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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sven Erik Emanuel Axbom | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 October 1926 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kimstad, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 8 April 2006 (aged 79) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1954–1960 | IFK Norrköping | 533[citation needed] | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1955–1960 | Sweden | 31 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Sven Axbom (15 October 1926 − 8 April 2006) was a Swedish footballer who was capped on 31 occasions by Sweden between 1955 and 1960.[1][2] He played in all six games for Sweden at the 1958 FIFA World Cup, including the final against Brazil.[3]
He was born in Kimstad near Norrköping.[1] He played club football for IFK Norrköping, and in the 1960 season appeared in 16 games for them, whilst in 1956-57 he played two games for them in the European Cup.[4]
