Jesper Mattsson (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bo Peder Jesper Mattsson | ||
| Date of birth | 18 April 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Visby, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1990 | Visby IF Gute | 93 | (16) |
| 1991–1993 | Gefle | 73 | (11) |
| 1994 | Häcken | 24 | (3) |
| 1995–1998 | Halmstad | 101 | (8) |
| 1998–1999 | Nottingham Forest | 6 | (0) |
| 2002 | IS Örnia | ||
| Total | 297 | (38) | |
| International career | |||
| 1995 | Sweden | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Bo Peder Jesper Mattsson (born 18 April 1968) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Club career
[edit]Sweden
[edit]Mattsson was born at Visby. He started his career for his hometown club Visby IF Gute before joining Gefle in 1991. In 1994, Mattsson moved to Allsvenskan club Häcken, leaving in the end of the 1994 season after the club was relegated.
He then signed for Halmstad in 1995, where he became a regular first team member and won the 1994–95 Svenska Cupen, scoring in the final match,[1] and the 1997 Allsvenskan. Mattsson also played in the 3–0 win against Parma in the 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.[2] and left the club after the 1998 Allsvenskan having missed only three league matches for the club.
England
[edit]Mattsson went on a trial for Norwich City, scoring in a 6–0 win for the reserve team against Luton Town, but was not signed.[3] He then joined Premier League side Nottingham Forest in December for a £300,000 fee.[4] He played a total of six league matches for Forest, including the infamous 8–1 defeat to Manchester United. He suffered a knee injury in 1999 and subsequently retired.
Amateur football
[edit]After retirement, he played amateur football for Örnia.[5]
International career
[edit]Mattsson played once for the Sweden men's national football team in a 1–1 draw against Iceland for the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying.[6]
Honours
[edit]Halmstad
References
[edit]- ^ "Kvastarna.se Login".
- ^ "Uefa.com - UEFA Cup Winners' Cup - All-Time Statistics - 2nd". www.uefa.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "Flown from the Nest - Jesper Mattson".
- ^ "Football: Mattsson signs up for Forest". Independent.co.uk. 23 October 2011. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022.
- ^ "Kvastarna.se Login".
- ^ "Sweden-Iceland | European Qualifiers 1996".
External links
[edit]- Jesper Mattsson at Soccerbase
- Jesper Mattsson at National-Football-Teams.com
- Jesper Mattsson at playmakerstats.com (English version of ogol.com.br)
- Living people
- 1968 births
- Men's association football central defenders
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Swedish men's footballers
- Sweden men's international footballers
- Swedish expatriate men's footballers
- Premier League players
- BK Häcken players
- Halmstads BK players
- Nottingham Forest F.C. players
- Sportspeople from Gotland County
- 20th-century Swedish sportsmen