Johan Mjällby ( Swede; Johan Mjällby ; February 9, 1971, Stockholm ) - Swedish footballer , played in the positions of the central defender and defensive midfielder . He played for the national team of Sweden , was its captain .
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| Full name | Carl Johan Sivard Mielby | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | King ( Swedish Kungen ) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Growth | 186 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | defender , midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club |  Westeros | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Main coach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
He began his career as a footballer at the AIK club in Stockholm. He made his debut on October 1, 1989 in the game of the championship of Sweden against Ergruet , which ended with the score 0-0. [3] He played in the quarter finals of the Cup Winners Cup 1996/1997 . [4] He was the vice captain of AIK. [5] In 1998, he transferred to the Scottish Celtic . He made his debut in the Scottish Premier League on November 21, 1998 in a match against the Rangers , the opponent was defeated with a score of 5: 1. [6] In September 2002, was injured, because of it he did not play for about three months. [7] He played in the UEFA Cup Final 2002/2003 . [8] He was the vice captain of Celtic. [five]
In 2004 he transferred to the Spanish club Levante , the contract was designed for 2 years. [9] He played the first 3 rounds of La Liga in the 2004/2005 season, after which he was injured [10] and did not enter the field anymore. [11] In 2006 he returned to the AIK. Due to injuries, he spent only one match of the first round of the season 2006 . May 16, 2006 announced the end of his career. [12]
He made his national team debut in a friendly match with the Israeli team on March 12, 1997. [13] In the qualifying tournament of the European Championship 2000 he played in all eight matches, [4] scored the winning goal in the game against England . [14] Held 3 matches at Euro 2000 , [15] scored a goal against Belgium . [16] Before the 2002 World Cup, Sweden team captain Patrick Andersson was injured and Mjelby became the new captain. [5] At the 2002 World Cup, he played all 4 games without replacements, [17] FIFA was included in the list of candidates for the tournament’s symbolic team. [18] It was included in the application for Euro 2004 , but did not play. [19] The last match for the national team was held on October 9, 2004, it was a qualifying match of the World Cup against the Hungarian team . [20]
Achievements
- Champion of Sweden 1998
- Swedish Cup Winner (2 times): 1995/96, 1996/97
- Champion of Scotland (3 times): 2000/01 , 2001/02 , 2003/04
- Scotland Cup Winner (2 times): 2000/01, 2003/04
- Scottish League Cup Winner (2 times): 1999/2000, 2000/01
- Finalist of the UEFA Cup 2002/03
Personal life
Married, wife Jennifer, children of Timothy (born in 1995) and Celine (born in 1996). [21]
Notes
- ↑ Profile on the official site of AIK
- ↑ Transfermarkt.com - 2000.
- ↑ Profile on the official site of AIK (inaccessible link)
- ↑ 1 2 Statistics on footballdatabase.eu
- ↑ 1 2 3 Mjallby takes responsibility BBC
- ↑ Player profile (English) on soccerbase.com
- ↑ Mjallby out for three months BBC
- ↑ match report
- ↑ Newcomer to Spain’s top division has been strengthened by Sweden ’s Sport Express defender
- ↑ Knaproblemen stoppar Mjallby - Dorsin kallas in “ Aftonbladet ”
- ↑ statistics on football-lineups.com
- ↑ Johan Mjällby avslutar karriären (inaccessible link) AIK official website
- ↑ Profile on the site SvFF
- ↑ match report
- ↑ Profile on euro2000.ru
- ↑ match report
- ↑ Profile on FIFA.com
- ↑ The list of candidates for the symbolic national team of the 2002 World Cup Sport Express has been published
- ↑ Profile on euro04.ru
- ↑ match report
- ↑ Profile on the official website of AIK Archived on February 18, 2009.