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Agne Simonsson

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Agne Simonsson
Personal information
Full name Tore Klas Agne Simonsson
Date of birth (1935-10-19) 19 October 1935 (age 89)
Place of birth Gothenburg, Sweden
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
BK René
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1960 Örgryte IS 42 (25)
1960–1963 Real Madrid 3 (1)
1961–1962Real Sociedad (loan) 22 (8)
1963–1970 Örgryte IS 120 (80)
Total 187 (114)
International career
1957–1967 Sweden 51 (27)
Managerial career
1971–1972 Örgryte IS
1977–1982 BK Häcken
1983–1986 Örgryte IS
1988–1990 Iraklis
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tore Klas Agne Simonsson (born 19 October 1935) is a former Swedish footballer. He played for the Sweden national football team, earning 51 caps and scoring 27 goals. He was a participant in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, scoring 4 goals, when Sweden reached the final on home soil, losing the game 5-2 to Brazil (one of his goals came in the final itself).[1] On the club level, he played for Örgryte IS, Real Madrid and Real Sociedad.

Simonsson was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1959.

References

  1. ^ Agne SimonssonFIFA competition record (archived)
Preceded by Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal
1959
Succeeded by