Sigge Parling

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Sigge Parling
Sweden
in 1958
Personal information
Full name Sigvard Emanuel Parling
Date of birth (1930-03-26)26 March 1930
Place of birth Valbo, Sweden
Date of death 17 September 2016(2016-09-17) (aged 86)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1945 Forsbacka IK
1946–1949 Sandvikens AIK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949–1956 Djurgårdens IF 150 (12)
1957 Lycksele IF
1957–1960 Djurgårdens IF
1961–1962 IK Sirius
1963–1966 Gefle IF
1967 Sandvikens AIK
1974 Hedesunda IF
International career
Sweden B[1] 3 (0)
1954–1960
Sweden[2]
38 (0)
Managerial career
1960 Vallentuna BK
1961–1962 IK Sirius
1965–1966 Gefle IF
1967 Sandvikens AIK
1968–1969 Gefle IF
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Sweden
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 1958 Sweden
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sigvard Emanuel "Sigge" Parling (26 March 1930 – 17 September 2016) was a Swedish footballer. He also played ice hockey and bandy.

During his career he played for

Swedish Championship twice with Djurgårdens IF, 1955 and 1959.[3]

Parling was part of the legendary

Sweden national team at the 1958 FIFA World Cup[4] and was capped 37 times for his country.[5]

Parling is the only player from Djurgårdens IF who has played a

World Cup Final.[6] He died on 17 September 2016 at the age of 86.[7]

As a bandy player, Parling won the

Swedish Bandy Final together with IK Sirius in 1961.[8]

Honours

Djurgårdens IF

References

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  4. ^ "Sigge PARLING". fifa.com. FIFA. Archived from the original on 17 February 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  5. ^ "Stora Grabbar (-2009)". svenskfotboll.se. Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  6. ^ "Sigge Parling". dif.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  7. ^ "Sigvard Parling är död – blev 86 år gammal". 18 September 2016.
  8. ^ "1960-1969 - Svenska Bandyförbundet". Archived from the original on 29 April 2021.
  9. ^ http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf [bare URL PDF]