From 2006 to 2018, European football has monopolized the World Cup for 12 years, and European football has gradually become the focus of the world's attention. In recent years, many European teams have entered our sights, such as Sweden from northern Europe. Swedish football reached the quarter-finals of the 2018 World Cup, a result they did not expect. Under the leadership of a new generation of players, they are on the rise to a higher honour, and the achievements of this Swedish team are worth looking forward to.
Speaking of Swedish stars, you may think of Ibrahimovic, 1 meter 95 tall coupled with super high ability to grab points, making him a big trouble for any team, conquering the whole of Europe he is undoubtedly the pride of Swedish football. Of course, we must not forget his teammate, Frederick Ljungberg.
<h1>He became famous at a young age and switched to gunmen</h1>
Born at Halmstad, Ljungberg was selected to join the first team at the age of 13 for his outstanding performances and was loved by his coaches, and won the Swedish Premier League once during his time in Halmstad.
In the summer of 1999, the Swedish talent received the attention of "Professor" Wenger and moved to Premier League giants Arsenal for £3 million. At first, his role was not very big, just on the bench. Since 2000, Arsenal have acquired many big stars, such as Henry and Piré, whose cooperation with Ljungberg on the offensive end is quite smooth, coupled with france's big Vieira as a midfield hub, this offensive line instantly jumped to the top of Europe.
Ljungberg scored 71 goals at Arsenal and from 2002 to 2005 they won two Premier League titles, three FA Cups and two Community Shield titles. During this period, it created the myth of 49 unbeaten league games and swept the entire English football world. What keeps Gun fans alive is that since the retirement of legendary star Bergkamp in 2006, Ljungberg has become the longest-serving player in the Arsenal team.
Fast forward to 2007, when the 30-year-old Ljungberg was plagued by injuries for so long, it seemed that his career as a gunner had come to an end. This summer, Arsenal officially announced that Yong Berry had joined another London side, West Ham United, for a transfer fee of 3 million euros. On August 11, he made his West Ham united debut, and finally the "Hammers" lost 0:2 to Manchester City, who is still in the team.
That season, Ljungberg was still injured, playing only 22 league games in the entire season, and finally terminated his contract with West Ham a year later. It is worth mentioning that statistics have pointed out that Ljungberg is the player who runs the most in the Premier League, and only ten seconds of each game is standing still, it can be said that he is very active on the pitch.
<h1>Drifting around the world, the peak has passed</h1>
In 2008, Ljungberg left Europe to the United States, where football was booming, joining the Seattle Bayers on Oct. 28 on a two-year contract of $5 million. But at that time, Ljungberg had long lost the performance he had had 8 years ago, and soon transferred to the Chicago Flames at the end of the season, and left the team a year later.
In 2010, after a long break, he came to scotland-based Celts. Sadly, he made only seven appearances in six months before leaving the team.
In 2011, Japan welcomed a Swedish star, he is Ljungberg. He switched to Japanese team Shimizu Heartbeat for free in August, but unfortunately, his peak form and super physical fitness stayed at the Emirates Stadium. At the end of the season, he hurried back to Sweden and returned to his home.
On August 24, 2012, Ljungberg announced his retirement, officially ending his career, and Shimizu Heartbeat became the final destination of his playing career.
<h1>Regrets at the World Cup</h1>
Ljungberg is also the banner of Swedish football, whether it is past, present or future, he will always be the pride of Swedish football. His biggest regret in the national team was the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, when Yongberg and his teammates were full of fighting spirit, and their goal was far from simply qualifying for the group stage, but the quarterfinals or even the final four.
In the first two key matches, Ljungberg started and played the whole game, Sweden first forced the World Cup winner England, and then defeated the "African Eagles" Nigeria, the prospects are very good.
But the ideal is very full, and the reality is very bone. The recurrence of Ljungberg's old illness became bad news for the Swedish team, missing several of the swedish team's most crucial matches. Although breaking through from the death squad after a draw with Argentina and encountering another African dark horse Senegal in the round of 16, Sweden was unfortunately eliminated after a painful overtime match and missed the quarter-finals.
This is undoubtedly a great regret for Ljungberg, who wants to score in the World Cup. The 2002 World Cup was a World Cup full of regrets, both for Ljungberg and Against Sweden.
<h1>The 35-year-old bid farewell to the green field with tears</h1>
Ljungberg played for Arsenal for nine years, making 313 appearances and scoring 71 goals. In 1998, he also set the highest transfer value of a Swedish player at the time, and was also named the best player in the Premier League in the 2001-2002 season.
After retiring from the army, he has taught in Arsenal's youth training echelon at all levels, was hired by Wolfsburg as assistant coach in 2017, returned to work at the Emirates Stadium last year, and officially became Emery's wingman this year, hoping to help Arsenal get out of its current predicament.