Fredrik Ljungberg biography
AKA Freddie Freddy
Swedish
Soccer - Footballer
Karl
Fredrik Ljungberg (simply known as Freddie Ljungberg)
born 16 April 1977 in Vittsjö, Hässleholm
Youth clubs
Halmstads BK
Senior clubs
Club App (Gls)
Halmstads
BK 79 (10)
Arsenal 211 (46)
National team
Sweden
63 (13)
Awards
1998 Swedish FA prizes for "Best
Midfielder of the year"
1998 Swedish FA prizes for "People's player
of the year"
1998 Nominated for the Sexiest Men in the World
1998
6th in the Swedish handsome men contest
2000 Arsenal FC Player of the Month
(January and February)
2000 Arsenal FC Dreamcast Player of the Season competition:
2nd
2000 AFCi Awards "Most Improved Arsenal Player" for the 1999–2000
season
2000 2nd in AFCi Awards "Arsenal Player of the Season"
2002
Guldbollen
2006 Guldbollen
Honours
With Halmstad
Swedish Cup Winner: 1995
Swedish League Winner: 1997
With Arsenal
Community Shield: 1999
FA Premier League Winner: 2001-02, 2003-04
FA
Cup: 2002, 2003, 2005
Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and correct as 29 March 2007. National team
caps and goals correct of 2007-03-29.
Swedish footballer best known for a career at Arsenal in the English Premiership.
He is currently the club's longest serving player, and captain of the Swedish national team.
Biography
Early career
Ljungberg joined Halmstad
in Sweden as a youth player at five. He played several other sports including
ice hockey and handball for which he was called up to the national squad. He made
a senior debut for Halmstads on 23 October 1994 in the Swedish First Division
against AIK. He went to make 139 appearances and score 16 goals for the club.
He won both the Swedish Cup and League title at the club.
Arsenal
Ljungberg
was signed by Arsenal FC in 1998 for £3 million. Arsenal's manager, Arsène
Wenger, took the unusual step of authorising the signing of Ljungberg after watching
him play for Sweden in a defeat of England on tv, without seeing him play live.
The match confirmed to Wenger Ljungberg would cope against English opponents.
Ljungberg passed a test without difficulty and made a sensational debut as a substitute
scoring against rival club Man Utd.
Some of Ljungberg's best form came in the second half of the 2001-02 season, when Arsenal won a second Premiership and FA Cup double, Robert Pirès had recently been ruled out for months through a knee injury. Ljungberg came in and scored in most of Arsenal's remaining games, including a stunning finish in the FA Cup final against Chelsea. He endeared himself to Arsenal Supporters by having a bright red stripe in his hair.
He is most comfortable on either wing in midfield, though he can also play centrally in a 4 - 5 - 1 formation or as second striker. Since the departure of Emmanuel Petit and Marc Overmars, Ljungberg has been a regular in Arsenal's starting lineup and cemented his first team place. He has had to fight with constant injury problems and occasionally severe bouts with migraines, in 2005 a mysterious hip injury led to fears he may have contracted cancer, which were unfounded. It transpired he was suffering from blood poisoning caused by tattoos.
Despite a persistent ankle injury Ljungberg played for Arsenal in the 2 - 1 defeat by Barcelona in the Champions League Final in Paris on May 17, 2006.
It was speculated in January 2007 Ljungberg was being forced to leave Arsenal, after bosses became tired of a run of injuries restricting his play. Though it was suggested he could make a move to West Ham, later these speculations proved to be untrue.
Ljungberg came back after a long pending injury in a FA Cup match against Bolton Wanderers, scoring a goal 13 minutes before the end of extra time, earning Arsenal a place in the 5th round tie of the FA Cup against Blackburn.
International
career
Ljungberg represented Sweden at U21 level. He received his first full
cap for Sweden on 24 January 1998 against the USA. He represented his nation at
Euro 2000, World Cup 2002, Euro 2004 and World Cup 2006, where a 13th goal for
Sweden came in the 89th minute of the match against Paraguay.
As of August
8, 2006 Ljungberg is captain of the Swedish national football team, taking over
after Olof Mellberg.
Misspell
Fredrick Lungberg Fredric Lundberg Frederik Ljungburg
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