Mats Lilienberg

Mats Lilienberg
Personal information
Full name	Mats Christer Lilienberg
Date of birth	22 December 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth	Vollsjö, Sweden
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1989	Vollsjö IF
1989–1990	Sjöbo IF
1990–1993	Trelleborgs FF
1993–1994	1860 Munich
1995–1996	IFK Göteborg
1996–1998	Halmstads BK
1999–2002	Malmö FF
2002–2004	Trelleborgs FF
2005–2011	Höörs IS
International career
1991–1992	Sweden U21
1993–1998	Sweden
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mats Christer Lilienberg (born 22 December 1969) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker.^[1] He won three Allsvenskan titles and was the Allsvenskan top scorer twice during a professional career that spanned between 1990 and 2004. A full international between 1993 and 1998, he won five caps for the Sweden national team and scored one goal.

Club career

Lilienberg represented Trelleborgs FF, 1860 Munich, IFK Göteborg, Halmstads BK, Malmö FF, and Höörs IS during his career.^[2] He won three Allsvenskan titles (in 1995, 1996, and 1997) and was the joint Allsvenskan top scorer in 1993 and 1997 with 18 and 14 goals respectively.^[2] While at Malmö FF, he played at forward alongside a young Zlatan Ibrahimovic.^[2]

International career

After having represented the Sweden U21 team a total of three times, Lilienberg made his full international debut for Sweden on 10 November 1993 in a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Austria when he replaced Henrik Larsson in the 72nd minute of a 1–1 draw.^[3]^[4] He scored his first and only international goal for Sweden in a friendly 3–1 win against the United States on 20 February 1994.^[5] He won his fifth and final cap on 29 January 1998 in a friendly 0–0 draw with Jamaica.^[4]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[4]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Sweden	1993	1	0
	1994	2	1
	1995	0	0
	1996	0	0
	1997	0	0
	1998	2	0
Total		5	1

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	20 February 1994	Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, Florida, United States	United States	3–1	3–1	Joe Robbie Cup^[6]

Honours

IFK Göteborg

Allsvenskan: 1995, 1996

Halmstads BK

Allsvenskan: 1997

Individual

Allsvenskan top scorer: 1993 (shared with Henrik Bertilsson), 1997 (shared with Christer Mattiasson and Dan Sahlin)

References

^ "Mats Lilienberg". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mats Lilienberg 50 år - Halmstads BK". www.hbk.se. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
^ "Österrike - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mats Lilienberg - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 February 2021.
^ "USA - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 February 2021.
^ "Joe Robbie Cup 1994 (Miami)". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 4 December 2024.

External links

Mats Lilienberg at National-Football-Teams.com
Mats Lilienberg at Soccerway
#15 Mats Lilienberg at ifkdb.com

[1] "Mats Lilienberg". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 September 2012.

[:0-2] "Mats Lilienberg 50 år - Halmstads BK". www.hbk.se. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

[3] "Österrike - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 February 2021.

[:1-4] "Mats Lilienberg - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 February 2021.

[5] "USA - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 February 2021.

[6] "Joe Robbie Cup 1994 (Miami)". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 4 December 2024.

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