Torbjörn Ek (25 June 1949,

Ljusdal Ljusdal () is a locality and the seat of Ljusdal Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 6,230 inhabitants in 2010. Ljusdal is situated on Riksväg 83 which runs between Tönnebro in Söderhamn Municipality in Gävleborg County and � ...

- 18 August 2010, Ljusdal) was a Swedish

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and football player and manager. He was considered one of the country's top bandy players during the 1970s and early 1980s. Ek was capped 102 times for the

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, scoring 89 goals, and was a member of silver-medal winning teams at the

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on 6 occasions. He was a member of the team which won the junior bandy world cup in 1967. In 1975 Ek's team Ljusdals BK won the

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. He managed the Swedish national bandy team for 1 match, in 1993. Ek also had an elite football career, playing in 62

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football le ...

matches, for AIK (1971–1973) and

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(1975), winning a silver medal as a member of the AIK team which finished as runner-up in the 1972 season.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ek, Torbjorn 1947 births 2010 deaths People from Ljusdal Municipality Swedish bandy players Swedish footballers Swedish football managers AIK Fotboll players GIF Sundsvall players Allsvenskan players Ljusdals BK players Västerås SK Bandy players Association footballers not categorized by position Sportspeople from Gävleborg County