{{Short description|Swedish footballer (1923–2004)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Bror Mellberg | image = Foot. TFC (Toulouse Football Club - Cercle Athlétique de Paris) (1953) - 53Fi6370 (Bror Mellberg).jpg | caption = Mellberg with Toulouse in 1953 | fullname = Bror Lars Astley Mellberg | height = 1.82 m | birth_date = {{birth date|1923|12|9|df=y}} | birth_place = Ambjörby, Sweden | death_date = {{death date and age|2004|9|8|1923|12|9|df=y}} | position = Forward | youthyears1 = 1936–1940 | youthclubs1 = Ambjörby IK | youthyears2 = 1941–1947 | youthclubs2 = IK Viking | years1 = 1947–1948 | clubs1 = Karlstad BK | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1948–1950 | clubs2 = AIK | caps2 = 21 | goals2 = 15 | years3 = 1950–1952 | clubs3 = Genoa | caps3 = 65 | goals3 = 23 | years4 = 1952–1953 | clubs4 = Toulouse | caps4 = 33 | goals4 = 27 | years5 = 1953–1956 | clubs5 = Red Star | caps5 = 103 | goals5 = 72 | years6 = 1956–1957 | clubs6 = Sochaux | caps6 = 25 | goals6 = 7 | years7 = 1957–1961 | clubs7 = AIK | caps7 = 62 | goals7 = 18 | nationalyears1 = 1948–1949 | nationalteam1 = Sweden B | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|SWE}}}} {{MedalCompetition|FIFA World Cup}} {{Medal|3rd|1950 Brazil|}} | nationalyears2 = 1949–1958 | nationalteam2 = Sweden | nationalcaps2 = 6 | nationalgoals2 = 2 }} '''Bror Lars Astley Mellberg''' (9 December 1923 − 8 September 2004)<ref>[http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=13738 Bror Mellberg], ''eu-football.info''. Retrieved 18 September 2016</ref> was a Swedish footballer who played as a forward. He played for the Sweden national team at the 1950 FIFA World Cup and 1958 FIFA World Cup where Sweden finished third and second, respectively.
== Career statistics ==
=== International === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bror Mellberg - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/bror-mellberg/17607734-40d4-4e56-b3f0-cfc448936daa/ |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se. |language=sv}}</ref> !National team !Year !Apps !Goals |- | rowspan="10" |Sweden |1949 |1 |1 |- |1950 |2 |1 |- |1951 |0 |0 |- |1952 |0 |0 |- |1953 |0 |0 |- |1954 |0 |0 |- |1955 |0 |0 |- |1956 |0 |0 |- |1957 |0 |0 |- |1958 |3 |0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !6 !2 |}
: ''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mellberg goal''.
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+List of international goals scored by Bror Mellberg ! scope="col" |No. ! scope="col" |Date ! scope="col" |Venue ! scope="col" |Opponent ! scope="col" |Score ! scope="col" |Result ! scope="col" |Competition ! scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- | align="center" |1 |23 October 1949 |Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark |{{fb|DEN}} | align="center" |2–2 | align="center" |2–3 |1948–51 Nordic Football Championship |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Danmark - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/danmark-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1568173/ |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref> |- | align="center" |2 |16 July 1950 |Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil |{{fb|ESP|1945}} | align="center" |2–0 | align="center" |3–1 |1950 FIFA World Cup |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Spanien - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-spanien-landskamper-herr-senior/1568181/ |access-date=2021-03-29 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref> |}
== Honours == '''Sweden'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=500 AIK:are - Bror Mellberg |url=https://www.aik.se/fotboll/historik/500aikare/brormell.html |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=www.aik.se}}</ref>
* FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1958 * FIFA World Cup third place: 1950
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{WorldFootball.net|bror-mellberg}} * {{Cite web |url=http://www.aik.se/fotboll/aikindex.html?%2Ffotboll%2Fhistorik%2F500aikare%2Fbrormell.html |title=Profile |access-date=26 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007122425/http://www.aik.se/fotboll/aikindex.html?%2Ffotboll%2Fhistorik%2F500aikare%2Fbrormell.html |archive-date=7 October 2007 |url-status=dead }} * {{NFT|18734}}
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