Pär Zetterberg

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Zetterberg
Personal information
Full name	Pär Zetterberg
Date of birth	October 14, 1970 (1970-10-14) (age 37)
Place of birth	Falkenberg, Sweden
Playing position	Central midfielder
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth clubs
1978-86 1986-89	Falkenbergs FF R.S.C. Anderlecht
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989-91 1991-93 1993-2000 2000-03 2003- 2006	Anderlecht Charleroi Anderlecht Olympiacos Anderlecht	2 (0) 62 (11) 194 (51) 51 (7) 89 (23)
National team
1993- 1999	Sweden	30 (6)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 9th, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Pär Zetterberg (born October 14, 1970) is a former Swedish football player.

Zetterberg started his career at his local club, Falkenbergs FF, but after only seven games at senior level he became professional, joining the Belgian team RSC Anderlecht. He has remained loyal to Anderlecht, except for spells at Charleroi (1991-1993) and Olympiakos CFP (2000-2003).

He has twice been football player of the year in Belgium and won the Guldbollen as the Swedish Footballer of the Year in 1997. He has also won the Belgian as well as the Greek championships three times. Zetterberg has been capped 30 times for Sweden. In Belgium, he has won the Fair player of the year prize 6 times. He was one of the most respected players ever, because of his positive attitude on as well as off the field. He also excelled in creativity, which led to the many beautiful goals and assists he made. He quit football after the season 2005-2006 and has continued to work at RSC Anderlecht, as youth scout.

Preceded by Philippe Albert	Belgian Golden Shoe 1993	Succeeded by Gilles De Bilde
Preceded by Franky Van Der Elst	Belgian Golden Shoe 1997	Succeeded by Branko Strupar
Preceded by Roland Nilsson	Swedish Football player of the year 1997	Succeeded by Henrik Larsson