Max von Schlebrügge

Max von Schlebrügge
Personal information
Full name Max Walter Sebastian von Schlebrügge
Date of birth (1977-02-01) 1 February 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Solna, Sweden
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
AIK
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 Florida Atlantic Owls
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2002 Brommapojkarna 80 (6)
2002–2006 Hammarby IF 102 (8)
2007 Anderlecht 8 (1)
2008–2012 Brøndby IF 86 (7)
2012–2013 Hammarby IF 20 (3)
2015–2021 IFK Österåker 80 (12)
Total 376 (37)
International career‡
2003–2009 Sweden 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 March 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 January 2009

Max Walter Sebastian von Schlebrügge (born Max Walter Sebastian Holmström on 1 February 1977) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a center back. Starting off his professional career with IF Brommapojkarna in the late 1990s, he went on to represent Hammarby IF, R.S.C. Anderlecht, and Brøndby IF before retiring at IFK Österåker in 2021. A full international between 2003 and 2009, he has won 10 caps for the Sweden national team.

Club career

Born in Solna, von Schlebrügge started off his career with AIK before moving to the United States to play collegiately for the Florida Atlantic Owls.[1] After graduating from Florida Atlantic University, he returned to Sweden to play for Brommapojkarna.[2] In 2002, he signed for the reigning Allsvenskan champions Hammarby IF.[3] After more than 100 Allsvenskan appearances for Hammarby, von Schlebrügge signed with the Jupiler Pro League club Anderlecht in January 2007.[4] He was signed by the Danish Superliga Brøndby IF in January 2008 from Anderlecht after having appeared in only eight league games for the Belgian club.[5]

After four years in Denmark, von Schlebrügge returned to Hammarby in 2012.[6] After two injury-plagued seasons, von Schlebrügge left Hammarby at the end of the 2013 Superettan season.[7] In 2015, von Schlebrügge signed for the lower division team IFK Österåker.[8]

International career

Von Schlebrügge made his debut for the Sweden national team on 18 November 2003, in a friendly game against Egypt.[9] He made his competitive debut for Sweden on 6 June 2007 as a substitute for Mikael Nilsson in the 56th minute of a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier against Iceland which Sweden won 5–0.[9][10] He won his 10th and last international cap in a friendly game against the United States on 24 January 2009.[9]

Personal life

Von Schlebrügge's last name comes from his paternal grandmother from Germany, who is an older half-sister of American actress Uma Thurman's mother Nena von Schlebrügge, making Thurman his half-cousin once removed.[11]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[9]
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 2003 1 0
2004 1 0
2005 0 0
2006 2 0
2007 4 0
2008 1 0
2009 1 0
Total 10 0

Honours

IFK Österåker

Individual

  • Atlantic Sun Conference All-Tournament team: 1997[1][16]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Former Men's Soccer Player Signs With Belgian Club". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. 9 February 2007. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  2. ^ ""Det är lika roligt att spela fotboll"". HD (in Swedish). February 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. ^ ""Självklart vill jag tillbaka till Bajen"". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 28 December 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Schlebrügge helt klar för Bröndby". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 3 January 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  5. ^ Aleksandar Josevski (3 January 2008). "Anderlecht: Schlebrügge til Brøndby". B.T. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  6. ^ "KLART: Max von Schlebrugge presenterad i Hammarby: "Det känns underbart att komma tillbaka"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Bajen ratar publikfavoriten". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 28 November 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  8. ^ "von Schlebrügge ger alltid max". mitti.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  9. ^ a b c d "Max von Schlebrügge - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Sverige - Island - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). 6 June 2007. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  11. ^ Mads Haugaard (29 April 2010). "Uma Thurman: Et mærkværdigt barn til megastjerne". MetroXpress. Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  12. ^ "IFK tillbaka i 3:an!!". www.ifkosteraker.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Stockholm norra | Division 4 | Fotbollsserier 2016 | Fotboll | everysport.com". www.everysport.com. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  14. ^ "IFK gick obesegrade genom serien!". www.ifkosteraker.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Stockholm norra | Division 4 | Fotbollsserier 2018 | Fotboll | everysport.com". www.everysport.com. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  16. ^ a b "FAU 2004 Men's Soccer Guide" (PDF). Florida Atlantic University.