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Tomas Brolin

Per Tomas Brolin (born 29 November 1969) is a Swedish former professional football player who played as a forward or as a midfielder. At club level, he had a successful period with A.C. Parma during the early 1990s, winning the 1992 Coppa Italia, the 1993 Cup Winners' Cup, the 1993 UEFA Super Cup and the 1995 UEFA Cup. At international level Brolin also played for the Sweden national team, finishing third in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Brolin was also a member of the Sweden squad beaten in the semi-finals at UEFA Euro 1992, as well as having competed in the 1990 World Cup. 13 days before his 25th birthday in November 1994 he broke a bone in his foot leading to 5 months out of first team football. After returning from that injury he was unable to deliver the height of performance he had pre-injury. After struggles with form, injury and weight he retired as a footballer at the age of 28.

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Born

1969-11-29

Birth Place

Hudiksvall, Sweden

Height

1.78

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The Independent2021-03-27

World Cup memories: How the rock and roll football of Tomas Brolin and Sweden lit up USA ‘94

Italia ’90 didn’t get the football it deserved. It created iconic imagery and sounds – Gazza’s tears, Milla’s hips, Pavarotti’s Nessun Dorma – but the action was dismal. It produced the lowest goals per game (2.21) of any World Cup, rewarded miserly tactics, and was capped by an abominable final described by sports writer Brian Glanville as “probably the worst, most tedious, bad-tempered final in the history of the World Cup”.All of which made USA ’94 seem like a hedonistic festival of football. The back-pass rule had freed the game from its shackles and modern formulaic patterns weren’t yet...