Freddie Ljungberg: Swedish association football player and manager

He is also a football manager. He was the former assistant coach of Arsenal F.C.

Freddie Ljungberg

Ljungberg playing in the Match Against Poverty in March 2014
Personal information
Full name	Karl Fredrik Ljungberg
Date of birth	(1977-04-16) 16 April 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Vittsjö, Sweden
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
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	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)
National team
1993	Sweden U16	4	(2)
1994	Sweden U18	8	(1)
1995–1998	Sweden U21	12	(5)
1998–2008	Sweden	75	(14)
Teams managed
2016–2017	Arsenal U15
2017	VfL Wolfsburg (assistant)
2018–2019	Arsenal U23
2019–2020	Arsenal (assistant)
2019	Arsenal (interim)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club

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International

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International goals

Sweden score listed first, score column indicates after each Ljungberg goal.

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	28 May 1998	Malmö Stadion, Malmö, Sweden	3	Denmark	1–0	3–0	Friendly
2	31 March 1999	Stadion Śląski, Chorzów, Poland	8	Poland		1–0	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
3	7 June 2003	Stadio Serravalle, Serravalle, San Marino	37	San Marino	3–0	6–0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
4	14 June 2004	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal	41	Bulgaria	1–0	5–0	UEFA Euro 2004
5	4 September 2004	Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta	46	Malta	4–0	7–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6					6–0
7	9 October 2004	Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden	48	Hungary	1–0	3–0
8	9 February 2005	Stade de France, Paris, France	50	France		1–1	Friendly
9	26 March 2005	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	51	Bulgaria		3–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
10					3–0
11	4 June 2005	Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden	52	Malta	5–0	6–0
12	3 September 2005	Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden	53	Bulgaria	1–0	3–0
13	15 June 2006	Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany	59	Paraguay		1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup
14	13 October 2007	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein	68	Liechtenstein		3–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying

As of match played 21 December 2019

Halmstad

• Allsvenskan: 1997
• Svenska Cupen: 1994–95

Arsenal

• Premier League: 2001–02, 2003–04
• FA Cup: 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05
• FA Charity Shield: 1999

Seattle Sounders

 

• U.S. Open Cup: 2009

Individual

• Premier League Player of the Season: 2001–02
• Premier League Player of the Month: April 2002
• Premier League Overseas Team of the Decade: 1992–93 – 2001–02
• ESM Team of the Year: 2001–02
• Guldbollen: 2002, 2006
• Swedish Midfielder of the Year: 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
• MLS Best XI: 2009
• MLS Player of the Month: October 2009
• Fotbollsgalan Folkets Lirare ("Fan's Player of the Year"): 1998