Egon Jönsson | |
Birth Date: | 8 October 1921 |
Birth Place: | Malmö, Sweden |
Death Place: | Malmö, Sweden |
Position: | Right midfielder |
Years1: | 1943–1954 |
Clubs1: | Malmö FF |
Caps1: | 200 |
Goals1: | 99 |
Nationalyears1: | 1947 |
Nationalteam1: | Sweden B |
Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Full Name: | Bengt Ingvar Egon Jönsson |
Nationalyears2: | 1946–1952 |
Nationalteam2: | Sweden |
Nationalcaps2: | 22 |
Nationalgoals2: | 9 |
Bengt Ingvar 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.
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]
Jönsson 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.
After his active career, Jönsson was a youth coach and part of the coaching staff for Malmö FF during the European Cup final against Nottingham Forest in 1979.
Sweden | 1946 | 1 | 2 | |
1947 | 0 | 0 | ||
1948 | 2 | 0 | ||
1949 | 4 | 3 | ||
1950 | 7 | 3 | ||
1951 | 7 | 1 | ||
1952 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 22 | 9 |
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Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jönsson goal.
Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||
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1 | 15 August 1946 | Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland | 2–0 | 7–0 | Friendly | [6] | ||
2 | 7–0 | |||||||
3 | 2 October 1949 | Malmö IP, Malmö, Sweden | 1–1 | 8–1 | 1948–51 Nordic Football Championship | [7] | ||
4 | 2–1 | |||||||
5 | 3–1 | |||||||
6 | 24 September 1950 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1948–51 Nordic Football Championship | [8] | ||
7 | 3–0 | |||||||
8 | 15 October 1950 | Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1948–51 Nordic Football Championship | [9] | ||
9 | 21 October 1951 | Malmö Stadion, Malmö, Sweden | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1948–51 Nordic Football Championship | [10] |
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