biography
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| male
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| lived:
| (1971– )
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| biography:
| Footballer, born in Helsingborg, Sweden. He joined a local football club at age five and made his league debut with third-division Hogaborg at 17. After four years (1993–7) with Dutch team Feyenoord, he joined Scottish side Glasgow Celtic, scoring 16 goals in his first season. In 1999 a calf injury threatened to end his career, but he made a successful comeback some months later with the goals that secured Sweden a place in the 2000 European Championships. He scored his 100th goal for Celtic in January 2001. He won his first international cap in October 1993 in a qualifying match for the 1994 FIFA World Cup finals in the USA. He was named as a member of Sweden's World Cup squad for 2002. |
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