{"id":293516,"date":"2023-10-30T16:24:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T16:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=293516"},"modified":"2023-10-30T16:24:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T16:24:50","slug":"premier-league-flop-almost-won-ballon-dor-quit-at-28-to-sell-vacuum-cleaners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/premier-league-flop-almost-won-ballon-dor-quit-at-28-to-sell-vacuum-cleaners\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League flop almost won Ballon d’Or quit at 28 to sell vacuum cleaners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Premier League flop Tomas Brolin quit football at just 28 to sell vacuum cleaners just a couple of years after almost winning the Ballon d\u2019Or.<\/p>\n

Brolin was a marquee signing for Leeds United in 1995 after leaving Serie A and Parma behind after winning the Cup Winners\u2019 Cup, UEFA Cup, UEFA Super Cup and Copa Italia. And just a year earlier, Brolin had led Sweden to a third-placed finish at the 1994 World Cup in the US.<\/p>\n

His performances that year, including three goals and four assists in the World Cup, saw him finish joint-fourth with Romanian legend Gheorghe Hagi in the Ballon d\u2019Or standing, which Barcelona\u2019s Hristo Stoichkov won, before he later replaced Brolin at Parma.<\/p>\n

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However, arriving at Elland Road just 12 months later, Brolin was never able to adapt to the Premier League and scored just four top-flight goals in 19 games for the Whites. A loan spell back at Parma and brief spells at Crystal Palace and Swedish side Hudiksvalls FF were unable to see him return to form.<\/p>\n

Brolin pulled the plug on his career in 1998 at just 28, finding a new purpose after meeting fellow Swede and inventor Goran Edlund. He invested in Edlund\u2019s developed vacuum which was lighter and more efficient \u2013 becoming a 50 per cent partner in the Twinner, now one of Sweden\u2019s most popular brands.<\/p>\n

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Brolin previously told FourFourTwo that he doesn\u2019t regret his decision to retire so young and begin his post-football venture, which previously saw him boast properties, pharmaceuticals and catering firms in a large business portfolio, he said: "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

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"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. 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

Brolin\u2019s recent projects have seen him play professional poker and own several racehorses. He also donates a large amount of his earnings from the vacuum company to charity, giving 30% to a children\u2019s rights society in his homeland.<\/p>\n

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