Gösta Wihlborg
{{short description|Swedish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
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|fullname = Nils Gösta Wihlborg
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|02|19|df=y}}
|birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1968|11|28|1898|02|19|df=y}}{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=22843|title=National football team player Gösta Wihlborg|work=EU-Fotball.info|language=en|access-date=2 February 2021}}
|death_place = United States
|height =
|position = Defender
|youthyears1 =
|youthclubs1 = Klara SK
|years1 = 1915–1924
|clubs1 = Hammarby IF
|caps1 = 84
|goals1 = 6
|totalcaps = 84
|totalgoals = 6
|nationalyears1 = 1919–1923
|nationalteam1 = Sweden
|nationalcaps1 = 7
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Gösta "Pysen" Wihlborg (19 February 1898 – 28 November 1968) was a Swedish-American football player, best known for representing Hammarby IF. A full international between 1919 and 1923, he won 7 caps for the Sweden national team.{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/49624/Goesta_Wihlborg.html|title=Gösta Wihlborg|work=National Football Teams|language=en|access-date=2 February 2021}}
Club career
=Hammarby IF=
In 1915, Hammarby IF established a football section after a merger with Klara SK, where Wihlborg had started to play as a youngster. On 15 August the same year, Wihlborg scored in the club's first ever football match, in a 5–0 home win against Västerås SK.Persson, p. 60-62{{cite web|url=http://hifhistoria.se/Historia/1915.html|title=1915|publisher=HIF Historia|accessdate=2 February 2021|language=Swedish}}{{cite web|url=http://hifhistoria.se/Historia/bilder/1915vskref.jpg|title=Allt började i kvarteren Siken, Ålen, Nätet och Draget|publisher=Supportrarnas Matchprogram|accessdate=2 February 2021|language=Swedish}}
Wihlborg soon established himself as one of Hammarby's key players, together with goalkeeper Victor Olsson and striker Gustav Björk.{{cite web|url=http://www.hammarbyfotboll.se/Article.aspx?id=b2ae7963-54e9-4113-bb67-8080505e35d0|title=Julkalendern lucka 3: SM-spel med silver|language=Swedish|publisher=Hammarby Fotboll|date=3 December 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209005718/http://www.hammarbyfotboll.se/Article.aspx?id=b2ae7963-54e9-4113-bb67-8080505e35d0|archivedate=9 December 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hifhistoria.se/Historia/bilder/1922ib.pdf|title=Oövervinnerliga GAIS imponerade ej igår|publisher=Idrottsbladet|accessdate=2 February 2021|language=Swedish}}{{cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/a/yvm3za/103e-derbyt--och-det-sista|title=103:e derbyt – och det sista|work=Aftonbladet|date=16 September 2012 |language=sv|access-date=2 February 2021}} In 1921, Hammarby debuted in the Svenska Serien, by then the highest league in Swedish football. He played 15 competitive games throughout the season, as the club finished third in the table, three points behind winners Örgryte.{{cite web|url=http://hifhistoria.se/Historia/1921.html|title=1921|publisher=HIF Historia|accessdate=2 February 2021|language=Swedish}}
In 1922, Hammarby had an other strong showing where they went to the finals of Svenska Mästerskapet, a cup by then held to decide the Swedish champion, losing 1–3 to GAIS in a game where Wihlborg captained his side.{{cite web|url=http://hifhistoria.se/Historia/1922.html|title=1922|work=HIF Historia|language=sv|access-date=2 February 2021}}
In the summer of 1924, Wihlborg emigrated to the United States at age 26, thus effectively ending his football career.{{cite web|url=http://hifhistoria.se/Historia/1924.html|title=1924|work=HIF Historia|language=sv|access-date=2 February 2021}}
International career
Wihlborg was one of the first players from Hammarby IF to establish himself as a member of the Sweden national team,{{cite web|url=http://hifhistoria.se/Historia/bilder/1960match460.pdf|title=Från konkurs till pengar på kistbotten|work=Match|language=sv|access-date=2 February 2021}} and debuted in a 3–3 friendly draw away at Finland on 28 September 1919.{{cite web|url=https://www2.svenskfotboll.se/landslag/landslagsdatabas/landslagsspelare/?fplid=f99b5d4b-395c-48bb-be0f-66e632641144|title=Landslagsdatabasen: Gösta Wihlborg|work=Swedish Football Association|language=sv|access-date=2 February 2021}} In total, he won 7 caps for his country up until 1923.{{cite web|url=https://www2.svenskfotboll.se/ImageVault/Images/id_71372/scope_0/ImageVaultHandler.aspx|title=Sveriges landslagsmän 1908-2017|work=Swedish Football Association|language=sv|access-date=2 February 2021}}
Works cited
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- {{cite book |last=Persson |first=Gunnar|title=Hammarby IF: En klubbhistoria 1897–1997 |publisher=Strömbergs Bokförlag |year=1996 | language=sv |isbn=91-7151-097-4}}
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References
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External links
- {{NFT player|49624}}
- {{Eu-Football.info|22843}}
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Category:Swedish men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Hammarby Fotboll players
Category:Sweden men's international footballers