Jan Svensson (soccer player)

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Jan Svensson (born April 24, 1956 in Söderköping ) is a former Swedish national football player. The player mostly used in attack played before his time at Eintracht Frankfurt (1977 to 1983) and after that time (1986 to 1988) in the Swedish Fotbollsallsvenskan at IFK Norrköping . At Eintracht Frankfurt he scored 16 goals in 96 league games in the Bundesliga in three seasons from 1983 to 1986 .

career

Jan Svensson's football development began in 1971 at IK Ramunder. After his youth he continued his career from 1974 at IK Sleipner and then from 1977 played at IFK Norrköping. There he reached with his team in the 1981 season with the 3rd place his best placement. In Norrköping he trained under well-known ex-national players such as Bengt Gustavsson (1975-78) and Gunnar Nordahl (1979-80). The versatile, tech-savvy player was mainly used on the left. At Eintracht Frankfurt he mainly played offensively, mostly by storm. In the Swedish national team he was occasionally used on the left defensive.

In the Swedish national football team he made his debut on September 5, 1979 in a European Championship qualifier in Stockholm against France (1: 3) under coach Georg Ericson , where he was substituted on in the 75th minute. In qualifying for the 1982 World Cup, he came in 1981 in the games against Northern Ireland (1-0), Portugal (3-0) and Scotland (0-2) each as left winger, alongside center forward Thomas Sjöberg . Also under Ericson's successor Lars Arnesson he ran in two European Championship qualifiers against Romania (0-2) and Czechoslovakia (2-2) in 1982. As a player from Eintracht Frankfurt, Svensson was appointed to the 1985 World Cup qualifiers against Czechoslovakia (2: 0, 1: 2) and Germany (2: 2).

At Eintracht Frankfurt he made his debut under coach Branko Zebec on August 12, 1983 in a 2-2 home draw against Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga, where he had brought Eintracht 1-0 lead in the 39th minute of the game. The round brought pure relegation battle for Svensson and Eintracht. The end of Willi Neuberger's career and the departures of Bernd Nickel , Cha Bum-kun and Bruno Pezzey weighed heavily. Zebec was replaced by Dietrich Weise in the middle of the first half of the season and only the Swede was the only one of the newcomers. Only in the relegation with the success against MSV Duisburg (5: 0, 1: 1) could the league be secured. Svensson had played 33 league games and scored eight goals in his first round in the Bundesliga. With Ralf Falkenmayer , he led the internal goalscorer list. In the second year of Eintracht 1984/85, the weak away balance of 8:26 points prevented more than 12th place; Svensson had again completed 33 league games and scored six goals. With only 35 goals scored, the men around Svensson had the lowest goal attack in the Bundesliga in 1985/86. In the end it got very close. In the event of a tie with Borussia Dortmund, Eintracht only saved a goal difference that was two hits better before relegation. Svensson ran in his third round at Eintracht in 30 league games and scored two goals. In the summer of 1986 he left the Riederwald and returned to Sweden to IFK Norrköping.

From March 1988 to 1990 he laced his football boots abroad again, now in Switzerland at FC Wettingen . From 1993 he finally let his career come to an end with his home club IK Ramunder.

After his Swedish namesake, the pop star Harpo , he was sometimes given this nickname.

Bundesliga statistics

  • In the 1983/84 season , Svensson played 33 games and scored 8 goals.
  • In the 1984/85 season Svensson played 33 games and scored 6 goals.
  • In the 1985/86 season , Svensson played 30 games and scored 2 goals.
  • 1 expulsion

literature

  • Christian Karn, Reinhard Rehberg: Player Lexicon 1963–1996. Agon Sportverlag. Kassel 2012. ISBN 978-3-89784-214-4 . P. 501.
  • Ulrich Matheja: Schlappekicker and sky striker. The story of Eintracht Frankfurt. Publishing house Die Werkstatt. Göttingen 2004. ISBN 3-89533-427-8 . Pp. 381/382.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jürgen Bitter: Germany's football. The encyclopedia. FA Herbig. Munich 2008. ISBN 978-3-7766-2558-5 . P. 717
  2. ↑ Ulrich Matheja: Schlappekicker and Himmelsstürmer. P. 249
  3. ↑ Ulrich Matheja: Schlappekicker and Himmelsstürmer. P. 254
personal data
SURNAME Svensson, Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Söderköping