Mats Lilienberg

Mats Christer Lilienberg is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He won three Allsvenskan titles and was the Allsvenskan top scorer twice during a professional career that spanned between 1990 and 2004. A full international between 1993 and 1998, he won five caps for the Sweden national team and scored one goal.

Club career

Lilienberg represented Trelleborgs FF, 1860 Munich, IFK Göteborg, Halmstads BK, Malmö FF, and Höörs IS during his career. He won three Allsvenskan titles and was the joint Allsvenskan top scorer in 1993 and 1997 with 18 and 14 goals respectively. While at Malmö FF, he played at forward alongside a young Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

After having represented the Sweden U21 team a total of three times, Lilienberg made his full international debut for Sweden on 10 November 1993 in a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Austria when he replaced Henrik Larsson in the 72nd minute of a 1–1 draw. He scored his first and only international goal for Sweden in a friendly 3–1 win against the United States on 20 February 1994. He won his fifth and final cap on 29 January 1998 in a friendly 0–0 draw with Jamaica.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	20 February 1994	Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, Florida, United States		3–1	3–1	Joe Robbie Cup

IFK Göteborg

Halmstads BK

Individual