Mattias Jonson

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Mattias Jonson
Mattias Jonson.JPG
Mattias Jonson in June 2009
Personnel
Surname Mattias Jonson
birthday January 16, 1974
place of birth Kumla ,  Sweden
size 1.79 m
position Attacking midfield
striker
Juniors
Years station
Karlslunds IF
IFK Kumla
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1992-1995 Örebro SK 61 (24)
1996-1999 Helsingborgs IF 84 (23)
1999-2004 Brøndby IF 131 (42)
2004-2005 Norwich City 28 0(0)
2005-2011 Djurgårdens IF 104 (22)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
Sweden U-21 17 0(?)
Sweden B 1 0(?)
1996-2006 Sweden 57 0(9)
1 Only league games are given.

Mattias Jonson (born January 16, 1974 in Kumla ) is a former Swedish football player . Between 1996 and 2006, the attacking midfielder , who won the league title in both Sweden and Denmark, played 57 international matches for the Swedish national team .

Career

Career start

Jonson played for Karlslunds IF and IFK Kumla in his youth . In 1992 he moved to the youth department of Örebro SK . A year later, on April 18, 1993, he made his debut in the 2-1 defeat against Helsingborgs IF for the club in the Allsvenskan . In his first year he was used in 15 games of regular time, but did not play in any game for the full length of the game. Since the club only finished eleventh in the table, the team had to compete in the relegation against Vasalunds IF . Ultimately, thanks to the away goals rule , they prevailed after a 2-2 away draw and a 0-0 draw at home, Jonson made a short appearance in the first leg. Also in the second season at ÖSK he was mostly only a substitute at the beginning, but was able to play his way into the starting eleven as a regular scorer and at the end of the season he celebrated his entry into the UEFA Cup as a runner-up with the club . After several departures, the team was weakened in the 1995 season and they only finished sixth. In addition, the team was unlucky enough to be eliminated from the European Cup against Avenir Beggen : After a 0-0 draw in the first leg, they managed a 1-1 draw in the second leg, which would have meant progress according to the away goals rule, but the club placed four foreign players one and the UEFA rated the game in favor of the club from Luxembourg.

First successes and national team debut

After this season, Jonson also left the club. The offensive player's new employer was the league rival Helsingborgs IF . Due to his strong performance at his previous club, he was called up to the national team before the start of the season and made his debut on February 22, 1996 in the international match against Japan , which was won on penalties in Hong Kong . He was substituted for Sebastian Henriksson in the 80th minute . Six days later he came on as a substitute in the 0-0 draw against Australia for a second time in the national jersey - at the same time his last appearance that year.

In his first year at HIF he could hardly prove his qualities as a goalscorer, he only scored three goals in 21 games this season. It wasn't until his second year that the knot burst and he played his way back to the national team. In his fourth international match on September 10, 1997, he scored the first goal in the national jersey in a 1-0 win over Latvia with the decisive goal in the 88th minute of the game. Nevertheless, he was unable to establish himself in the selection, in the following years mostly only sat on the bench and was rarely used. At his club, however, things went all the better for him. Although he was no longer so accurate himself, he was able to celebrate the Swedish championship title with his club in 1999.

Success in Denmark

After the end of the season Jonson left the club and moved to the Danish top club Brøndby IF in November 1999 in the Superliga . There he was the highest paid player in the league with an annual earnings of 6.25 million crowns . Initially, he was used as a striker , but was only able to enter the scorers' list twice in the second half of the 1999/2000 season. However, when he was used in the left attacking midfield, he again showed his qualities as a regular goalscorer and scored 14 goals this season. At the same time he made the leap back into the national team and managed to establish himself in the team after the European Championship 2000, which was disappointing for the Swedish national team.

In his first two years with the club, he only managed the runner-up title with the club. 2002 turned out to be a successful year for him: First he contributed to the club's ninth championship title with seven goals this season. Then he was joined by Lars Lagerbäck and Tommy Söderberg in the squad for the 2002 World Cup and came to his first tournament participation. In the 1-1 draw against the Argentine national team , he came on in the 68th minute for Anders Svensson and thus came to his first World Cup appearance. He also played as a substitute in the 2-1 defeat after Golden Goal in the round of 16 against Senegal .

After two more runner-up titles and winning the Cup in 2003, Jonson said goodbye to England in 2004. Before that, however, he took part in the 2004 European Championship with the national team. He was used three times in the tournament. His goal for a 2-2 draw against the Danish national team saved the Swedish selection in the quarter-finals of the tournament.

