Mats Lilienberg
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mats Christer Lilienberg | ||
Date of birth | 22 December 1969 | ||
Place of birth | Vollsjö, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989 | Vollsjö IF | ||
1989–1990 | Sjöbo IF | 16 | (13) |
1990–1993 | Trelleborgs FF | 94 | (42) |
1993–1994 | 1860 Munich | 19 | (4) |
1995–1996 | IFK Göteborg | 30 | (5) |
1996–1998 | Halmstads BK | 51 | (25) |
1999–2002 | Malmö FF | 79 | (21) |
2002–2004 | Trelleborgs FF | 56 | (24) |
2005–2011 | Höörs IS | ||
International career | |||
1991–1992 | Sweden U21 | 3 | (0) |
1993–1998 | Sweden | 5 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Mats Christer Lilienberg (born 22 December 1969) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker.[1] He won three Allsvenskan titles and was the Allsvenskan top scorer twice during a professional career that spanned between 1990 and 2004. A full international between 1993 and 1998, he won five caps for the Sweden national team and scored one goal.
Club career
[edit]Lilienberg represented Trelleborgs FF, 1860 Munich, IFK Göteborg, Halmstads BK, Malmö FF, and Höörs IS during his career.[2] He won three Allsvenskan titles (in 1995, 1996, and 1997) and was the Allsvenskan top scorer in 1993 and 1997 with 18 and 14 goals respectively.[2] While at Malmö FF, he played at forward alongside a young Zlatan Ibrahimovic.[2]
International career
[edit]After having represented the Sweden U21 team a total of three times, Lilienberg made his full international debut for Sweden on 10 November 1993 in a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Austria when he replaced Henrik Larsson in the 72nd minute of a 1–1 draw.[3][4] He scored his first and only international goal for Sweden in a friendly 3–1 win against the United States on 20 February 1994.[5] He won his fifth and final cap on 29 January 1998 in a friendly 0–0 draw with Jamaica.[4]
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Sweden | 1993 | 1 | 0 |
1994 | 2 | 1 | |
1995 | 0 | 0 | |
1996 | 0 | 0 | |
1997 | 0 | 0 | |
1998 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 5 | 1 |
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 20 February 1994 | Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, Florida, United States | United States | 3–1 | 3–1 | Joe Robbie Cup |
Honours
[edit]IFK Göteborg
Halmstads BK
Individual
- Allsvenskan top scorer: 1993 (18 goals), 1997 (14 goals)
References
[edit]- ^ "Mats Lilienberg". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ^ a b c "Mats Lilienberg 50 år - Halmstads BK". www.hbk.se. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Österrike - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ a b c "Mats Lilienberg - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "USA - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 February 2021.
External links
[edit]- Mats Lilienberg at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mats Lilienberg at Soccerway
- #15 Mats Lilienberg at ifkdb.com
- Living people
- 1969 births
- People from Sjöbo Municipality
- Men's association football forwards
- Swedish men's footballers
- Sweden men's international footballers
- Swedish expatriate men's footballers
- Allsvenskan players
- Superettan players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Trelleborgs FF players
- TSV 1860 Munich players
- IFK Göteborg players
- Halmstads BK players
- Malmö FF players
- Footballers from Skåne County