Torsten Lindberg

Torsten Lindberg

Personal information
Full name	Torsten Gustav Adolf Lindberg
Date of birth	(1917-04-14)14 April 1917
Place of birth	Nässjö, Sweden
Date of death	31 August 2009(2009-08-31) (aged 92)
Place of death	Malmö, Sweden
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1937	Husqvarna IF	?	(?)
1937–?	IK Tord	?	(?)
0000–1940	Örgryte IS	?	(?)
1940–1953	IFK Norrköping	?	(?)
National team
1947–1951	Sweden	19	(0[1])
Teams managed
1953–1954	IFK Norrköping
1958	Sweden (Assistant)
1964–1966	Djurgårdens IF
1969–1970	AIK
Honours Summer Olympics 1948 FIFA World Cup 1950 Allsvenskan 1964 Allsvenskan 1964
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Torsten Gustav Adolf Lindberg (14 April 1917 – 31 August 2009) was a Swedish football player and manager. As a player, he won a Gold Medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics and a Bronze Medal at the 1950 FIFA World Cup; as a manager he won two league titles with Djurgårdens IF in 1964 and 1966.

Lindberg played club football with Husqvarna IF, IK Tord, Örgryte IS and IFK Norrköping. As a manager, he coached IFK Norrköping, Djurgårdens IF and AIK; he was also Assistant Coach of the Swedish national side during the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

References

External links

• Torsten Lindberg – FIFA competition record (archive)
• Torsten Lindberg at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
• Torsten Lindberg at the International Olympic Committee