Torsten Lindberg

Torsten Gustav Adolf Lindberg ( born April 14, 1917 in Nässjö; † August 31, 2009 in Malmö) was a Swedish national football player and coach. The goalkeeper won six league titles with the Swedish national team Olympic gold and at club level with IFK Norrköping as Active. As a coach Djurgårdens IF he added to his collection of titles added two more championships.

  • 2.1 Players
  • 2.2 Coaches

Career

Playing career

Lindberg began in 1934 his football career as a goalkeeper for Husqvarna IF in Division II in 1937, he went to IK Tord before he held the 23 -year-old joined IFK Norrköping in the Allsvenskan 1940. With his new club, he established himself as a regular player in goal. On the side of Birger Rosengren, Knut Nordahl and Lennart Wigren, he led the team in the season 1942/43, the most successful period of the club one, as was first won in the club's history the von Rosen's Cup for the Swedish Championship. In addition, the team moved into the Cup final against AIK. After the first game ended in a 0-0 draw, succeeded by a 5-2 win in the replay match of winning the Cup and thus the doubles.

With Lindberg as backing the team cashed in the season 1944/45, only 23 goals and was placed there with Gunnar Nordahl also the top scorer, succeeded in re- championship win. This was topped off with a 4-1 win over last year's champion Malmö FF in the cup final with the new Double - profit. With regard to the permanent staff almost unchanged team, in the part only with Georg Ericson a new man on the eleven most-used players defended the club five points clear at Malmö FF the championship. The dominant position of Lindberg's team kept upright in the years that followed and managed according to the title win in the seasons 1946/47 and 1947/48 four championships in a row.

1947 honored by the Svenska Fotbollförbundet Lindberg's performance and summoned the 30 -year-old for the first time in the national team. In the 4-1 win over the Danish National Team on June 15 of that year he was careful the first time the selection gate. As a result, he established himself in the National Jersey, was once a goalkeeper in the squad of the national selection at the 1948 Olympic Games with the team to the Nordahl brothers, Nils Liedholm and Gunnar Gren he cashed during the whole tournament only three goals and won a 3. : 1- final victory over Yugoslavia, the Gold medal of the football tournament.

The seasons following the Olympic tournament ran by Lindberg and grow for IFK Norrköping and it only reach places in the middle of the league. He also received during the year 1949 in the national team with Kalle Svensson Helsingborgs IF a strong competitor to the space between the posts that ousted him in 1950. So he sat in the World Cup finals in 1950 only on the bench and watched as the rival good performances contributed to the third place behind world champion Uruguay and Brazil, and the nickname Rio - Kalle deserved. On 21 October 1951, he came to his farewell match against Denmark and ended after 19 internationals his international career. At the end of the season 1951/52, he finished after 12 seasons and 243 first division matches his career and said goodbye to the sixth championship of his career. In the same year he played with the club on the occasion of the celebration of the 50th birthday of Real Madrid against the Spanish club.

Lindberg also starred as a young table tennis at Rumlaborgs BTK and participated for the club at regional championships.

Coaching career

After his retirement Lindberg moved to the dugout. Initially, he worked 1953-1954 as manager of IFK Norrköping. Later he trained, among others, Motala AIF and IFK Stockholm, Djurgårdens IF, IK Sirius, AIK and Väsby IK. With Djurgårdens IF for the seasons 1964 and 1966 he succeeded each winning the Swedish championship title. In parallel, he worked 1958-1965 with the Swedish national team. As an assistant to George Raynor, the supervisor of his time members appointed by a selection committee national team, he was with the team in the World Cup finals in 1958 vice world champion in their own country.

Achievements

Player

  • Olympic champion: 1948
  • World Cup Third: 1950
  • Swedish Champion: 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1952
  • Swedish Cup winners: 1943, 1945

Coach

  • Vice world champion: 1958 ( assistant coach )
  • Swedish Champion: 1964, 1966
Superettan 1942–43 Allsvenskan Double (association football) 1944–45 Allsvenskan 1946–47 Allsvenskan 1947–48 Allsvenskan 1951–52 Allsvenskan 1964 Allsvenskan 1966 Allsvenskan
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