Freddie Ljungberg

**Karl Fredrik Ljungberg** (born 16 April 1977) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a winger. He is also a football manager. He was the former assistant coach of Arsenal F.C.

### Club

- Sources:

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|National Cup|colspan=2|League Cup|colspan=2|Continental|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=6|Halmstad|1994|Allsvenskan|1|0|—|—|—|—|1|0|||||
|1995|Allsvenskan|16|1|—|—|4|0|—|20|1||||||
|1996|Allsvenskan|20|2|—|—|3|0|—|23|2||||||
|1997|Allsvenskan|24|5|—|—|4|1|—|28|6||||||
|1998|Allsvenskan|18|2|—|—|2|0|—|20|2||||||
|rowspan=10|Arsenal|1998–99|Premier League|16|1|3|0|2|0|—|—|21|1|||
|1999–2000|Premier League|26|6|2|0|—|14|2|—|42|8|||||
|2000–01|Premier League|30|6|5|1|—|13|2|—|48|9|||||
|2001–02|Premier League|25|12|5|2|—|9|3|—|39|17|||||
|2002–03|Premier League|20|6|4|1|—|8|2|—|32|9|||||
|2003–04|Premier League|30|4|4|4|—|9|2|—|43|10|||||
|2004–05|Premier League|26|10|6|2|—|6|2|—|38|14|||||
|2005–06|Premier League|25|1|1|0|1|0|9|1|—|36|2||||
|2006–07|Premier League|18|0|3|1|—|5|1|—|26|2|||||
|West Ham United|2007–08|Premier League|25|2|1|0|2|0|—|—|28|2||||
|rowspan=3|Seattle Sounders|2009|Major League Soccer|22|2|1|0|2|0|—|—|25|2|||
|2010|Major League Soccer|15|0|—|—|—|—|15|0|||||||
|Chicago Fire|2010|Major League Soccer|15|2|—|—|—|—|15|2||||||
|Celtic|2010–11|Scottish Premier League|7|0|1|0|—|—|—|8|0|||||
|Shimizu S-Pulse|2011|J.League|8|0|—|—|—|—|8|0||||||
|Mumbai City|2014|Indian Super League|4|0|—|—|—|—|4|0||||||

### International

- Source:

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=11|Sweden|1998|6|1|
|1999|7|1|||
|2000|8|0|||
|2001|9|0|||
|2002|5|0|||
|2003|4|1|||
|2004|10|4|||
|2005|7|5|||
|2006|8|1|||
|2007|6|1|||
|2008|5|0|||

### International goals

- _Sweden score listed first, score column indicates after each Ljungberg goal._

|scope=col|No.|scope=col|Date|scope=col|Venue|scope=col|Cap|scope=col|Opponent|scope=col|Score|scope=col|Result|scope=col|Competition|scope=col class=unsortable||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|28 May 1998|Malmö Stadion, Malmö, Sweden|3||1–0|3–0|Friendly||||||||||||
|31 March 1999|Stadion Śląski, Chorzów, Poland|8||1–0|UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying|||||||||||||
|7 June 2003|Stadio Serravalle, Serravalle, San Marino|37||3–0|6–0|UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying||||||||||||
|14 June 2004|Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal|41||1–0|5–0|UEFA Euro 2004||||||||||||
|4 September 2004|Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta|46|rowspan=2|align=center|4–0|7–0|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||||||
|align=center|6–0|||||||||||||||||
|9 October 2004|Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden|48||1–0|3–0|||||||||||||
|9 February 2005|Stade de France, Paris, France|50||1–1|Friendly|||||||||||||
|26 March 2005|Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria|51|rowspan=2|rowspan=2 align=center|3–0|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||||||
|align=center|3–0|||||||||||||||||
|4 June 2005|Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden|52||5–0|6–0|||||||||||||
|3 September 2005|Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden|53||1–0|3–0|||||||||||||
|15 June 2006|Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany|59||1–0|2006 FIFA World Cup|||||||||||||
|13 October 2007|Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein|68||3–0|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying|||||||||||||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=5|Record|rowspan=2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Arsenal (Interim)|align=left|29 November 2019|align=left|21 December 2019|||||

## Honours

**Halmstad**
- Allsvenskan: 1997
- Svenska Cupen: 1994–95

**Arsenal**
- Premier League: 2001–02, 2003–04
- FA Cup: 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05
- FA Charity Shield: 1999

**Seattle Sounders**

- U.S. Open Cup: 2009

**Individual**
- Premier League Player of the Season: 2001–02
- Premier League Player of the Month: April 2002
- Premier League Overseas Team of the Decade: 1992–93 – 2001–02
- ESM Team of the Year: 2001–02
- Guldbollen: 2002, 2006
- Swedish Midfielder of the Year: 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
- MLS Best XI: 2009
- MLS Player of the Month: October 2009
- Fotbollsgalan Folkets Lirare ("Fan's Player of the Year"): 1998

## Other websites

- Freddie Ljungberg at Celtic F.C.

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Freddie Ljungberg
- **image**: Football against poverty 2014 - Fredrik Ljungberg.jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Ljungberg playing in the Match Against Poverty in March 2014
- **fullname**: Karl Fredrik Ljungberg
- **birth place**: Vittsjö, Sweden
- **height**: 1.75 m
- **position**: Midfielder#Winger, Winger
- **youthyears1**: 1982–1994
- **youthclubs1**: Halmstads BK, Halmstad
- **years1**: 1994–1998
- **clubs1**: Halmstads BK, Halmstad
- **caps1**: 79
- **goals1**: 10
- **years2**: 1998–2007
- **clubs2**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal
- **caps2**: 216
- **goals2**: 46
- **years3**: 2007–2008
- **clubs3**: West Ham United F.C., West Ham United
- **caps3**: 25
- **goals3**: 2
- **years4**: 2009–2010
- **clubs4**: Seattle Sounders FC, Seattle Sounders
- **caps4**: 37
- **goals4**: 2
- **years5**: 2010
- **clubs5**: Chicago Fire FC, Chicago Fire
- **caps5**: 15
- **goals5**: 2
- **years6**: 2011
- **clubs6**: Celtic F.C., Celtic
- **caps6**: 7
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2011–2012
- **clubs7**: Shimizu S-Pulse
- **caps7**: 8
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2014
- **clubs8**: Mumbai City FC, Mumbai City
- **caps8**: 4
- **goals8**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 391
- **totalgoals**: 62
- **nationalyears1**: 1993
- **nationalteam1**: Sweden national under-17 football team, Sweden U16
- **nationalcaps1**: 4
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalyears2**: 1994
- **nationalteam2**: Sweden national under-19 football team, Sweden U18
- **nationalcaps2**: 8
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 1995–1998
- **nationalteam3**: Sweden national under-21 football team, Sweden U21
- **nationalcaps3**: 12
- **nationalgoals3**: 5
- **nationalyears4**: 1998–2008
- **nationalteam4**: Sweden national football team, Sweden
- **nationalcaps4**: 75
- **nationalgoals4**: 14
- **manageryears1**: 2016–2017
- **managerclubs1**: Arsenal F.C. Under-23s and Academy, Arsenal U15
- **manageryears2**: 2017
- **managerclubs2**: VfL Wolfsburg (assistant)
- **manageryears3**: 2018–2019
- **managerclubs3**: Arsenal F.C. Under-23s and Academy, Arsenal U23
- **manageryears4**: 2019–2020
- **managerclubs4**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal (assistant)
- **manageryears5**: 2019
- **managerclubs5**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal (interim)