Birger Rosengren
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Date of birth
29 October 1917
Place of birth
Norrköping, Sweden
Date of death
15 October 1977 (aged 59)
Place of death
Norrköping, Sweden
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| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 29 October 1917 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Norrköping, Sweden | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 15 October 1977 (aged 59) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Norrköping, Sweden | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfield | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1935–1949 | IFK Norrköping[1] | |||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1945–1948 | Sweden | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Birger Rosengren (29 October 1917 – 15 October 1977) was a Swedish international footballer who played for IFK Norrköping as a midfielder. During his club career, he won the national Swedish league (Allsvenskan) five times.
Rosengren played nine times for his home country, and as team captain he won the gold medal with the Swedish Olympic team at the 1948 Summer Olympics,[2] at which he played in 4 games including the final.[3][4][5]
