Freddie Ljungberg facts for kids

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Freddie Ljungberg

Ljungberg playing in the Match Against Poverty in March 2014
Personal information
Full name	Karl Fredrik Ljungberg
Date of birth	16 April 1977 (1977-04-16)
Place of birth	Vittsjö, Sweden
Height	1.75 m
Playing position	Winger
Youth career
1982–1994	Halmstad
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1994–1998	Halmstad	79	(10)
1998–2007	Arsenal	216	(46)
2007–2008	West Ham United	25	(2)
2009–2010	Seattle Sounders	37	(2)
2010	Chicago Fire	15	(2)
2011	Celtic	7	(0)
2011–2012	Shimizu S-Pulse	8	(0)
2014	Mumbai City	4	(0)
Total		391	(62)
National team
1993	Sweden U16	4	(2)
1994	Sweden U18	8	(1)
1995–1998	Sweden U21	12	(5)
1998–2008	Sweden	75	(14)
Teams managed
2016–2017	Arsenal U15
2017	VfL Wolfsburg (assistant)
2018–2019	Arsenal U23
2019–2020	Arsenal (assistant)
2019	Arsenal (interim)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Karl Fredrik Ljungberg (born 16 April 1977) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a winger. He is also a football manager. He was the former assistant coach of Arsenal F.C.

Career statistics

Club

Sources:

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Halmstad	1994	Allsvenskan	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
	1995	Allsvenskan	16	1	—		—		4	0	—		20	1
	1996	Allsvenskan	20	2	—		—		3	0	—		23	2
	1997	Allsvenskan	24	5	—		—		4	1	—		28	6
	1998	Allsvenskan	18	2	—		—		2	0	—		20	2
	Total		79	10	—		—		13	1	—		92	11
Arsenal	1998–99	Premier League	16	1	3	0	2	0	—		—		21	1
	1999–2000	Premier League	26	6	2	0	—		14	2	—		42	8
	2000–01	Premier League	30	6	5	1	—		13	2	—		48	9
	2001–02	Premier League	25	12	5	2	—		9	3	—		39	17
	2002–03	Premier League	20	6	4	1	—		8	2	—		32	9
	2003–04	Premier League	30	4	4	4	—		9	2	—		43	10
	2004–05	Premier League	26	10	6	2	—		6	2	—		38	14
	2005–06	Premier League	25	1	1	0	1	0	9	1	—		36	2
	2006–07	Premier League	18	0	3	1	—		5	1	—		26	2
	Total		216	46	33	11	3	0	73	15	—		325	72
West Ham United	2007–08	Premier League	25	2	1	0	2	0	—		—		28	2
Seattle Sounders	2009	Major League Soccer	22	2	1	0	2	0	—		—		25	2
	2010	Major League Soccer	15	0	—		—		—		—		15	0
	Total		37	2	1	0	2	0	—		—		40	2
Chicago Fire	2010	Major League Soccer	15	2	—		—		—		—		15	2
Celtic	2010–11	Scottish Premier League	7	0	1	0	—		—		—		8	0
Shimizu S-Pulse	2011	J.League	8	0	—		—		—		—		8	0
Mumbai City	2014	Indian Super League	4	0	—		—		—		—		4	0
Career total			391	62	36	11	7	0	86	16	—		520	89

International

Source:

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Sweden	1998	6	1
	1999	7	1
	2000	8	0
	2001	9	0
	2002	5	0
	2003	4	1
	2004	10	4
	2005	7	5
	2006	8	1
	2007	6	1
	2008	5	0
Total		75	14

International goals

Sweden score listed first, score column indicates after each Ljungberg goal.

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	28 May 1998	Malmö Stadion, Malmö, Sweden	3	Denmark	1–0	3–0	Friendly
2	31 March 1999	Stadion Śląski, Chorzów, Poland	8	Poland		1–0	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
3	7 June 2003	Stadio Serravalle, Serravalle, San Marino	37	San Marino	3–0	6–0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
4	14 June 2004	Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal	41	Bulgaria	1–0	5–0	UEFA Euro 2004
5	4 September 2004	Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta	46	Malta	4–0	7–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6					6–0
7	9 October 2004	Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden	48	Hungary	1–0	3–0
8	9 February 2005	Stade de France, Paris, France	50	France		1–1	Friendly
9	26 March 2005	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	51	Bulgaria		3–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
10					3–0
11	4 June 2005	Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden	52	Malta	5–0	6–0
12	3 September 2005	Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden	53	Bulgaria	1–0	3–0
13	15 June 2006	Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany	59	Paraguay		1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup
14	13 October 2007	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein	68	Liechtenstein		3–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying

Managerial statistics

As of match played 21 December 2019

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record					Ref.
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Arsenal (Interim)	29 November 2019	21 December 2019	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&06.&&&&&06	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&03.&&&&&03	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02	&&&&&&&&&&&&&016.67000016.67
Total			&&&&&&&&&&&&&&06.&&&&&06	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&03.&&&&&03	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02	&&&&&&&&&&&&&016.67000016.67	—

Honours

Halmstad

• Allsvenskan: 1997
• Svenska Cupen: 1994–95

Arsenal

• Premier League: 2001–02, 2003–04
• FA Cup: 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05
• FA Charity Shield: 1999

Seattle Sounders

Ljungberg receiving the Guldbollen award in November 2006

• U.S. Open Cup: 2009

Individual

• Premier League Player of the Season: 2001–02
• Premier League Player of the Month: April 2002
• Premier League Overseas Team of the Decade: 1992–93 – 2001–02
• ESM Team of the Year: 2001–02
• Guldbollen: 2002, 2006
• Swedish Midfielder of the Year: 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
• MLS Best XI: 2009
• MLS Player of the Month: October 2009
• Fotbollsgalan Folkets Lirare ("Fan's Player of the Year"): 1998

Images for kids

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  Ljungberg (front, second from left) lining up for Seattle Sounders in August 2009 ahead of a friendly against Barcelona

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  Ljungberg representing Sweden at the 2006 FIFA World Cup

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  Ljungberg in a model shoot for a Swedish men's magazine Café. Ljungberg's efforts as a male model have garnered media attention rivaling that of his football career. In 2003, he was contracted as a Calvin Klein underwear model, fronting a worldwide campaign which became one of Calvin Klein's most successful ever.