Happily in England and return to Sweden

Norwich City , promoted to the Premier League , reportedly paid £ 850,000 transfer fee for the Swedish attacker. However, his year in the English elite series was unsuccessful. At the end of the season, the relegation from the top division and a red card in the 2-3 defeat against Manchester City on February 28, 2005 to book. So he left the club and returned to Sweden.

Jonson signed a three-and-a-half year contract with Djurgårdens IF, which was valid until the end of 2008 . There he played ten times in the Allsvenskan until the end of the season and became a pillar of the team that won the double championship and Svenska Cups in 2005. At the 2006 World Cup he was again on the Swedish squad. After the team failed in the round of 16 against hosts Germany due to a 2-0 defeat, Jonson announced his resignation from the national team after the tournament.

After Jonson had been one of the regulars at the Stockholm club with 21 league games in the 2006 season , he had to take a break due to injury the following year. After a pollen allergy in spring and a thigh injury, he was only used in 16 games this season. Nevertheless, in April 2008 he signed a contract extension until the end of 2009. In the following years, he continued to be vulnerable to injury. After various injuries, which only allowed him to play irregularly for his club, he was close to the end of his career in early April 2009. In the autumn, however, he returned to the football field and helped the club in the relegation battle to reach the relegation place. After another injury, he missed the 2-0 first leg defeat against Assyriska Föreningen . In the second leg he was back in the starting eleven and, after Jan Tauer and Christer Youssef had equalized the first leg result in regular time, scored the 3-0 winner in extra time, which meant relegation. Two days later, the club announced the extension of the contract for another season. In the 2010 season , too, his bad luck with injuries slowed him down, but at the end of the season he extended his contract for another year. After his recovery, he was again a top performer at the beginning of the 2011 season . Nevertheless, he announced his retirement at the end of the season in the summer. After more than 100 Allsvenskan games for Djurgårdens IF, he said goodbye to active football with an eleventh place in the table.

successes

  • Swedish champion: 1999, 2005
  • Swedish Cup Winner: 2005
  • Danish champion: 2002
  • Danish Cup Winner: 2003

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b "Mattias Jonson" - Profile at Örebro SK (accessed on February 23, 2008)
  2. ↑ a b c d e "Mattias Jonson" - Profile at gfdb.com ( memento of the original from January 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on February 23, 2008) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gfdb.com
  3. ↑ "Vasalunds IF - Örebro SK 2-2 (1-2)" - Match report at Örebro SK (accessed on February 23, 2008)
  4. ↑ Match report at playerhistory.com (accessed on February 23, 2008)
  5. ↑ Statistics of the international matches of the Swedish national team in 1996 (accessed on February 23, 2008)
  6. ↑ Statistics of the international matches of the Swedish national team in 1997 (accessed on February 23, 2008)
  7. ↑ "Anfallare: Mattias Jonson" - Profile at sr.se ( Memento of the original from December 25, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on February 23, 2008) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sr.se
  8. ↑ "VM: Gruppseger efter svensk bragdmatch" - match report at svenskfotboll.se (accessed on February 23, 2008)
  9. ↑ "VM: Förlängningsdrama ändade sagan" - match report at svenskfotboll.se (accessed on February 23, 2008)
  10. ↑ "EM: Sverige mot kvartsfinal!" - Match report at svenskfotboll.se (accessed on February 23, 2008)
  11. ↑ Mattias Jonson in the soccerbase.com database (accessed February 23, 2008)
  12. ^ "Mattias Jonson clear for Djurgården" at dn.se (accessed on February 23, 2008)
  13. ↑ "Jonson slutar i landslaget" at expressen.se  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on February 23, 2008)@1@ 2Template: dead link / www.expressen.se  
  14. ↑ fotbolldirekt.com: "Pollenallergi oroar Mattias Jonson - kan missa flera matcher"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on January 19, 2010)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.fotbolldirekt.com  
  15. ↑ dif.se: "Mattias Jonson redo för Elfsborg" ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on January 19, 2010) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dif.se
  16. ↑ dif.se: "Jonson förlänger med DIF" ( Memento of the original from April 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on January 19, 2010) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dif.se
  17. ↑ fotboll.expressen.se: “Mattias Jonsons karriär i fara”  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on January 19, 2010)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / fotboll.expressen.se  
  18. ↑ svt.se: "Mattias Jonson skadad igen" (accessed on January 19, 2010)
  19. ↑ dif.se: "Mattias Jonson kvar 2010" ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on January 19, 2010) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dif.se
  20. ↑ aftonbladet.se: "Jonson stannar i Dif" (accessed on January 21, 2011)
  21. ↑ fotbolldirekt.se: "Trots succén - Jonson slutar med fotbollen" (accessed on November 29, 2011)
personal data
SURNAME Jonson, Mattias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Kumla