Jan Olsson (footballer, born 1942)

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Jan Olsson
Jan Olsson during the 1974 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Jan Olof Olsson
Date of birth (1942-03-30) 30 March 1942 (age 82)
Place of birth Halmstad, Sweden
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1965 Halmstads BK 156 (12)
1965–1978 Åtvidabergs FF 230 (1)
Total 386 (13)
International career
1973–1974
Sweden[1]
17 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jan Olof "Janne" Olsson (born 30 March 1942) is a Swedish former

Sweden national team and represented his country at the 1974 FIFA World Cup
.

Club career

Olsson played for

Swedish champion with the club in 1972 and 1973.[2]

International career

Olsson played 17 times for the

Swedish national team and was a member of the squad in the 1974 FIFA World Cup.[2] He is largely remembered for being victim of the very first Cruyff turn in Sweden's match against Holland at the 1974 World Cup in West Germany.[3][4][2]

Honours

Åtvidabergs FF

References

  1. ^ "Sweden national football team stats". passagen.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2012-06-06.
  2. ^ a b c ""Vart fan tog bollen vägen?"". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  3. ^ "All-time Top 20: No. 3 Johan Cruyff". ESPN. Retrieved 17 November 2013
  4. ^ "World Cup: 25 stunning moments … No25: the Cruyff Turn is born in 1974". Guardian. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2016.

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