Egon Jönsson
Jönsson with Malmö FF in 1949
Personal information
Date of birth (1921-10-08)October 8, 1921
Place of birth Malmö, Sweden
Date of death March 19, 2000(2000-03-19) (aged 78)
Position(s) Right midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1943–1954 Malmö FF 200 (99)
International career
1948–1950 Sweden 22 (9)
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1948 London
FIFA World Cup
Third place1950 Brazil
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Egon Jönsson (8 October 1921 19 March 2000) was a Swedish footballer who played as a midfielder for Malmö FF and the Sweden national team.

Club career

Nicknamed "Todde den Hemlige," Jönsson played 405 matches for Malmö FF, winning four Allsvenskan titles.[1] He played in 200 Allsvenskan games for Malmö and scored 99 goals.[2]

International career

He was part of the Sweden squads that competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics,[3] as well as the 1950 FIFA World Cup, winning one gold medal and two bronze medals.[4] He won a total of 22 caps, scoring 9 goals.[4]

Coaching career

After his active career he was a youth coach and part of the coaching staff for Malmö FF during the European Cup final against Nottingham Forest in 1979.[2]

Honours

Malmö FF

Sweden

Individual

References

  1. "SvenskaFans". www.svenskafans.com. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
  2. 1 2 "⭐⭐ Mesta mästarna". xn--mestamstarna-lcb.se. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
  3. "Egon Jönsson". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Egon Jönsson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-09-13.
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