Kent Jönsson Explained

Kent Jönsson
Fullname:Kent Jönsson
Birth Date:9 May 1955
Birth Place:Sweden
Position:Defender
Years1:–1974
Clubs1:Lunds BoIS
Years2:1974–1987
Clubs2:Malmö FF
Caps2:211
Goals2:5
Years3:1988–?
Clubs3:IFK Trelleborg
Nationalyears1:1979–1980
Nationalteam1:Sweden
Nationalcaps1:5
Nationalgoals1:0

Kent Jönsson (born 9 May 1955) is a Swedish former football defender who played the majority of his career for Malmö FF.

Career

Jönsson transferred from Lunds BoIS to Malmö FF in 1974 where it took him a while until he grabbed a spot in the starting line-up. It wasn't until Bo Larsson, a former forward who now played as defender, was injured during the quarter-finals of the 1978–79 European Cup away against Wisla Krakow. Malmö made it all the way to the final and Jönsson was in the starting line-up for Malmö who ultimately lost the game 1–0 at the Olympic Stadium in Munich. Jönsson won Allsvenskan two times with the club. During the end of his career he transferred to IFK Trelleborg where he briefly was a youth coach after his career had ended.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: Historisk på mindre smickrande sätt . Sydsvenskan . 2 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091008041523/http://sydsvenskan.se/sport/fotboll/mff/100ar/article553681/Historisk-pa-mindre-smickrande-satt.html . 8 October 2009 .