Tommy Holmgren Explained

Tommy Holmgren
Birth Date:1959 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Palohuornas, Sweden
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1976
Clubs1:Gällivare SK
Caps1:20
Goals1:6
Years2:1977–1989
Clubs2:IFK Göteborg
Caps2:213
Goals2:18
Totalcaps:233
Totalgoals:24
Nationalyears1:1981–1986
Nationalteam1:Sweden
Nationalcaps1:26
Nationalgoals1:0

Tommy Holmgren (born 9 January 1959) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a midfielder. Holmgren played his whole career for IFK Göteborg and won four Allsvenskan titles, three Swedish cups and two UEFA Cups with them. He also played several matches for Sweden's football team.

In a World Cup qualifier against Malta in 1984, Holmgren got kicked in the head by an opponent. He was out for a long time and when he came back he was not as good as he had been previously, before the incident many European clubs wanted to sign Holmgren but after it, nearly all of them stopped trying to sign him and he instead played on for Göteborg.

He is the younger brother of Tord Holmgren.

Honours

Individual

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alla 47 ärkeänglar ifkdb.se. ifkdb.se. 2024-03-06.