Max von Schlebrügge
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Max Walter Sebastian von Schlebrügge | ||
| Date of birth | 1 February 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Solna, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| AIK | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1998 | Florida Atlantic Owls | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2002 | Brommapojkarna | 80 | (6) |
| 2002–2006 | Hammarby IF | 102 | (8) |
| 2007 | Anderlecht | 8 | (1) |
| 2008–2012 | Brøndby IF | 86 | (7) |
| 2012–2013 | Hammarby IF | 20 | (3) |
| 2015–2021 | IFK Österåker | 80 | (12) |
| Total | 376 | (37) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2003–2009 | Sweden | 10 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 March 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 January 2009 | |||
Max Walter Sebastian von Schlebrügge (born Max Walter Sebastian Holmström on 1 February 1977) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a center back. Starting off his professional career with IF Brommapojkarna in the late 1990s, he went on to represent Hammarby IF, R.S.C. Anderlecht, and Brøndby IF before retiring at IFK Österåker in 2021. A full international between 2003 and 2009, he has won 10 caps for the Sweden national team.
Club career
[edit]Born in Solna, von Schlebrügge started off his career with AIK before moving to the United States to play collegiately for the Florida Atlantic Owls.[1] After graduating from Florida Atlantic University, he returned to Sweden to play for Brommapojkarna.[2] In 2002, he signed for the reigning Allsvenskan champions Hammarby IF.[3] After more than 100 Allsvenskan appearances for Hammarby, von Schlebrügge signed with the Jupiler Pro League club Anderlecht in January 2007.[4] He was signed by the Danish Superliga Brøndby IF in January 2008 from Anderlecht after having appeared in only eight league games for the Belgian club.[5]
After four years in Denmark, von Schlebrügge returned to Hammarby in 2012.[6] After two injury-plagued seasons, von Schlebrügge left Hammarby at the end of the 2013 Superettan season.[7] In 2015, von Schlebrügge signed for the lower division team IFK Österåker.[8]
International career
[edit]Von Schlebrügge made his debut for the Sweden national team on 18 November 2003, in a friendly game against Egypt.[9] He made his competitive debut for Sweden on 6 June 2007 as a substitute for Mikael Nilsson in the 56th minute of a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier against Iceland which Sweden won 5–0.[9][10] He won his 10th and last international cap in a friendly game against the United States on 24 January 2009.[9]
Personal life
[edit]Von Schlebrügge's last name comes from his paternal grandmother from Germany, who is an older half-sister of American actress Uma Thurman's mother Nena von Schlebrügge, making Thurman his half-cousin once removed.[11]
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit]IFK Österåker
- Division 4 Norra Stockholm: 2016,[12][13] 2018[14][15]
Individual
- All-Atlantic Sun Conference – Second Team: 1997[1][16]
References
[edit]- Guardian Football at the Wayback Machine (archived 15 September 2012)
- ^ a b c "Former Men's Soccer Player Signs With Belgian Club". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. 9 February 2007. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ ""Det är lika roligt att spela fotboll"". HD (in Swedish). February 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ ""Självklart vill jag tillbaka till Bajen"". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 28 December 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Schlebrügge helt klar för Bröndby". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 3 January 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ Aleksandar Josevski (3 January 2008). "Anderlecht: Schlebrügge til Brøndby". B.T. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^ "KLART: Max von Schlebrugge presenterad i Hammarby: "Det känns underbart att komma tillbaka"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Bajen ratar publikfavoriten". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 28 November 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "von Schlebrügge ger alltid max". mitti.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Max von Schlebrügge - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Sverige - Island - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). 6 June 2007. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ Mads Haugaard (29 April 2010). "Uma Thurman: Et mærkværdigt barn til megastjerne". MetroXpress. Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^ "IFK tillbaka i 3:an!!". www.ifkosteraker.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Stockholm norra | Division 4 | Fotbollsserier 2016 | Fotboll | everysport.com". www.everysport.com. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "IFK gick obesegrade genom serien!". www.ifkosteraker.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Stockholm norra | Division 4 | Fotbollsserier 2018 | Fotboll | everysport.com". www.everysport.com. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ a b "FAU 2004 Men's Soccer Guide" (PDF). Florida Atlantic University.
External links
[edit]- Max von Schlebrügge at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- 1977 births
- Allsvenskan players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Brøndby IF players
- Danish Superliga players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Florida Atlantic Owls men's soccer players
- Hammarby Fotboll players
- IF Brommapojkarna players
- Living people
- R.S.C. Anderlecht players
- Sweden men's international footballers
- Swedish expatriate men's footballers
- Swedish men's footballers
- Swedish people of German descent
- Men's association football defenders
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark