OLOF MELLBERG

Erik Olof Mellberg
 

 Date of birth     3 September 1977 (age 35)
Place of birth     Gullspång, Sweden
Height     1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position     Centre back
Club information
Current club     Villarreal CF
Number     6

Youth career
1994–1996     Gullspångs IF

Senior career*

1996–1997     Degerfors IF     47     (0)
1998     AIK     17     (0)
1998–2001     Racing Santander     98 

2001–2008     Aston Villa     232     (8)

Aston Villa's Olaf Mellberg and Port Vale's Leon Constantine

 Liverpool's Dutch striker, Dirk Kuyt, left, battles for the ball with Aston Villa defender Olof Mellberg, during their English Premier League soccer match at Villa Park, Birmingham, England. Saturday, August 11, 2007.

2008–2009     Juventus     27     (2)

 Juventus Swedish defender Olof Mellberg (L) celebrates with team mates scoring against AS Roma during their Italian Serie A football match on March 21, 2009 at Olympic stadium i

2009–2012     Olympiacos     71     (7)

 Olympiakos' defender Olof Erik Mellberg (L) vies with Marseille's French midfielder Andre Pierre Gignac on November 23, 2011 at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, southern France, during the UEFA Champions League football match Marseille vs. Olympiakos. 

2012–     Villarreal CF     19     (1)

National team‡
1996–1999     Sweden U21     26     (3)
2000–2012     Sweden     117     (8)

wc 2002

 The Swedish line-up against Iceland and a 3-1 victory in the last FIFA World Cup 2006, Group 8 qualification match played in Solna 12 October 2005. Top row from left to right; Teddy Lucic, Olof Mellberg, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Alexander 謘tlund and Henrik Larsson. Bottom row from left to right; Erik Edman, Christian Wilhelmsson, Tobias Linderoth, Andreas Isaksson, Anders Svensson and Fredrik Ljungberg.

 German forward Lukas Podolski (C) vies with Swedish midfielder Niclas Alexandersson (L) and Swedish defender Olof Mellberg (R) during the round of 16 World Cup football match between Germany and Sweden at Munich's World Cup Stadium, 24 June 2006.

 The Swedish international football team pose prior to their Euro 2008 Group F qualifying soccer match against Latvia at Rasunda stadium in Stockholm, Sweden, Wdnesday  Nov. 21, 2007. Team members are; top from left to right Marcus Allback, Olof Mellberg, Daniel Majstorovic, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Kim Kallstrom and Christian Wilhelmsson, bottom from left to right Mikael Nilsson, Erik Edman, Andreas Isaksson, Fredrik Ljungberg and Anders Svensson.

Olof Mellberg jublar efter sitt första mål.VM-Kval: Sverige - Albanien

 

Olof Mellberg, Sverige-Ukraina, GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cypern Datum: 9 februari, 2011

 Sweden's national football team pose before their friendly football match against Croatia in Zagreb on February 29, 2012. Top from L : Olof Mellberg, Andreas Grandqvist, Jonas Olsson, Ola Toivonen, Johan Elmander and goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson ; bottom from L: Martin Olsson, Rasmus Elm, Anders Svensson, Kim Kallstrom and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

 Ukraine's Andriy Shevchenko (2nd R) scores past Sweden's Rasmus Elm (L to R), goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson and Olof Mellberg during their Group D Euro 2012 soccer match at the Olympic stadium in Kiev, June 11, 2012.