Guldbollen
Swedish association football award
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::summary Swedish association football award ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Guldbollen |
| description | Association football award |
| country | Sweden |
| presenter | Swedish Football Association, Aftonbladet |
| holder | Alexander Isak (2025) |
| most_awards | Zlatan Ibrahimović (12) |
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| name = Guldbollen | subheader = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | description = Association football award | country = Sweden | presenter = Swedish Football Association, Aftonbladet | holder = Alexander Isak (2025) | most_awards = Zlatan Ibrahimović (12) Guldbollen (Golden Ball) is a Swedish football award given by Aftonbladet and the Swedish Football Association to the best male Swedish footballer each year.
History
The award was created by Bengt Liljedahl and between 1946 and 1965 it was awarded in cooperation with Stockholms-Tidningen.
The first Guldbollen award was given in 1946 to Gunnar Gren. In 1973, Bo Larsson of Malmö FF became the first player to win the award for a second time, having previously won it in 1965. Zlatan Ibrahimović is the only player to win the award more than twice, winning it twelve times between 2005 and 2020.
The female equivalent of the award, Diamantbollen, was established in 1990. Both Guldbollen and Diamantbollen are now awarded at the Fotbollsgalan.
Winners
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Erik_Nilsson_(1952).png" caption="Erik Nilsson, 1950 winner"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Gösta_Sandberg.jpg" caption="Gösta Sandberg, 1956 winner"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Agne_Simonsson.jpg" caption="Agne Simonsson, 1959 winner"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/PrawitzÖbergGuldbollen.jpg" caption="Prawitz Öberg, receiving the award in 1962"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Fredrikljungbergguldboll.jpg" caption="[[Freddie Ljungberg]] receiving the award in 2006"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Ibrahimović.jpg" caption="Zlatan Ibrahimović, twelve-time winner"] ::
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Source:
By club
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References
References
- Jahnson, Therese. (11 November 2024). "Bengt är smeden som gör Zlatans guldbollar". Mitt i.
- "Guldbollen". Swedish Football Association.
- "1946: Gunnar Gren, IFK Göteborg". Aftonbladet.
- (22 November 2016). "Zlatan Ibrahimovic to be honoured with statue as David Beckham calls him 'one of the greatest ever'". The Telegraph.
- "Guldbollen". Swedish Football Association.
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