Olof Mellberg age – how old is he?
Olof Mellberg was born on September 3, 1977. This means that he will turn 47 in the fall of 2024.
Olof Mellberg height – how tall is he?
According to the site eworry sport Mellberg measures 187 centimeters.
Does Olof Mellberg have a wife or girlfriend?
Olof Mellberg is married to his wife Carolina Melbergformerly Kihl.
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Olof Mellberg together with wife Carolina Mellberg at gala dinner 2017. Photo: Stella PicturesWho is Olof Mellberg’s brother?
Whether Mellberg has a brother is not known.
Olof Mellberg’s family – does he have children?
Yes, Mellberg has two children. The daughter Fairy tale and the son John.
Olof Mellberg clubs – which teams has he played in?
Olof Mellberg started his career in Gullspångs IF where he played until 1996. Then he was recruited to Degerfors and then to Allsvenskan AIK.
He has since played in several foreign clubs as a professional.
Below are all of Olof Mellberg’s foreign clubs:
In 2014, he ended his active playing career.
Olof Mellberg and the Swedish former superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic have been friends for many years. They played together in the national team until Mellberg ended his national team career in 2012. After that, they have continued to be friends in private as well.
When Mellberg ended his career, Zlatan spoke about his feelings for his friend.
– If I think he is clearly the best Swedish defender of all time, then I think that Olof the person is even better.
In an earlier interview with The Express Mellberg himself has told how the relationship looks today.
– We are absolutely still friends and in contact. We used to meet more over the years, in recent years we haven’t had time to hang out as much as before because we’ve been in such different directions. But we have always had a good relationship, he said, adding:
– Due to the fact that we have spent a lot of time in dressing rooms and chewing together, we tend to have quite tough jargon when we have contact, even if it is with a twinkle in the eye, of course. Now the tone became a little softer, because we got nostalgic when we looked back at the career he had and the memories we have together.
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Olof Mellberg and Zlatan have known each other for many years, and played together in the national team. To this day, the old national team teammates are good friends. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TT & Claudio Bresciani/TT Will Olof Mellberg work for TV4 during the 2024 European Football Championship?
Mellberg has been an expert commentator on TV4 for a couple of years now. Then he commented on everything from Italian and Spanish football to the Champions League.
During the football European Championship 2024 in Germany, he is one of the expert commentators for TV4 on the ground in Germany.
Other profiles that will appear in the box of the TV channel include, among others Albin Ekdal, Mikael Lustig and Olof Lundh.
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The former national team players Albin Ekdal and Mikael Lustig will also be seen in the box during the football European Championship 2024. Photo: Jonas Ekströmer/TT & Anders Wiklund/TTTränar Olof Mellberg IF Brommapojkarna?
Yes, Mellberg is since 2023 the head coach of the allsvenskan IF Brommapojkarna, also called “BP”.
Why didn’t Olof Mellberg become the national team captain?
At the beginning of 2024, the Swedish men’s national team was looking for a new national team captain, after Jan Andersson thanked for himself after his years as national team captain.
One name that emerged as the favorite to take over the job was Olof Mellberg. But in a press conference he told about the decision to turn down the job himself, without mentioning that it was precisely the Swedish national team that was involved.
– I can only confirm that I have had offers that I chose to decline because I wanted to remain in BP.
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Olof Mellberg wealth – how much did he earn as a footballer?
How much Olof Mellberg has earned during his active football career is not known.
The evening paper reported in the spring of 2004 that he then signed a contract with Aston Villa that was worth around SEK 100 million over four years.
When he went to the Italian big club Juventus three years later, in 2007, he took a bit of a pay cut, according to Sportbladet. A two-year contract he then signed was worth SEK 40 million.
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Does Olof Mellberg have Instagram?
No, Olof Mellberg does not have Instagram.