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{{Short description|Swedish footballer and manager}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name                = Torsten Lindberg
| image               = Lindberg1948.jpg
| image_size          = 200
| caption             = Lindberg competing at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London
| fullname            = Torsten Gustav Adolf Lindberg
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1917|4|14|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Nässjö]], Sweden
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2009|8|31|1917|4|14|df=y}}
| death_place         = [[Malmö]], Sweden
| height              = 
| position            = [[Goalkeeper (football)|Goalkeeper]]
| years1              = {{0|0000}}–1937
| clubs1              = [[Husqvarna IF]]
| caps1               = 
| goals1              = 
| years2              = 1937–????
| clubs2              = [[IK Tord]]
| caps2               = 
| goals2              = 
| years3              = {{0|0000}}–1940
| clubs3              = [[Örgryte IS]]
| caps3               = 
| goals3              = 
| years4              = 1940–1953
| clubs4              = [[IFK Norrköping]]
| caps4               = 
| goals4              = 
| totalcaps           = 
| totalgoals          = 
| nationalyears1      = 1947–1951
| nationalteam1       = [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]]
| nationalcaps1       = 19
| nationalgoals1      = 0<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20010609200325/http://hem.passagen.se/fotbollslandslaget/statistiktest.htm Sweden men's national football team stats]}}</ref>
| manageryears1       = 1953–1954
| managerclubs1       = [[IFK Norrköping]]
| manageryears2       = 1958
| managerclubs2       = [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]] (Assistant)
| manageryears3       = 1964–1966
| managerclubs3       = [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgårdens IF]]
| manageryears4       = 1969–1970
| managerclubs4       = [[AIK Fotboll|AIK]]
}}

'''Torsten Gustav Adolf Lindberg''' (14 April 1917 – 31 August 2009) was a Swedish [[association football|football]] player and manager. As a player, he won a gold medal at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]] and a bronze medal at the [[1950 FIFA World Cup]]; as a manager he won two [[Allsvenskan|league titles]] with [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgårdens IF]] in 1964 and 1966.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27257 |title=Torsten Lindberg |work=Olympedia |access-date=13 October 2021}}</ref>

Lindberg played club football with [[Husqvarna IF]], [[IK Tord]], [[Örgryte IS]] and [[IFK Norrköping]]. As a manager, he coached [[IFK Norrköping]], [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgårdens IF]] and [[AIK Fotboll|AIK]]; he was also Assistant Coach of the [[Sweden men's national football team|Swedish national side]] during the [[1958 FIFA World Cup]].

==References==
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==External links==
*{{FIFA|53066}}
*{{Sports-Reference|li/torsten-lindberg-1}}
*{{Olympics.com profile|torsten-lindberg}}

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