Agne Simonsson
Tore Klas Agne Simonsson (born 19 October 1935) is a former Swedish footballer. He played for the Sweden national football team, earning 51 caps and scoring 27 goals. He was a participant in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, scoring 4 goals, when Sweden reached the final on home soil, losing the game 5-2 to Brazil (one of his goals came in the final itself).[1] On the club level, he played for Örgryte IS, Real Madrid and Real Sociedad. He is Örgryte's best ever goal scorer in league play with a total of 206 goals.[2]
 Simonsson with Sweden in 1960 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Tore Klas Agne Simonsson | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 October 1935 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gothenburg, Sweden | |||||||||||||||
| Playing position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||||
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| BK René | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 1959–1960 | Örgryte IS | 42 | (25) | |||||||||||||
| 1960–1963 | Real Madrid | 3 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| 1961–1962 | → Real Sociedad (loan) | 22 | (8) | |||||||||||||
| 1963–1970 | Örgryte IS | 120 | (80) | |||||||||||||
| Total | 187 | (114) | ||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||
| 1957 | Sweden U23 | 1 | (3) | |||||||||||||
| 1957–1967 | Sweden | 51 | (27) | |||||||||||||
| Teams managed | ||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1972 | Örgryte IS | |||||||||||||||
| 1977–1982 | BK Häcken | |||||||||||||||
| 1983–1986 | Örgryte IS | |||||||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | Iraklis | |||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | ||||||||||||||||
Simonsson was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1959.
References
- Agne Simonsson – FIFA competition record
- "Flest seriemål". fotboll.ois.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-06-17.
External links
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| Preceded by Richard Dahl |
Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal 1959 |
Succeeded by Jane Cederqvist |
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