club and played in several European competitions.
- Kalle Svensson
Karl-Oskar Svensson, nicknamed Rio-Kalle (11 November 1925-15 July 2000) was a famous Swedish football goalkeeper. He played on elite level for Helsingborgs IF during his whole career, debuting in Allsvenskan only 18 years old on 4 June 1944, conceding two goals. He stood between the posts in 349 Allsvenskan matches, from his debut to the spring of 1959, after which he quit playing on elite level. He continued to play for local team Gunnarstorps IF, …
- Olof Guterstam
Olof Guterstam is a Swedish footballer. Olof currently plays as a striker in the Swedish football club IF Brommapojkarna. He came to Brommapojkarna in 2002, previously he has played for Enskede IK and Älvsjö AIK as a midfielder and as a winger. Guterstam was retrained to be a striker after he was recruited by Brommapojkarna, at the initiative of the then manager of the team, Benny Persson. Olof was the winner of the Superettan Goalscorer List 2006, …
- Olof Mellberg
Erik Olof Mellberg (born September 3, 1977 in Amnehärad, Gullspång) is a Swedish football player who currently plays club football for Aston Villa. Besides playing for Aston Villa, Mellberg is an established player for the Swedish national team, and used to captain the side but stepped down from the role after the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Shortly thereafter, he also abdicated as team captain of his club team.
- Henrik Larsson
Henrik Edward Larsson MBE (born September 20, 1971 in Helsingborg, Skåne) is a Swedish footballer. Larsson is best known for seven successful years with Scottish club Celtic. He subsequently had a two-year spell at Barcelona of Spain, where he won the Champions League. Having left Barcelona in the summer of 2006, he returned to his home town club of Helsingborgs IF. He later joined Manchester United on a short term loan in January 2007, …
- Tobias Linderoth
Tobias Linderoth (born April 21, 1979 in Marseille, France) is a Swedish football center midfielder playing for Galatasaray. Linderoth is a midfield dynamo on the Swedish national team where he also is assistant captain. Tobias has competed in the UEFA European Football Championship for Sweden in the 2004 tournaments as well as the FIFA World Cups in the 2002 and 2006 tournaments. In one game at the World Cup in 2002, …
- Jonas Thern
Jonas Thern is a former Swedish football (soccer) player. Born in Falköping and raised in the town of Värnamo (20,000 inhabitants) in southern central Sweden, where he early in his life started practicing with great determination towards what would make him one of the best strategic midfielders in Swedish soccer history. His professional career started in 1985 when he joined the classic Swedish club of Malmö FF, where he stayed for four years, …
- Fredrik Berglund
Fredrik Berglund (born March 21, 1979) is a Swedish football (soccer) player who currently plays for IF Elfsborg in Allsvenskan. Fredrik Berglund is nicknamed Bella. He had previously played for F.C. Copenhagen and Esbjerg fB in Denmark and Roda JC of The Netherlands. Fredrik Berglund has been capped 12 times fro the Swedish national side and has scored two goals. He got his debut with the national side on February 10 2001 in a friendly game aganist Thailand.
- Stefan Selakovic
Stefan "Sella" Selakovic is a Swedish football striker of Serbian descent. After playing for Varbergs GIF, he joined Halmstads BK and won Allsvenskan in 2000 and was the top scorer in Allsvenskan in 2001. He then joined Dutch club SC Heerenveen. He wasn't able to contiune to play as well as he had done in Sweden and in 2001 he decided to move back to Sweden. Instead of his earlier club Halmstads BK he chose to play for IFK Göteborg and signed a contract in 2005.
- Kurt Hamrin
Kurt Roland Hamrin (born November 19, 1934 in Stockholm, Sweden) was a Swedish footballer. He is currently the sixth highest goalscorer of all-time in Italy's Serie A. Kurt first played for AIK in Sweden, whom he joined in the 1952-53 season. He then joined Juventus in 1956 and played 23 games in his only season there. After that one season, he joined Padova, where he scored 20 goals in 30 games. He would only stay there for one season again, however, …
- Stefan Rehn
Stefan Rehn is a Swedish football midfielder and football manager. After playing for a local club, he joined Djurgårdens IF and later English club Everton F.C. before returning to Sweden and IFK Göteborg in 1990 with which he won five Swedish Championships. He then moved to Swiss club Lausanne Sports before rejoining his old club Djurgårdens IF in 2000, winning another Championship in 2002 before retiring.
- Niclas Alexandersson
Niclas "Alex" Alexandersson (born December 29, 1971 in Vessigebro) is a Swedish football midfielder. After starting his career with a local club he moved to Halmstads BK in 1987. He played for the team until 1995, when he joined IFK Göteborg, with whom he won the Swedish Championships and played in the UEFA Champions League. After one year in Gothenburg, he moved on to England, where he was signed for £750,000 by Ron Atkinson for Sheffield Wednesday.
- Nils-Eric Johansson
Nils-Eric Claes Johansson (born January 13, 1980 in Stockholm) is a Swedish football player who usually plays as a defender. He was signed to AIK as a free agent, having been released by Leicester City. Initially on the books at Bayern Munich, he moved to 1. FC Nurnberg in August 2000, before several clubs across Europe, including Blackburn Rovers, claimed interest in the player. He moved to Blackburn in October 2001 and signed a four year contract.
- Joachim Björklund
Joachim Björklund is a Swedish footballer. For many years he formed a solid central defensive partnership with Patrik Andersson for the Swedish national team. Björklund was selected for the Euro 1992, 1994 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000. He was also a member of the Swedish squad that competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Taking the leap from junior team obscurity to becoming a star in S.K. Brann, …
- Teddy Lučić
Teddy Lučić (born April 15, 1973 in Biskopsgården, Gothenburg) is a Swedish football defender. He has played eighty five times for his national team, mostly used as a leftback, but also as a center half since 2004. Lučić played in Euro 2004, and the 1994, 2002 and 2006 World Cups. He has been capped 78 times for Sweden, as of December 2005. Against Germany, in his national team's final 2006 World Cup match, …
- Anders Limpar
Anders Limpar (born September 24, 1965 in Solna) is a Swedish former footballer of Hungarian origin, who played as a winger. He has played for clubs in Switzerland, Sweden, Italy, England and the United States. He was part of one of the best Swedish sides ever, the Sweden team that finished third at the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States, but did not have a large role during the tournament. In total, he won 58 caps for Sweden, scoring 6 goals.
- Magnus Svensson
Magnus Svensson (born October 3, 1969) is a football midfielder from Vinberg, Sweden. He has played 32 international matches and scored 2 goals for the Sweden national team, and was a squad player for the Euro 2000 and the 2002 FIFA World Cup. His career started in Vinbergs IF, but he soon joined Halmstads BK in the Swedish Allsvenskan championship. From 1998 to 2002 he moved abroad to play for Viking F.K. in Norway, where he was a big fan favourite.