Robert Prytz

Robert Klas-Göran Prytz was born 1960 in Malmö and grew up with four brothers and three sisters in a working-class neighbourhood called Kirseberg. He started playing for his local team Kirsebergs IF before moving up to Malmö FF as a 16-year old. Under the successful English manager Bob Houghton Prytz flourished and although it was because of injuries he got the chance of a lifetime when he in 1979 as a 19 year old played in the European Cup Final vs Nottingham Forest in Munich. A game that Nottingham won 1–0. The year after he made his international debut for Sweden. In 1982 Robert spent 3 months at Stoke City and was meant to sign for them, but work permit rules meant that the move didn't happen. Back home he got a call from an agent saying that there was another team in the UK interested in him: Glasgow Rangers. Robert Prytz was only the second Swedish player for Rangers after Örjan Persson that played in the club 1967-70. In his first season in Scotland: 1982-83 Robert Prytz scored his first goal for the club vs Clydebank away in the League Cup in August, with Rangers winning 4-1. He also made a good impact in his league debut away vs Motherwell scoring in a 2-2 draw. Prytz scored the 2-1 winner away to Aberdeen 3 weeks later and he scored a spectacular goal away to Celtic in October, a corner kick that went straight in goal. His first season at Rangers saw him play 48 games (30 in the league) scoring 7 times (5 in the league) Rangers finishing only 4th in the league…

International

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Prytz goal.

Malmö Allsvenskan: 1977 Svenska Cupen: 1979–80 European Cup Runner-up: 1978–79 Rangers Scottish League Cup: 1983–84, 1984–85 Young Boys Swiss League: 1985–86 Swiss Cup: 1986–87 Swiss Super Cup: 1986 Pollok Central Sectional League Cup: 1999–00 West of Scotland Junior Cup: 1999–00 Hamilton Academical Scottish Third Division: 2000-01 Individual

Stor Grabb: 1984 Guldbollen: 1986 Swiss Foreign Footballer of the Year: 1986–87