Roger Ingemar Ljung was born on 8 January 1966 and is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a left back.
10 Facts About Roger Ljung
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Roger Ljung played for clubs in Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Turkey, and Germany during a career that spanned between 1983 and 1995.
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Roger Ljung won 59 caps for the Sweden national team, and represented his country at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 1992, as well as the 1994 FIFA World Cup where Sweden finished third.
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Roger Ljung enjoyed his best individual years in Austria with FC Admira Wacker, scoring 26 Bundesliga goals in 67 games in his first two years combined, albeit without team silverware.
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In 1994, after some months in Turkey with Galatasaray SK, Roger Ljung signed with MSV Duisburg from Germany.
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Roger Ljung played 59 international games for Sweden, scoring three goals.
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Roger Ljung was picked for the squad that appeared in the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, playing only once in an eventual group stage exit.
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Roger Ljung was selected for the team in UEFA Euro 1992, in Sweden played on home soil.
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Roger Ljung participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, with Sweden ousted in the quarter-finals.
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Roger Ljung started his own agency in Lomma, Roger Ljung Promotion AB, being at the time one of only three licensed agents in the country; newspaper Aftonbladet considered him to be Sweden's most successful agent.