Torsten Lindberg

Torsten Lindberg

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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
Place of death	Malmö, Sweden
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1937	Husqvarna IF	?	(?)
1937–?	IK Tord	?	(?)
0000–1940	Örgryte IS	?	(?)
1940–1953	IFK Norrköping	?	(?)
International career
1947–1951	Sweden	19	(0)
Managerial career
1953–1954	IFK Norrköping
1958	Sweden (Assistant)
1964–1966	Djurgårdens IF
1969–1970	AIK
Medal record Summer Olympics 1948 FIFA World Cup 1950 Allsvenskan 1964 Allsvenskan 1964
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

External links

• FIFA profile
• Olympic profile