Ljungberg playing in the Match Against Poverty in 2014
Personal information
Full name
Karl Fredrik Ljungberg[1]
Date of birth
(1977-04-16) 16 April 1977 (age 47)[2]
Place of birth
Vittsjö, Sweden
Height
1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s)
Winger
Youth career
1982–1994
Halmstad
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1994–1998
Halmstad
79
(10)
1998–2007
Arsenal
216
(46)
2007–2008
West Ham United
25
(2)
2009–2010
Seattle Sounders FC
37
(2)
2010
Chicago Fire
15
(2)
2011
Celtic
7
(0)
2011–2012
Shimizu S-Pulse
8
(0)
2014
Mumbai City
4
(0)
Total
391
(62)
International career
1993
Sweden U16
4
(2)
1994
Sweden U18
8
(1)
1995–1998
Sweden U21
12
(5)
1998–2008
Sweden
75
(14)
Managerial career
2016–2017
Arsenal U15[4]
2018–2019
Arsenal U23
2019
Arsenal (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Karl Fredrik "Freddie" Ljungberg (Swedish pronunciation:[ˈfrěːdrɪkˈjɵ̂ŋːbærj]; born 16 April 1977) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a winger. He is also a former manager, and was most recently an assistant coach, and interim head coach of Arsenal.
He began his career at Halmstad and went on to spend most of his career at Arsenal, where he won honours including two Premier League titles and three FA Cups, scoring in two finals including the victory in 2002. After leaving Arsenal in 2007, he had short spells at a number of clubs in England, Scotland, the United States, Japan and India. An international for a full decade, Ljungberg earned 75 caps and represented Sweden national team at UEFA Euro 2000, 2004 and 2008, as well as at the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups. He was captain of Sweden from 2006 until he announced his international retirement after UEFA Euro 2008.[5]
Ljungberg was a model for Calvin Klein underwear[6] until 2007.[7] He previously represented brands such as Nike, Procter & Gamble, L'Oréal, Puma, Beats, ESPN and Pepsi.
^"Freddie Ljungberg". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
^"2006 FIFA World Cup Germany List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
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^"Swedish star Fredrik Ljungberg signs on". Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
^"Celebrity men: Freddie Ljungberg". Women Republic. Archived from the original on 23 June 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
^"Freddie Ljungberg: Calvin Klein advert made my nightclub life hell". Metro. 8 May 2012. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
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