Torbjörn Arvidsson
Torbjörn Arvidsson ( born May 6, 1968) is a former Swedish football player. With over 300 games for Halmstad BK in Allsvenskan the defender is record holder at the club. During his active career he won both the Swedish championship title as well as the National Cup twice each.
Career
Arvidsson began his career at Kalmar FF. With the second division, he moved in 1987 to the final of the National Cup, where the team led by Peter Nilsson, Billy Lansdowne and Jan Jansson met at GAIS. By a 2-0 win against the Gothenburg club he won the first title of his career. Nevertheless, the year for the club ended disappointing as was one point behind IFK Hässleholm and Karlskrona AIF occupied together with Skövde AIK a relegation place and he descended into the low ranks. Arvidsson remained loyal to the club first. In the third league season in 1988, his team delivered with Lunds BK a duel for the direct re- ascent, which was two points ahead ultimately obtained.
Meanwhile Arvidsson, however, had made higher class attention. In early 1989 he joined the Scots managed by Stuart Baxter Erstligaaufsteiger Halmstad BK. On the side of Jan Jönsson, Jonas Dahlgren and Stefan Lindqvist he just missed the championship finals with the team in fifth. The following year, slipped into the relegation battle, he went with the club in the autumn round of the season in 1991 in the second division from, managed there but the following spring under coach Mats Jingblad the relay victory, and in the subsequent autumn round direct resurgence.
The climber is Arvidsson sat again in the front half of the table, notably: Henrik Bertilssons gates - together with Mats lilies mountain of Trelleborg FF he crowned himself with 18 goals this season for the top scorer in the Allsvenskan - helped the team to fifth place in the season of 1993 In the summer of 1995. he moved with the team into the second cup final of his career, with a 3-1 win over AIK he also won this. Thus qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup, he was next to Niklas Gudmundsson, Fredrik Ljungberg and Niclas Alexandersson to the team that made internationally sit up when she could conquer the AC Parma with a 3-0 victory in the first knockout round first leg. However, towards the Italian club lost the return match with a 0-4 defeat.
After Jingblad had left the club in late 1995 in the direction of IFK Gothenburg, Tom Prahl took over as coach. Under him, still a regular in the defensive of the club he won with the team in the season 1997 the third championship in club history. On the side of mountain lilies Mats, Håkan Svensson and Jesper Mattsson he denied doing all 26 games during the season and contributed with three Torerfolgen in the title. However, in the qualifying round of the Champions League round of 1998/99 he fail with the team in the first round at the Bulgarian champions Litex Lovech. Also in the next two years led to the now captain ascended defender the club to the front table seats before the 2000 season decency of renewed Cup triumph.
After a short period in the mid table area under Jonas Thern his assistant Janne Andersson took over the coach work and led the club back into the top group. However, it Arvidsson had hardly share. After a herniated disc in preparation for the 2004 under the resulting operation, he fell out of a long-term and came to two league appearances for reaching the second table space behind Malmö FF. After he had even tried to in the following year failed to make a comeback, he finished in the fall of 2005, after 306 first division matches his career final. He then joined the coaching staff of the club.