Sigge Parling
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| Full name | Sigvard Emanuel Parling | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 March 1930 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Valbo, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||
| –1945 | Forsbacka IK | ||||||||||||||
| 1946–1949 | Sandvikens AIK | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | ||||||||||||
| 1949–1956 | Djurgårdens IF | ||||||||||||||
| 1957 | Lycksele IF | ||||||||||||||
| 1957–1960 | Djurgårdens IF | ||||||||||||||
| 1961–1962 | IK Sirius | ||||||||||||||
| 1963–1966 | Gefle IF | ||||||||||||||
| 1967 | Sandvikens AIK | ||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Hedesunda IF | ||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||
| Sweden B[1] | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 1954–1960 | Sweden[2] | 38 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| Teams managed | |||||||||||||||
| 1960 | Vallentuna BK | ||||||||||||||
| 1961–1962 | IK Sirius | ||||||||||||||
| 1965–1966 | Gefle IF | ||||||||||||||
| 1967 | Sandvikens AIK | ||||||||||||||
| 1968–1969 | Gefle IF | ||||||||||||||
Honours
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Sigvard "Sigge" Emanuel Parling (born March 26, 1930 in Valbo, Gästrikland) is a retired Swedish football player. He also played ice hockey and bandy.
During his career he played for Djurgårdens IF (1949–1960), IK Sirius (1960–1963) and Gefle IF (1963–1965). His position was left midfielder and was considered a very rough but fair player. During his time in Djurgården he was known as the first Järnkamin (Iron Stove). Parling was capped 195 times for Djurgården and scored 12 goals.[3] He won the Swedish Championship twice with Djurgårdens IF, 1955 and 1959.[3] Parling was part of the legendary Swedish national team at the 1958 FIFA World Cup[4] and was capped 37 times for his country.[5]
Parling is the only player from Djurgårdens IF who has played a World Cup Final.[6]
Honours
Club
- Allsvenskan (2): 1954–55, 1959
International
- World Cup silver medal: 1958
Individual
- Djurgårdens IF:s guldplakett (1): 1959
References
- ↑ Frantz, Alf; Glanell, Tomas; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2008). Det svenska fotbollslandslaget 1908–2008 [The Swedish National Football Team 1908–2008] (in Swedish). Vällingby: CA Strömberg AB. ISBN 91-86184-69-5.
- ↑ Frantz, Alf; Glanell, Tomas; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2008). Det svenska fotbollslandslaget 1908–2008 [The Swedish National Football Team 1908–2008] (in Swedish). Vällingby: CA Strömberg AB. ISBN 91-86184-69-5.
- 1 2 Gänger, Hasse. Djurgårdens IF Fotboll 1899-2006 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. p. 156. ISBN 978-91-633-0992-2.
- ↑ "Sigge PARLING". fifa.com. FIFA. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
- ↑ "Stora Grabbar (-2009)". svenskfotboll.se. Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
- ↑ "Sigge Parling". dif.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
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