Guldbollen

Guldbollen

Guldbollen

Swedish association football award

Guldbollen (Golden Ball) is a Swedish football award given by Aftonbladet and the Swedish Football Association to the best male Swedish footballer each year.

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History

The award was created by Bengt Liljedahl[1] and between 1946 and 1965 it was awarded in cooperation with Stockholms-Tidningen.[2]

The first Guldbollen award was given in 1946 to Gunnar Gren.[3] In 1973, Bo Larsson of Malmö FF became the first player to win the award for a second time, having previously won it in 1965. Zlatan Ibrahimović is the only player to win the award more than twice, winning it twelve times between 2005 and 2020.[4]

The female equivalent of the award, Diamantbollen, was established in 1990. Both Guldbollen and Diamantbollen are now awarded at the Fotbollsgalan.

Winners

Erik Nilsson, 1950 winner
Gösta Sandberg, 1956 winner
Agne Simonsson, 1959 winner
Prawitz Öberg, receiving the award in 1962
Freddie Ljungberg receiving the award in 2006
Zlatan Ibrahimović, twelve-time winner
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By club

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References

  1. [1]
    Jahnson, Therese (2014-11-11). "Bengt är smeden som gör Zlatans guldbollar". Mitt i. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
  2. [2]
    "Guldbollen". Fogis.se. Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
  3. [3]
    "1946: Gunnar Gren, IFK Göteborg". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
  4. [4]
    "Zlatan Ibrahimovic to be honoured with statue as David Beckham calls him 'one of the greatest ever'". The Telegraph. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Guldbollen". svenskfotboll.se. Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 2023-10-22. Retrieved 2023-10-22.

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