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Freddie Ljungberg
Freddie Ljungberg · Ricardo Alvarez, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Person

Freddie Ljungberg

b. 1977

Swedish association football player and manager

Born
16 Apr 1977 · Vittsjö
Part ofSweden800 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 56 years
  1. 16 Apr 1977BornBorn in Vittsjö
  2. 1993TeamSweden national under-17 football team
  3. 1994 – 1998TeamHalmstads BK
  4. 1994TeamSweden national under-18 football team
  5. 1994TeamSweden national under-19 football team
  6. 1995 – 1998TeamSweden national under-21 football team
  7. 1998 – 2007TeamArsenal F.C.
  8. 1998 – 2008TeamSweden men's national football team
  9. 2002Took part2002 FIFA World Cup
  10. 2002AwardGuldbollen
  11. 2006Took part2006 FIFA World Cup
  12. 2006AwardGuldbollen
  13. 2007 – 2008TeamWest Ham United F.C.
  14. 2009 – 2010TeamSeattle Sounders FC
  15. 2010 – 2011TeamChicago Fire FC
  16. 2011TeamCeltic F.C.
  17. 2011 – 2012TeamShimizu S-Pulse
  18. 2014TeamMumbai City FC

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1977 – today).

  1. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  3. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  4. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  5. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  6. 1985Schengen Agreement
  7. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  8. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  9. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  10. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  11. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  12. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  13. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  14. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  15. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  16. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  17. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  18. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  19. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  20. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  21. 20112011 Norway attacks
  22. 2011Libyan civil war
  23. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  24. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  25. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  26. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  27. 2015Paris Agreement
  28. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  29. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  30. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  31. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  32. 2023Gaza war
  33. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  34. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Karl Fredrik Ljungberg (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈfrěːdrɪk ˈjɵ̂ŋːbærj]; born 16 April 1977) is a Swedish professional football manager and former player who played as a wide midfielder or winger. He was most recently an assistant coach, and interim head coach of Premier League club 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.

Ljungberg was a model for Calvin Klein underwear until 2007. He previously represented brands such as Nike, Procter & Gamble, L'Oréal, Puma, Beats, ESPN and Pepsi.

Text from the Wikipedia article Freddie Ljungberg, CC BY-SA 4.0

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