Bernt Ljung
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bernt Åke Ljung | ||
| Date of birth | 8 May 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Borlänge, Sweden | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1968 | Forsa BK | ||
| 1969–1975 | IK Brage | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1980 | IK Brage | ||
| 1981–1987 | AIK | 134 | (0) |
| 1988–1990 | Vasalunds IF | ||
| 1991–1992 | AIK | 19 | (0) |
| 1993 | IK Brage | ||
| International career | |||
| 1978–1981 | Sweden U21 | 7 | (0) |
| 1982–1984 | Sweden | 7 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Bernt Åke Ljung (born 8 May 1958) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He represented IK Brage, AIK, and Vasalunds IF during a career that spanned between 1976 and 1993. A full international between 1982 and 1984, he won seven caps for the Sweden national team.
Club career
[edit]IK Brage
[edit]Ljung started his career as a 17-year-old in 1976 at IK Brage under manager Rolf Zetterlund, and helped the club advance from Division 3 to Allsvenskan in only four seasons in the late 1970s.[1] During the 1980 Allsvenskan season, the team only conceded 18 goals as it finished fourth in the table as newcomers.[1]
AIK
[edit]Ahead of the 1981 season, Ljung and Zetterlund both signed with fellow Allsvenskan club AIK.[1] In early 1982, Ljung suffered a serious knee that would keep him out of the entire 1982 season.[1] In 1983, Ljung played in 21 league games as AIK finished first in Allsvenskan, before being eliminated in the semifinals of the 1983 Allsvenskan play-offs by the eventual Swedish Champions IFK Göteborg.[1] Ljung saved three penalty kicks in the penalty kick shootout in the 1985 Svenska Cupen final against Östers IF as AIK won the 1984–85 Svenska Cupen title.[1]
Vasalunds IF, return to AIK
[edit]Ljung had a short stint at Vasalunds IF before returning to AIK again in 1991.[1] In 1992, Ljung helped the team become Swedish Champions for the first time in 55 years.[1]
Return to IK Brage and retirement
[edit]Ljung returned to his boyhood club IK Brage ahead of the 1993 Allsvenskan season and played for one year before announcing his retirement from professional football.[1]
International career
[edit]Ljung represented the Sweden U21 team a total of seven times between 1978 and 1981.[2] He made his full international debut for the Sweden national team on 21 February 1982 in a friendly 1–2 loss against Finland.[3] He played his first and only competitive game for Sweden on 12 September 1984 in a 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Portugal, which Sweden lost 0–1.[4] He won his seventh and last cap on 26 September 1984 in a friendly 0–1 loss to Italy.[5]
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "500 AIK:are - Bernt Ljung". www.aik.se. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Bernt Ljung, Spelarstatistik SvFF". Svensk Fotboll.
- ^ "Finland - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Sverige - Portugal - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.sehttps (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 October 2021.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Italien - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Bernt Ljung - Overall international matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Bernt Ljung: "Någon hade grävt ner en bomb i gräsmattan"". Fotboll Sthlm (in Swedish). 9 December 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2021.