Anders Limpar

Anders Limpar
Limpar playing for the Sweden national team
Personal information
Full name Anders Erik Limpár
Date of birth (1965-09-24) 24 September 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Solna, Sweden
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1986 Brommapojkarna 77 (20)
1986–1988 Örgryte 47 (9)
1988–1989 Young Boys 27 (7)
1989–1990 Cremonese 24 (3)
1990–1994 Arsenal 96 (17)
1994–1997 Everton 66 (5)
1997 Birmingham City 4 (0)
1998–1999 AIK 22 (2)
1999–2000 Colorado Rapids[1][2] 36 (3)
2000 Djurgården 0 (0)
2001–2002 Brommapojkarna 19 (3)
Total 416 (69)
International career
1981–1982 Sweden U17 6 (3)
1983–1984 Sweden U19 22 (6)
1984–1988 Sweden U21/O 30 (4)
1987–1996 Sweden 58 (6)
Medal record
 Sweden
FIFA World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1994
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anders Erik Limpár (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈanːdɛʂ ˈlɪmˌpɑːr]; born 24 September 1965) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[3][4][5]

Limpar featured for the clubs IF Brommapojkarna, Young Boys, Cremonese, Arsenal, Everton, Birmingham City, AIK, Colorado Rapids and Djurgårdens IF during a career that spanned between 1981 and 2002.[4]

A full international between 1987 and 1996, Limpar was capped 58 times by Sweden, scoring 6 goals altogether.[3] He represented Sweden at the 1988 Summer Olympics, the 1990 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 1992, as well as the 1994 FIFA World Cup where Sweden finished third.

In 1991, he was awarded Guldbollen as Sweden's best footballer of the year.

  1. ^ "Colorado Rapids 1998/99 players stats". Infoplease.com. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
  2. ^ "Colorado Rapids 1999/2000 players stats". Infoplease.com. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
  3. ^ a b "Anders Limpar: Stats". 11 v 11.com.
  4. ^ a b "Anders Limpar: Profile". World Football.net.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Toffees was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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