Lennart Samuelsson

Lennart Samuelsson

Personal information
Date of birth	(1924-07-07)7 July 1924
Place of birth	Borås, Sweden
Date of death	27 November 2012(2012-11-27) (aged 88)
Place of death	Borlänge, Sweden
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1947–1950	IF Elfsborg
1950–1951	OGC Nice	9	(0)
1951–1956	IF Elfsborg
National team
1950–1955	Sweden[1]	36	(0)
Teams managed
	IFK Luleå
1962–1966	IK Brage
1967–1970	Örebro SK
1971–1973	IK Brage
Honours Representing  Sweden Olympic Games Helsinki 1952 Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Torsten Lennart Samuelsson (7 July 1924 – 27 November 2012) was a Swedish association football player, who won bronze medals at the 1950 FIFA World Cup and 1952 Summer Olympics.^[2][3]

Between 1950 and 1955 Samuelsson capped 36 international matches an scored no goals. Domestically he played for Elfsborg (126 matches, 2 goals in 1947–1954), and in 1951 he appeared in nine matches with the French club Nice. His career was cut short due to a broken leg.^[4] He later coached IFK Luleå, IK Brage^[5] and Örebro SK.

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• Lennart Samuelsson at National-Football-Teams.com
• Swedish Olympic Committee

Sweden squads
Sweden squad – 1950 FIFA World Cup Third Place 1 Svensson 2 Samuelsson 3 E. Nilsson (c) 4 Andersson 5 Nordahl 6 Gärd 7 Sundqvist 8 Palmér 9 Jeppson 10 Skoglund 11 S. Nilsson 12 Lindberg 13 Månsson 14 Johansson 15 Jönsson 16 Mellberg 17 Rydell 18 Åhlund Coach: Raynor Sweden squad – 1952 Summer Olympics – Bronze Medalists 1 K. Svensson 2 Samuelsson 3 Nilsson (c) 4 Hansson 5 Gustavsson 6 Lindh 7 Bengtsson 8 Löfgren 9 Rydell 10 Brodd 11 Sandberg 12 T. Svensson 13 Andersson 14 Åhlund 15 Å. Jönsson 16 Eriksson 17 Sandell 18 E. Jönsson Coach: Raynor