Agne Simonsson
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Tore Klas Agne Simonsson | ||
Date of birth | 19 October 1935 | ||
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) |
1961–1962 | → Real 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
- ^ Agne Simonsson – FIFA competition record (archived)
External links
Categories:
- 1935 births
- Living people
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Swedish footballers
- Sweden international footballers
- Örgryte IS players
- La Liga players
- Real Madrid C.F. players
- Real Sociedad footballers
- 1958 FIFA World Cup players
- Swedish football managers
- Örgryte IS managers
- BK Häcken managers
- Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Greece
- Swedish football forward stubs
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