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{{Short description|Swedish footballer (1923–2004)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Bror Mellberg
| image = Foot. TFC (Toulouse Football Club - Cercle Athlétique de Paris) (1953) - 53Fi6370 (Bror Mellberg).jpg
| caption = Mellberg with [[Toulouse FC (1937)|Toulouse]] in 1953
| fullname = Bror Lars Astley Mellberg
| height = 1.82 m
| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|12|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ambjörby]], Sweden
| death_date = {{death date and age|2004|9|8|1923|12|9|df=y}}
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1 = 1936–1940
| youthclubs1 = [[Ambjörby IK]]
| youthyears2 = 1941–1947
| youthclubs2 = [[IK Viking]]
| years1 = 1947–1948
| clubs1 = [[Karlstad BK]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1948–1950
| clubs2 = [[AIK Fotboll|AIK]]
| caps2 = 21
| goals2 = 15
| years3 = 1950–1952
| clubs3 = [[Genoa C.F.C.|Genoa]]
| caps3 = 65
| goals3 = 23
| years4 = 1952–1953
| clubs4 = [[Toulouse FC (1937)|Toulouse]]
| caps4 = 33
| goals4 = 27
| years5 = 1953–1956
| clubs5 = [[Red Star Saint-Ouen|Red Star]]
| caps5 = 103
| goals5 = 72
| years6 = 1956–1957
| clubs6 = [[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|Sochaux]]
| caps6 = 25
| goals6 = 7
| years7 = 1957–1961
| clubs7 = [[AIK Fotboll|AIK]]
| caps7 = 62
| goals7 = 18
| nationalyears1 = 1948–1949
| nationalteam1 = [[Sweden national football B team|Sweden B]]
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|SWE}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950 Brazil]]|}}
| nationalyears2 = 1949–1958
| nationalteam2 = [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]]
| nationalcaps2 = 6
| nationalgoals2 = 2
}}   
'''Bror Lars Astley Mellberg''' (9 December 1923 − 8 September 2004)<ref>[http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=13738 Bror Mellberg], ''eu-football.info''. Retrieved 18 September 2016</ref> was a Swedish [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[forward (association football)|forward]]. He played for the [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden national team]] at the [[1950 FIFA World Cup]] and [[1958 FIFA World Cup]] where Sweden finished third and second, respectively.

== Career statistics ==

=== International ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bror Mellberg - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/bror-mellberg/17607734-40d4-4e56-b3f0-cfc448936daa/ |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se. |language=sv}}</ref>
!National team
!Year
!Apps
!Goals
|-
| rowspan="10" |[[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]]
|1949
|1
|1
|-
|1950
|2
|1
|-
|1951
|0
|0
|-
|1952
|0
|0
|-
|1953
|0
|0
|-
|1954
|0
|0
|-
|1955
|0
|0
|-
|1956
|0
|0
|-
|1957
|0
|0
|-
|1958
|3
|0
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!6
!2
|}

: ''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mellberg goal''.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+List of international goals scored by Bror Mellberg
! scope="col" |No.
! scope="col" |Date
! scope="col" |Venue
! scope="col" |Opponent
! scope="col" |Score
! scope="col" |Result
! scope="col" |Competition
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
| align="center" |1
|23 October 1949
|[[Københavns Idrætspark|Parken]], [[Copenhagen]], Denmark
|{{fb|DEN}}
| align="center" |2–2
| align="center" |2–3
|[[1948–51 Nordic Football Championship]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Danmark - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/danmark-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1568173/ |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |2
|16 July 1950
|[[Pacaembu Stadium]], [[São Paulo]], Brazil
|{{fb|ESP}}
| align="center" |2–0
| align="center" |3–1
|[[1950 FIFA World Cup]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Spanien - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-spanien-landskamper-herr-senior/1568181/ |access-date=2021-03-29 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|}

== Honours ==
'''Sweden'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=500 AIK:are - Bror Mellberg |url=https://www.aik.se/fotboll/historik/500aikare/brormell.html |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=www.aik.se}}</ref>

* [[FIFA World Cup]] runner-up: [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]
* FIFA World Cup third place: [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{WorldFootball.net|bror-mellberg}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.aik.se/fotboll/aikindex.html?%2Ffotboll%2Fhistorik%2F500aikare%2Fbrormell.html |title=Profile |access-date=26 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007122425/http://www.aik.se/fotboll/aikindex.html?%2Ffotboll%2Fhistorik%2F500aikare%2Fbrormell.html |archive-date=7 October 2007 |url-status=dead  }}
* {{NFT|18734}}

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{{Sweden squad 1950 FIFA World Cup}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mellberg, Bror}}
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