Torbjörn Jonsson
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 6 May 1936 | ||
Place of birth | Ljusne, Sweden | ||
Date of death | 16 October 2018 | (aged 82)||
Place of death | Norrköping, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1948–1953 | Ljusne AIK | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1953–1960 | IFK Norrköping | 148 | (72) |
1960–1961 | Real Betis | 0 | (0) |
1961 | Fiorentina | 8 | (1) |
1962–1963 | Roma | 42 | (14) |
1963–1967 | Mantova | 119 | (17) |
1967–1972 | IFK Norrköping | 94 | (22) |
Total | 411 | (126) | |
International career | |||
1955–1968 | Sweden | 33 | (11) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Torbjörn Jonsson (6 May 1936 – 16 October 2018[1]) was a Swedish professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[2]
Career
[edit]Jonsson played for five seasons (134 games, 27 goals) in the Italian Serie A for ACF Fiorentina, A.S. Roma and A.C. Mantova.
Honours
[edit]Individual
- Guldbollen: 1960[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Den evige slitvargen är död". Nt.se (in Swedish).
- ^ "Torbjörn Jonsson". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ^ "Guldbollen: 1960: Torbjörn Jonsson, IFK Norrköping". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 January 2014.
Categories:
- 1936 births
- 2018 deaths
- People from Söderhamn Municipality
- Sportspeople from Gävleborg County
- Swedish men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Sweden men's international footballers
- Allsvenskan players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- IFK Norrköping players
- ACF Fiorentina players
- AS Roma players
- Mantova 1911 players
- Swedish expatriate men's footballers
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy