Magnus Erlingmark
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Per Magnus Erlingmark | ||
| Date of birth | 8 July 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Jönköping, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1984 | BK Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1988 | BK Forward | 71 | (10) |
| 1989–1992 | Örebro SK | 102 | (11) |
| 1993–2004 | IFK Göteborg | 278 | (42) |
| 2005 | BK Häcken | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 451 | (63) | |
| International career | |||
| 1989–1990 | Sweden U21 | 10 | (1) |
| 1990–1998 | Sweden[1] | 37 | (1) |
Medal record | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Per Magnus Erlingmark (born 8 July 1968) is a Swedish footballer who mainly played as a defensive midfielder. A prime example of a utility player in football, he is best known for his time with IFK Göteborg with which he won four Allsvenskan titles. A full international between 1990 and 1998, he made 37 appearances for the Sweden national team and appeared at two international tournaments: UEFA Euro 1992 on home soil and the 1994 FIFA World Cup, where Sweden finished third.
Club career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Erlingmark started off his career with BK Forward before signing with the Allsvenskan club Örebro SK in 1989.[2] After having appeared in more than 100 Allsvenskan games for Örebro, he signed with IFK Göteborg ahead of the 1993 Allsvenskan season.[2]
IFK Göteborg
[edit]Erlingmark helped IFK Göteborg to four straight Allsvenskan titles between 1993 and 1996.[2] His most memorable time with the club came during the 1994–95 UEFA Champions League season, where he helped Göteborg win their group ahead of FC Barcelona, Manchester United, and Galatasaray by scoring four goals.[3] He played a total of 471 games for the club from 1993 until his retirement in 2004.[4]
BK Häcken
[edit]Erlingmark came out of his retirement ahead of the 2005 Allsvenskan and signed for BK Häcken as a back-up player, but never appeared in any competitive game during his lone season with the club.[5][2]
International career
[edit]Youth
[edit]Erlingmark represented the Sweden U21 team at the 1990 UEFA European Under-21 Championship where Sweden reached the semi-finals before being eliminated by the Soviet Union.[6] He appeared a total of 10 times for the Swedish U21 team and scored one goal.[6]
Senior
[edit]Erlingmark made his senior debut for the Sweden national team in a friendly game against the United Arab Emirates which ended in a 1–2 loss for Sweden.[6] On 17 April 1992, he scored his first international goal for Sweden in a friendly 2–2 draw with Greece.[6]
He was a squad player for Sweden at UEFA Euro 1992 in which Sweden progressed to the semi-finals, and made his only appearance in the tournament as a substitute for Anders Limpar in a 1–0 group stage win against the eventual UEFA Euro 1992 champions Denmark.[7] Two years later, Erlingmark represented Sweden at the 1994 FIFA World Cup in which Sweden finished third.[6] He made his only appearance in the tournament coming in as a substitute for Joachim Björklund in a 3–1 group stage win against Russia.[8]
Erlingmark played his last international game on 14 October 1998, coming on as a late substitute in a UEFA Euro 2000 qualifier against Bulgaria, which Sweden won 1–0.[6] He won a total of 37 caps for Sweden between 1990 and 1998, scoring one goal.[6]
Personal life
[edit]He is the father of professional footballer August Erlingmark.[4]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]| Club | Season | League | Svenska Cupen | Other* | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| BK Forward | 1985 | Division 3 Västra Svealand | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 1986 | Division 3 Västra Svealand | 18 | 4 | 18 | 4 | |||||
| 1987 | Division 1 Norra | 26 | 2 | 26 | 2 | |||||
| 1988 | Division 1 Norra | 24 | 4 | 24 | 4 | |||||
| Total | 71 | 10 | 71 | 10 | ||||||
| Örebro SK | 1989 | Allsvenskan | 22 | 2 | 22 | 2 | ||||
| 1990 | Allsvenskan | 22 | 2 | 22 | 2 | |||||
| 1991 | Allsvenskan | 27 | 4 | 27 | 4 | |||||
| 1992 | Allsvenskan | 31 | 3 | 31 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 102 | 11 | 102 | 11 | ||||||
| IFK Göteborg | 1993 | Allsvenskan | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 12 |
| 1994 | Allsvenskan | 25 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 13 | |
| 1995 | Allsvenskan | 26 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 10 | |
| 1996 | Allsvenskan | 22 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 36 | 10 | |
| 1997 | Allsvenskan | 24 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 3 | |
| 1998 | Allsvenskan | 23 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 3 | |
| 1999 | Allsvenskan | 26 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 40 | 2 | |
| 2000 | Allsvenskan | 20 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | |
| 2001 | Allsvenskan | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | |
| 2002 | Allsvenskan | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 | 2 | |
| 2003 | Allsvenskan | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | |
| 2004 | Allsvenskan | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 2 | |
| Total | 278 | 42 | 49 | 16 | 42 | 6 | 369 | 64 | ||
| BK Häcken | 2005 | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Career total | 451 | 63 | 49 | 16 | 42 | 6 | 542 | 85 | ||
*Appearance(s) in the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup, Allsvenskan qualifiers, and Svenska Mästerskapsserien.
International
[edit]| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 37 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Erlingmark goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 April 1991 | Neas Philadelphias, Athens, Greece |  Greece
|
1–1 | 2–2 | Friendly | [9] |
Honours
[edit]BK Forward
IFK Göteborg
Sweden
- FIFA World Cup third place: 1994[4]
Individual
- Stor Grabb: 1994[11]
- Årets ärkeängel: 1997[4][12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sweden men's national football team stats". passagen.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 6 June 2012.
- ^ a b c d e Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Magnus Erlingmark". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ^ "Veteranen Erlingmark lämnar Blåvitt". SVT Sport (in Swedish). 19 November 2004. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Magnus Erlingmark - ifkdb.se". ifkdb.se. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ^ "Erlingmark kan göra comeback - i Häcken". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Magnus Erlingmark". Svensk Fotboll.
- ^ "Magnus Erlingmark — svenskfotboll.se".
- ^ "Magnus Erlingmark — svenskfotboll.se".
- ^ "Grekland - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ^ "1986 - Clas Glenning Football". sites.google.com. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ^ "Stora Grabbars Märke - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ^ "Alla 48 ärkeänglar | ifkdb.se". ifkdb.se. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
External links
[edit]- Magnus Erlingmark at WorldFootball.net
- Magnus Erlingmark at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- #19 Magnus Erlingmark at ifkdb.com
Sweden squads | |||||||||||||
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- 1968 births
- Living people
- Swedish men's footballers
- Sweden men's international footballers
- Sweden men's under-21 international footballers
- Men's association football utility players
- Men's association football defenders
- Men's association football midfielders
- Örebro SK players
- BK Häcken players
- IFK Göteborg players
- Allsvenskan players
- Ettan Fotboll players
- UEFA Euro 1992 players
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- BK Forward players
- Sportspeople from Jönköping
- Footballers from Jönköping County