Tomas Brolin

Tomas Brolin
Brolin at the Swedish Sports Awards in 2013
Personal information
Full name Per Tomas Brolin
Date of birth (1969-11-29) 29 November 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth Hudiksvall, Sweden
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, forward
Youth career
1976–1983 Näsvikens IK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1986 Näsvikens IK 36 (10)
1987–1989 GIF Sundsvall 55 (13)
1990 IFK Norrköping 9 (7)
1990–1995 Parma 133 (20)
1995–1997 Leeds United 19 (4)
1996FC Zürich (loan) 3 (0)
1997Parma (loan) 11 (0)
1998 Crystal Palace 13 (0)
1998 Hudiksvalls ABK 1 (0)
Total 280 (54)
International career
1986–1987 Sweden U18 9 (3)
1988–1992 Sweden U21/O 16 (6)
1990–1995 Sweden[1][2] 47 (27)
Medal record
 Sweden
FIFA World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1994
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 May 2007
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 May 2007

Per Tomas Brolin (born 29 November 1969) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a forward or as a midfielder.

At club level, he had a successful period with A.C. Parma during the early 1990s, winning the 1992 Coppa Italia, the 1993 Cup Winners' Cup, the 1993 UEFA Super Cup, and the 1995 UEFA Cup.[3] He also represented Näsvikens IK, GIF Sundsvall, IFK Norrköping, Leeds United, FC Zürich, Crystal Palace and Hudiksvall ABK during a career that spanned between 1984 and 1998.

A full international between 1990 and 1995, Brolin won 47 caps and scored 27 goals for the Sweden national team and helped them finish third at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He was also a member of the Sweden squads that competed at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 1992, and 1992 Summer Olympics. He was the 1990 and 1994 recipient of Guldbollen as Sweden's best footballer of those years.

13 days before his 25th birthday in November 1994, he broke a bone in his foot leading to five months out of first team football. After returning from that injury he was unable to deliver the height of performance he had pre-injury.[4] After struggles with form, injury and weight he retired as a footballer at the age of 28.[5]

  1. ^ "Profile: Tomas Brolin". BBC. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  2. ^ "FIFA Player Profile – Tomas Brolin". Archived from the original on 28 February 2008.
  3. ^ Where are they now? No. 6 Crystal Palace FC Supporters' Website – The Holmesdale Online
  4. ^ McNulty, Phil (2 January 2003). "Football's foreign lottery". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  5. ^ Murphy, Alex (4 July 2007). "50 worst footballers". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2008.

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