This list includes the Swedish footballers who played at least one match for the Sweden senior national football team, and are born outside Sweden. Some of them are naturalized while others (like Tobias Linderoth and Jordan Larsson) [1] [2] are born outside the northern country while their father was playing in another country.
Country | Total |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 |
USA | 3 |
Kosovo | 2 |
Lebanon | 2 |
Azerbaijan | 1 |
Eritrea | 1 |
Ethiopia | 1 |
Finland | 1 |
France | 1 |
Iran | 1 |
Italy | 1 |
Montenegro | 1 |
Netherlands | 1 |
Togo | 1 |
Turkey | 1 |
Uruguay | 1 |
Tobias Jan Håkan Linderoth is a professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Swedish club Skövde AIK. He played as a midfielder, and played professionally in Sweden, Norway, England, Denmark, and Turkey before injuries forced him to retire in 2010. Born in France, he won 76 caps for the Sweden national team and represented them at two FIFA World Cups and two UEFA European Championships.
Igor Gennadyevich Avdeev is a Kazakhstani professional football coach and a former player.
Moshe Gariani is a former Israeli international footballer.
Alfei Jürgenson was an Estonian professional footballer who played as a striker for the Estonian national football team.
Luka Mirković is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Budućnost.