TOMAS BROLIN | 1993-1994 | PES Stats Database (Golden Era Backup)

TOMAS BROLIN PES STATS | 1993-1994

electric_trigger TOMAS BROLIN | 1993-1994 Club: Parma Number: 9 Position: SS*, AM Nationality: Swedish Era: 1993-1994, aged 23 Foot: R Side: B Length: 176 Weight: 73 Attack: 85 Defence: 45 Balance: 78 Stamina: 85 Top Speed: 86 Acceleration: 85 Response: 85 Agility: 85 Dribble Accuracy: 84 Dribble Speed: 86 Short Pass Accuracy: 84 Short Pass Speed: 85 Long Pass Accuracy: 81 Long Pass Speed: 80 Shot Accuracy: 84 Shot Power: 82 Shot Technique:84 Free Kick: 78 Curling: 78 Header: 82 Jump: 82 Technique: 85 Aggression: 88 Mentality: 85 Keeper Skill: 50 Team Work: 86 Condition/Fitness: 6 Weak Foot Accuracy: 5 Weak Foot frequency: 5 Brolin & 1994 World Cup http://www.youtube.com/v/REA8P-h2360 Special Ability *Penalties *Dribbling *Positioning *Reaction *1-touch pass *Scoring Per Tomas Brolin (born November 29, 1969 in Hudiksvall) is a former Swedish professional football player and ''Golden Boy'' of the Swedish National team during the 90's. Brolin had a successful period with A.C. Parma during the early nineties winning the 1991-92 Coppa Italia, the 1992-93 Cup Winners' Cup, the 1993 UEFA Super Cup and the 1994-95 UEFA Cup. Brolin also played for the Swedish national team, finishing third in the 1994 World Cup and was also a beaten semi finalist at the 1992 European championship as well as having competed in the 1990 World Cup. At the peak of his career, Brolin was regarded as one of the best football players in the world. In 1994, while playing in a qualification game for the 1996 European championship, Brolin broke his leg.This injury is regarded as having put an end to his career, even though he played for another four years, retiring at 28 years of age. In Euro 92, he was joint top-scorer with three others (Jan Eriksson and Kennet Andersson); his goal against England did much to raise his profile. It was the signing of explosive Colombian forward Faustino Asprilla for £3m by Brolin's club in 1992 that changed the Swede's playing position in the team. Before the Colombian's arrival at Parma, Brolin had been playing up-front with fellow forward Alessandro Melli, however Parma's coach benched Brolin in favour of Asprilla for most of the season, and when he did play his No.11 was handed to Asprilla, with Brolin playing either in the No.8 or 9 jersey. However, a mysterious injury to the Colombian while on holiday back home in Tuluá just before the European Cup Winners'Cup Final, meant he missed the match with Antwerp and gave Brolin a starting place alongside Melli. Brolin helped the club lift the European Cup Winners'Cup by defeating Belgium club 3-1 at Wembley. The following season, the club signed duo Gianfranco Zola and Massimo Crippa for a total of £9m from cash strapped Napoli that put Brolin's place in the team in the balance. However, the coach Nevio Scala, having seen the benefit of playing Brolin in midfield during the previous season, decided to play Brolin in a deeper position than his first three seasons at the club. He was handed Melli's No.7 jersey, and played in a three man midfield with Gabriele Pin on the right and Massimo Crippa on the left, and Asprilla and Zola leading the attack. When the team was a goal down or in need of extra fire power up-front, striker Melli came on as a substitute in place of Pin and Zola dropped into midfield, a tactic that was deployed by the coach during the 1993/1994 season. The club reached the final of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup once again having beaten Ajax and Benfica on the road to Cobenhagen, where they played Arsenal, but this time despite Brolin coming close to scoring in the first fifteen minutes even hitting the post, Parma lost 1-0, and a dejected Brolin walked off the pitch with a loser's medal. Brolin went to the World Cup in the best shape of his career, at the age of 23, he had the world at his feet; Sweden, however despite having a talented group of players, was not predicted to go far at the World Cup in America, and after they scrapped a draw with Cameroon in their opening game, not much was expected of them, or Brolin. Though Brolin had other ideas, and in Sweden’s next game with Russia, he turned on a match- winning performance, playing behind Martin Dahlin and the towering Kennet Andersson, as Sweden won 3-1. His battling qualities were demonstrated in the opening goal in Sweden’s last group match against favourites Brazil, when he collected a long ball from defence, chesting the ball down and at the same time, shielding it from defender Márcio Santos, before beating him and playing a delightful cross-wing ball to Kennet Andersson, who chested the ball, and flicked it past Taffarel to make it 1-0. Sweden drew 1-1 with the Brazilians and reached the second round. He scored 3 goals for Sweden in the 1994 World Cup, and Sweden surprised many by finishing third in the competition. Brolin's performances earned him a place in the competition's ''World Cup All Star Team''. In the quarter final against Romania, he scored one of his most famous goals; when Sweden were awarded a freekick, everyone expected Stefan Schwarz to shoot. Instead, he jumped over the ball and Håkan Mild passed the ball past the wall to Brolin who managed to score. Brolin received his second Guldbollen award in 1994 TOMAS BROLIN | 1993-1994 | PES Stats Database (Golden Era Backup)