Lennart “Liston” Soderbergh passed away.
The legendary football coach was 81 years old.
Lennart Soderbergh, better known by his nickname “Liston”, has successfully played football and ice hockey.
Although his hockey debut with AIK came when he was 15 years old, it was football where Soderbergh started his football career.
‘feeling sad’
He played with AIK in Allsvenskan for several seasons and then continued in football as a coach for three decades. Among other things, he trained Västerås SK in four stays.
Now Soderbergh has passed away at the age of 81.
“VSK Football is sad. Today we received a message that legendary club coach and senior official Lennart “Leston” Soderbergh has passed away,” Västerås SK writes on his website.
AIK about “Liston”
AIK has previously written about Soderbergh in its “500 AIK: are” archive.
“Lennart” Liston “Söderberg belongs to the most colorful AIK profile ever. Even as a 14-year-old, the mustachioed Lennart destroyed the AIK youth team, both in football and ice hockey”writes the club and then continues:
“When he was 15 years old, he made his debut in the Allsvenskan ice hockey team of AIK and in 1959, when he was 18 years old, Lennart played his first football match in Allsvenskan. In total, there were 85 ball matches Presented in the Allsvenskan for Lennart, who also appeared in the Allsvenskan Bandy match for AIK”.
