Tomas Brolin

Tomas Brolin hits a nostalgic nerve for anyone who watched early-90s football. At Parma he was electric—a forward with vision and flair who helped win the Coppa Italia, Cup Winners' Cup, and UEFA Cup, and was twice named Sweden's best with the Guldbollen. What stays with me is the bittersweetness: injuries cut his peak short far too soon, and his later turn working as a shop assistant only humanizes him further. I actually find that arc more relatable than untouchable greatness. Brolin carried both brilliance and hardship, and that honest, unvarnished trajectory is exactly why I still respect him.

Name (English)

Tomas Brolin

Name (Japanese)

トマス・ブロリン

Reading

とます・ぶろりん

Born

November 29, 1969 (age 56)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rooster

Origin

Hudiksvall, Gävleborg County, Sweden

Height

176 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach / shop assistant

Awards & achievements

• 1990 Guldbollen
• 1994 Guldbollen

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomas%20Brolin
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q361435

Tags

• Gävleborg County
• association football player
• association football coach
• shop assistant

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.