![]() Jönsson with
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Bengt Ingvar Egon Jönsson | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | October 8, 1921 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Malmö, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | March 19, 2000 | (aged 78)||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Malmö, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1943–1954 | Malmö FF | 200 | (99) | ||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1947 | Sweden B | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1946–1952 | Sweden | 22 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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. [4]
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. [2]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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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 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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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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