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Stefan Schwarz

Stefan Schwarz
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Personal information
Full name Hans-Jürgen Stefan Schwarz
Date of birth (1969-04-18) 18 April 1969 (age 48)
Place of birth Malmö, Sweden
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in)
Playing position Midfielder / Left wingback
Youth career
1986 Kulladals FF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1991 Malmö FF 32 (0)
1990 Bayer Leverkusen ? (?)
1991–1994 Benfica 77 (7)
1994–1995 Arsenal 34 (2)
1995–1998 Fiorentina 78 (2)
1998–1999 Valencia 23 (4)
1999–2003 Sunderland 62 (3)
Total 306 (18)
National team
1990–2001 Sweden 69 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Hans-Jürgen Stefan Schwarz (born 18 April 1969), known as Stefan Schwarz, is a Swedish football manager and a retired footballer who played as a midfielder from 1987 until 2003, notably playing in the top flight of a number of European clubs.

As well as earning 69 caps, scoring 6 times for Sweden and starting his career with Malmö FF, he played in the English Premier League for Arsenal and Sunderland, the German Bundesliga for Bayer Leverkusen, Italian Serie A for Fiorentina, Spanish La Liga for Valencia and in Primeira Divisão for Benfica.

Born to a German father, Schwarz played as a midfielder and a left-back. He started playing football at youth level in Kulladals FF and began his career at his hometown club Malmö FF. In 1990, he played as a youth player in Leverkusen before moving on to Benfica where he played from 1990 to 1994. He also played for Arsenal,Fiorentina, Valencia and Sunderland. The most prestigious award he received was Guldbollen, 1999, as Sweden's best footballer during that year. When he joined Sunderland, the club inserted a "Space Clause" that stated that he could not travel into space or it would invalidate his contract. His playing career ended on a low note in 2003, when he retired at the end of a season where Sunderland (who had finished seventh in his first two seasons there) were relegated from the Premier League with a mere four wins, 19 points and 21 goals to their name.


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