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 footballer who played mostly as a defender. He represented Halmstads BK and Åtvidabergs FF during a club career that spanned between 1961 and 1978. A full international between 1973 and 1974, he won 17 caps for the Sweden national team and represented his country at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Olsson played for Åtvidabergs FF in Allsvenskan during the 1960s and 1970s, and he became 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.

External links

Sweden squad – 1974 FIFA World Cup
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