Bror Mellberg

Bror Lars Astley Mellberg (9 December 1923 − 8 September 2004)[2] was a Swedish footballer who played as a forward.

Bror Mellberg
Mellberg with Toulouse in May 1953, celebrating the team's promotion from the second to the first division of France
Personal information
Full name Bror Lars Astley Mellberg
Date of birth (1923-12-09)9 December 1923
Place of birth Ambjörby, Sweden
Date of death 8 September 2004(2004-09-08) (aged 80)
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1936–1940 Ambjörby IK
1941–1947 IK Viking
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1948 Karlstad BK
1948–1950 AIK 21 (15)
1950–1952 Genoa 65 (23)
1952–1953 Toulouse 33 (27)
1953–1956 Red Star 103 (72)
1956–1957 Sochaux 25 (7)
1957–1961 AIK 62 (18)
National team
1949–1958 Sweden[1] 6 (2)
Honours
Representing  Sweden
FIFA World Cup
1950 Brazil
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He played for the Sweden national team at the 1950 FIFA World Cup and 1958 FIFA World Cup.

References
  1. Sweden national football team stats Archived 6 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Bror Mellberg, eu-football.info. Retrieved 18 September 2016
  • Bror Mellberg at WorldFootball.net
  • "Profile". Archived from the original on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  • Bror Mellberg at National-Football-Teams.com
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