Bror Mellberg

Bror Lars Astley Mellberg (9 December 1923 − 8 September 2004)^[1] was a Swedish footballer who played as a forward. He played for the Sweden national team at the 1950 FIFA World Cup and 1958 FIFA World Cup where Sweden finished third and second, respectively.

Bror Mellberg

Mellberg with Toulouse in 1953
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)
International career
1948–1949	Sweden B	2	(1)
1949–1958	Sweden	6	(2)
Medal record Representing  Sweden FIFA World Cup 1950 Brazil
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[2]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Sweden	1949	1	1
	1950	2	1
	1951	0	0
	1952	0	0
	1953	0	0
	1954	0	0
	1955	0	0
	1956	0	0
	1957	0	0
	1958	3	0
Total		6	2

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mellberg goal.

List of international goals scored by Bror Mellberg

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	23 October 1949	Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark	Denmark	2–2	2–3	1948–51 Nordic Football Championship	[3]
2	16 July 1950	Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil	Spain	2–0	3–1	1950 FIFA World Cup	[4]

Honours

Sweden^[5]

• FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1958

• FIFA World Cup third place: 1950

References

1. Bror Mellberg, eu-football.info. Retrieved 18 September 2016
2. "Bror Mellberg - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 December 2022.
3. "Danmark - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 December 2022.
4. "Sverige - Spanien - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 March 2021.
5. "500 AIK:are - Bror Mellberg". www.aik.se. Retrieved 6 December 2022.

External links

• 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