Arne Larsson (footballer, born 1934) explained

Arne Larsson
Birth Name:Arne Larsson
Birth Date:30 December 1934
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Death Date:[1]
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Position:Centre-back / Full-back / Midfielder
Clubs1:Mälarhöjdens IK
Years1:1949–1957
Years2:1957–1965
Caps2:138
Goals2:3
Nationalyears1:1952
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:1959–1961
Nationalteam2:Sweden B
Nationalcaps2:2
Nationalgoals2:0
Nationalyears3:1959–1960
Nationalteam3:Sweden
Nationalcaps3:3
Nationalgoals3:0
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Position:Midfielder
Clubs1:Mälarhöjdens IK
Clubs2:Hammarby IF
Years1:1949–1959
Years2:1959–1960

Arne Larsson (30 December 1934 – 26 April 1994) was a Swedish football and bandy player, known for representing Hammarby IF in both sports. He won three caps for the Sweden national team.

Athletic career

Football

Club career

Larsson was born in Stockholm and started to play football with local club Mälarhöjdens IK in the Swedish lower divisions.[2]

In 1957, at age 23, Larsson joined Hammarby IF in Division 2. He won a promotion to Allsvenskan in his first season with the club.[3]

He was known as tall, elegant and reliable centre-back or full-back.[4] [5] Larsson played six seasons for Hammarby in Allsvenskan, Sweden's top tier, and made a total of 138 league appearances for the club, before retiring in 1965.[6] [7]

International career

Between 1959 and 1960, Larsson won three caps for the Sweden national team; playing in two friendlies against Finland and one against Hungary.[2] [1] [8] [9]

Bandy

Larsson also played bandy for Hammarby IF for one season in 1959–60.[10]

Personal life

Long after has his playing career had ended, in the beginning of the 1990s, Arne Larsson was the chairman of the football section of Hammarby.[11] [12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arne Larsson. Worldfootball.net. 30 October 2020. English.
  2. Web site: Landslagsdatabasen: Arne Larsson. Swedish Football Association. 30 October 2020. Swedish.
  3. Web site: 1958. HIF Historia. 30 October 2020. Swedish.
  4. Web site: 1962: Arne Larsson, Hammarby IF. HIF Historia. 30 October 2020. Swedish.
  5. Web site: 1964. HIF Historia. 30 October 2020. Swedish.
  6. Web site: Hammarby IF:s historia. HIF Historia. 30 October 2020. Swedish.
  7. Web site: Larsson, Arne. National Football Teams. 30 October 2020. English.
  8. Web site: Sveriges landslagsmän 1908-2019. Swedish Football Association. 30 October 2020. Swedish.
  9. Web site: National football team player Arne Larsson. EU Football Stats. 30 October 2020. English.
  10. Web site: 1960. HIF Historia. 30 October 2020. Swedish.
  11. Web site: HIF:s fotboll har mist en profil. HIF Historia. 30 October 2020. Swedish.
  12. Web site: Strandh åter. 11 April 1992 . Dagens Nyheter. 30 October 2020. Swedish.

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