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Tommy Svensson
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Tommy Svensson (born 4 March 1945) is a Swedish football manager and former player.
His playing career took him to Östers IF as well as Belgian Standard Liège. He was awarded Guldbollen in 1969 and played at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. After retiring, he started working as the Östers IF coach. He later had a successful period with Tromsø I.L., and became national team coach in 1991. He led the Swedish team to the 1992 European Football Championship semi final as well as a bronze medal at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He continued with the national team until 1997, and later worked in television with match commentary as well as coaching Tromsø for a second period in 2001.
Tommy Svensson is the son of Stig Svensson and the uncle of Joachim Björklund.
- (Swedish) Guldbollen 1969 (Aftonbladet.se)
| Preceded by Nils Andersson (caretaker) |
Sweden national football team manager 1991–97 |
Succeeded by Tommy Söderberg |
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Sweden squad - 1970 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Hellström | 2 Selander | 3 Axelsson | 4 Nordqvist | 5 Grip | 6 Svensson | 7 B. Larsson | 8 Eriksson | 9 Kindvall | 10 Grahn | 11 Persson | 12 S. Larsson | 13 Cronqvist | 14 Kristensson | 15 Målberg | 16 Nordahl | 17 Pettersson | 18 Turesson | 19 Nicklasson | 20 Olsson | 21 Ejderstedt | 22 Pålsson | Coach: Bergmark |
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Sweden squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup Third Place | |
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1 Ravelli | 2 R. Nilsson | 3 P. Andersson | 4 Björklund | 5 Ljung | 6 Schwarz | 7 Larsson | 8 Ingesson | 9 Thern | 10 Dahlin | 11 Brolin | 12 Eriksson | 13 M. Nilsson | 14 Kåmark | 15 Lučić | 16 Limpar | 17 Rehn | 18 Mild | 19 K. Andersson | 20 Erlingmark | 21 Blomqvist | 22 Hedman | Coach: Svensson |
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