Max von Schlebrügge

Max Walter Sebastian von Schlebrügge (born Max Walter Sebastian Holmström on 1 February 1977) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a center back for IFK Österåker. Starting off his professional career with Brommapojkarna, he has gone on to represent Hammarby, Anderlecht, and Brøndby before returning to Swedish football in 2012. He has won 10 caps for the Sweden national team.

Max von Schlebrügge
Personal information
Full name Max Walter Sebastian von Schlebrügge
Date of birth (1977-02-01) 1 February 1977
Place of birth Solna, Sweden
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 IFK Österåker
Number 2
Youth career
AIK
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 Florida Atlantic Owls
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2002 Brommapojkarna 80 (6)
2002–2006 Hammarby 102 (8)
2007 Anderlecht 8 (1)
2008–2012 Brøndby 86 (7)
2012–2013 Hammarby 20 (3)
2014– IFK Österåker 60 (10)
National team‡
2003–2009 Sweden 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 January 2015
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 September 2008

Club career

Born in Solna, von Schlebrügge started off his career with AIK before moving to the United States to play collegiately for the Florida Atlantic Owls.[1] After graduating from Florida Atlantic University, he returned to Sweden to play for Brommapojkarna.[2]

In 2002, he signed for the reigning Allsvenskan champions Hammarby IF.[3] After more than 100 Allsvenskan appearances for Hammarby, von Schlebrügge signed with the Jupiler Pro League club Anderlecht in January 2007.[4]

He was signed by the Danish Superliga Brøndby in January 2008 from Anderlecht after having appeared in only 8 league games for the Belgian club.[5]

After four years in Denmark, von Schlebrügge returned to Hammarby in 2012.[6] After two injury-plagued seasons, von Schlebrügge left Hammarby at the end of the 2013 Superettan season.[7]

In 2014, von Schlebrügge signed for the lower division team IFK Österåker.[8]

International career

von Schlebrügge made his debut for the Sweden national team on 18 November 2003, in a friendly game against Egypt.[9]

He made his competitive debut as a substitute for Mikael Nilsson in the 56th minute for Sweden on 6 June 2007 in a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier against Iceland which Sweden won 5-0.[9][10]

He won his 10th and last international cap in a friendly game against the United States on 24 January 2009.[9]

Career statistics

International
As of matches played 19 September 2020
Appearances and goals by national team and year[9]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden 200310
200410
2005 0 0
200620
200740
200810
200910
Total100

Personal life

His last name comes from his paternal grandmother from Germany, who is an older half-sister of actress Uma Thurman's mother Nena von Schlebrügge, making Uma his first cousin once removed.[11]

References
  1. "Former Men's Soccer Player Signs With Belgian Club". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  2. ""Det är lika roligt att spela fotboll"". HD (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  3. ""Självklart vill jag tillbaka till Bajen"". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  4. "Schlebrügge helt klar för Bröndby". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  5. Aleksandar Josevski (3 January 2008). "Anderlecht: Schlebrügge til Brøndby". B.T. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  6. "KLART: Max von Schlebrugge presenterad i Hammarby: "Det känns underbart att komma tillbaka"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  7. "Bajen ratar publikfavoriten". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  8. "von Schlebrügge ger alltid max". mitti.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  9. "Max von Schlebrügge - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  10. "Sverige - Island - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  11. Mads Haugaard (29 April 2010). "Uma Thurman: Et mærkværdigt barn til megastjerne". MetroXpress. Archived from the original on April 30, 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
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