Max von Schlebrügge

Max Walter Sebastian von Schlebrügge (born Max Walter Sebastian Holmström on 1 February 1977) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a center back. Starting off his professional career with IF Brommapojkarna in the late 1990s, he went on to represent Hammarby IF, R.S.C. Anderlecht, and Brøndby IF before retiring at IFK Österåker in 2021. A full international between 2003 and 2009, he has won 10 caps for the Sweden national team.

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. After graduating from Florida Atlantic University, he returned to Sweden to play for Brommapojkarna. In 2002, he signed for the reigning Allsvenskan champions Hammarby IF. After more than 100 Allsvenskan appearances for Hammarby, von Schlebrügge signed with the Jupiler Pro League club Anderlecht in January 2007. He was signed by the Danish Superliga Brøndby IF in January 2008 from Anderlecht after having appeared in only eight league games for the Belgian club.

After four years in Denmark, von Schlebrügge returned to Hammarby in 2012. After two injury-plagued seasons, von Schlebrügge left Hammarby at the end of the 2013 Superettan season. In 2015, von Schlebrügge signed for the lower division team IFK Österåker.

International career Von Schlebrügge made his debut for the Sweden national team on 18 November 2003, in a friendly game against Egypt. He made his competitive debut for Sweden on 6 June 2007 as a substitute for Mikael Nilsson in the 56th minute of a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier against Iceland which Sweden won 5–0. He won his 10th and last international cap in a friendly game against the United States on 24 January 2009.

Career statistics International +Appearances and goals by national team and year 2018 Individual

All-Atlantic Sun Conference – Second Team: 1997 Atlantic Sun Conference All-Tournament team: 1997