Retirement
After retiring from football, Brolin settled to become a businessman and returned to his homeland where he during a period of time owned an Italian-Swedish restaurant called "Undici" (Italian: 11, the number he wore while playing for Parma). Undici has been fined numerous times for permitting underage drinking. He also invested money in real estate and – to some public amusement – in a firm selling a new type of mouthpiece for vacuum cleaners. He also appeared in a video by Dr. Alban which featured other famous Swedish sportsmen, including Björn Borg.
In 2001, a longtime girlfriend, Susan Hardenborg, gave birth to Brolin's first child, a boy, named Sebastian. The couple had split before the birth of the child, but remain on good terms.
Brolin has been an active World Series Poker player, since 2006. Playing in the 2007 World Series of Poker and the 2006 Football & Poker Legends Cup organized by PartyPoker.com. He has also competed regularly in the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour and cashed twice – once in the Season 4 Prague event where he came 23rd and again in the EPT Grand Final later that season in Monte Carlo where he came 38th out of a 842-strong field.
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