{"id":223745,"date":"2023-10-26T12:10:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T12:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/?p=223745"},"modified":"2023-10-26T12:10:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T12:10:14","slug":"i-nearly-won-ballon-dor-after-world-cup-heroics-but-was-a-huge-flop-in-the-premier-league-i-retired-to-sell-vacuums-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/sport\/i-nearly-won-ballon-dor-after-world-cup-heroics-but-was-a-huge-flop-in-the-premier-league-i-retired-to-sell-vacuums-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"I nearly won Ballon d'Or after World Cup heroics but was a huge flop in the Premier League – I retired to sell vacuums | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

TOMAS BROLIN failed to live up to expectations in the Premier League before retiring to sell vacuum cleaners.<\/p>\n

The former Sweden forward was a statement signing for Leeds in 1995 just a year after he came close to winning the Ballon d'Or.<\/p>\n


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Brolin had placed joint-fourth with Gheorghe Hagi after starring for Sweden at the 1994 World Cup.<\/p>\n

He scored three goals and provided four assists as his country finished third in the USA.<\/p>\n

However, he was unable to pip Hristo Stoichkov to the gong, despite also starring for Parma in Italy and Europe.<\/p>\n

Following Parma's UEFA Cup win at the end of the 1994\/95 season, Leeds swooped to land Brolin but he would never adapt to the Premier League.<\/p>\n

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After loan spells with Zurich and back at Parma, he moved to Crystal Palace in 1997 but would stay for just six months.<\/p>\n

During his time in England, Brolin scored just four goals in 32 Premier League appearances.<\/p>\n

A brief return to Sweden failed to reignite his career and the striker retired in 1998 aged just 28.<\/p>\n

Brolin would soon find a new purpose, though, after meeting inventor Goran Edlund.<\/p>\n

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His fellow Swede had developed a lighter and more efficient vacuum cleaner nozzle, which Brolin invested in.<\/p>\n

He became a 50 per cent partner in the Twinner, which has become one of Sweden's most popular brands and is available in the UK and across Europe.<\/p>\n

Brolin even gives a large amount of his earnings from the vacuum company to charity, with 30 per cent going to a children's rights society in his homeland.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, his business portfolio has also included properties, pharmaceuticals and caterings firms in the past.<\/p>\n

The 53-year-old spent time playing professional poker too, as well as owning several racehorses.<\/p>\n

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He does not regret his decision to retire so young, either, telling FourFourTwo in 2018: "If you want to continue playing at a high level you\u2019ve got to train every single day, but I wasn\u2019t so keen to keep doing that.<\/p>\n

"I had other projects in my head \u2013 when I stopped playing, an inventor came up to me with his new idea about vacuum cleaners and I opened that company.<\/p>\n

"If by the December of that year I\u2019d wanted to play again, I would have come back. But that feeling never came and now it\u2019s 20 years ago.<\/p>\n

"Everyone says 28 is young to retire, but it depends on what you\u2019ve done in your 28 years as a footballer. I\u2019d done quite a lot."<\/p>\n

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