Sigvard Emanuel "Sigge" Parling (26 March 1930 – 17 September 2016) was a Swedish footballer. He also played ice hockey and bandy.
 Parling (front right) with Sweden in 1958 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Sigvard Emanuel Parling | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 March 1930 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Valbo, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 17 September 2016 (aged 86) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –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
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
During his career he played for Djurgårdens IF (1949–1960), IK Sirius (1960–1963) and Gefle IF (1963–1965). His position was left midfielder and was considered a very rough but fair player. During his time in Djurgården he was known as the first Järnkamin (Iron Stove). Parling was capped 195 times for Djurgården and scored 12 goals.[3] He won the 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
editDjurgårdens IF
References
edit- ^ Frantz, Alf; Glanell, Tomas; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2008). Det svenska fotbollslandslaget 1908–2008 [The Swedish National Football Team 1908–2008] (in Swedish). Vällingby: CA Strömberg AB. ISBN 978-91-86184-69-8.
- ^ Frantz, Alf; Glanell, Tomas; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2008). Det svenska fotbollslandslaget 1908–2008 [The Swedish National Football Team 1908–2008] (in Swedish). Vällingby: CA Strömberg AB. ISBN 978-91-86184-69-8.
- ^ a b Gänger, Hasse. Djurgårdens IF Fotboll 1899-2006 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. p. 156. ISBN 978-91-633-0992-2.
- ^ "Sigge PARLING". fifa.com. FIFA. Archived from the original on 17 February 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- ^ "Stora Grabbar (-2009)". svenskfotboll.se. Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- ^ "Sigge Parling". dif.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- ^ "Sigvard Parling är död – blev 86 år gammal". 18 September 2016.
- ^ "1960-1969 - Svenska Bandyförbundet". Archived from the original on 29 April 2021.
- ^ http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf [bare URL PDF]