Sven Axbom

Sven Axbom (15 October 1926^[1]-15 April 2006^[2]) was a Swedish footballer who was capped on 31 occasions by Sweden between 1955 and 1960.^[3] He played in all six games for Sweden at the 1958 FIFA World Cup, including the final against Brazil.^[4]

Born in Kimstad bei Norrköping. He played club football for IFK Norrköping, and in the 1960 season appeared in 16 games for them, whilst in 1956-57 he played two games for them in the European Cup.^[5]

References

↑ "Sven Axbom". World Football: Statistics. FIFA. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
↑ death notice at Fotbollskvall www.svt.se (in Swedish)
↑ Sweden Record International Appearances - RSSSF
↑ Millingstein's History of the World Cup Part 6 Sweden
↑ playerhistory.com stats

Sweden squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup Runners-up

1 K. Svensson 2 Bergmark 3 Axbom 4 Liedholm (c) 5 Johansson 6 Parling 7 Hamrin 8 Gren 9 Simonsson 10 Selmosson 11 Skoglund 12 T. Svensson 13 Öberg 14 Gustavsson 15 Börjesson 16 Haraldsson 17 Håkansson 18 Löfgren 19 Källgren 20 Mellberg 21 Berndtsson 22 Ohlsson Coach: Raynor

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