Orvar Bergmark
Ernst Orvar Bergmark ( born November 16, 1930 in Bureå; † 10 May 2004, Örebro ) was a Swedish football player, coach and Bandyspieler. The multi-year coach of the Swedish national football team in 2003 was one of the first to be included in the SFS Hall Of Fame.
Football
Playing career
Bergmark began playing football at Byske IF. As a 17 -year-old in 1947, he moved with his family to Örebro, so he moved to the youth department of Örebro SK. In 1948, he made 26 goals with attention to himself in 16 games. Therefore, he made his debut in 1949 as a 19 -year-old for the team in a match against IFK Gothenburg in Allsvenskan - the last game of changing to Italy Gunnar Gren in Swedish football. At the end of the season he went down with the club, but managed with the team directly in a return in the Swedish Elite Series. Had he initially the position of center forward covered, he had since been retrained for the defender. As a defensive player, he made Rudolf Kock, head of the selection committee of the Swedish national team, attention to himself. On June 17, 1951, he made his debut as a substitute for Hans Malmström a 0-0 draw against the Spanish national team in the National Jersey. Then he stayed in the defense of the country selection, although he again after midfield squares relegation in the season 1952/53, in previous years, with his club from the Allsvenskan.
Bergmark missed with Örebro SK 's re-emergence. In order to still continue to play for the national team, he decided to change clubs. New club was from April 1955, the first division side AIK Solna from. When multiple national champion, he signed a two-year contract and joined in parallel in Stockholm trained as a pastry chef at. By the fall of that year he played 17 Erstligapartien, before he returned due to lack of cohesion in the team to ÖSK in the second division. In the result, there were disputes between Bergmark and AIK to 15,000 crowns, which had paid the players of the club, ultimately, it was agreed that Bergmark was allowed to keep half.
Bergmark consequently lost briefly its place in the national team in September 1956, he was however nominated for the international match against Norway again. Although he managed in the following seasons with his club not to return to the excellence, but he established himself as a regular in the national selection. Consequently, he was also in the World Cup 1958 squad. With the team he reached the final against Brazil, where he was one of four second division players after a 2:5 defeat Vice World Champion was next Reino Börjesson, Gunnar Gren and Agne Simonsson. In the same year he received the donated by Svenska Fotbollförbundet and the newspaper Aftonbladet Guldbollen for the Swedish football player of the year due to his commitment to ÖSK and the national team. In addition, he finished 19th place in the election conducted by France Football European Footballer of the Year.
In 1959 also the Bergmark coach of Örebro Sok. Under his leadership, the club returned at the end of the second division season 1960 after successful ascent matches against IFK Kristianstad and IFK Luleå in the Allsvenskan back. After a fourth place in the following year he followed in the summer of 1962, the reputation of southern Europe. As a 31 -year-old he was a professional soccer player in Italy. With his move to AS Roma his national team career was simultaneously terminated after his 94th international match on June 21, 1962 in a 2-0 victory over Norway in the European Nations' Cup. Two seasons he ran on in Serie A for the club from the Italian capital. He then returned again back to Örebro SK and ended here in 1965 after 290 games, including 147 first division matches for the club his active career.
Coaching career
1966 took over Bergmark the post of full-time coach of the national team by Lennart Nyman. After the Blågult for silver in 1958 could only watch in the next two tournaments, he led the national team to the World Cup 1970. However, where the team failed in the group stage in third place on points with Uruguay solely because of goal difference. After the tournament, he stepped back, Georg Ericson became his successor.
In 1971 he returned to the dugout from Örebro SK and managed the club until 1973, after an interlude during unterklassig antretenden Fjugesta IF he returned in 1978 again to Örebro SK back in order to succeed Benny Lennartsson -. Ultimately unsuccessful - the descent into second-class prevent. Due to its long-standing activities for the club he was nicknamed " Mister Sportklubben ".
Bandy
In his hometown club Örebro SK Bergmark was active during the winter break of the football season in the Bandymannschaft. 1955, 1957 and 1958 he became Swedish champion. In addition, he played 20 international matches.