Mattias Jonson
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Mattias Jonson | |
| Date of birth | January 16, 1974 (age 33) | |
| Place of birth | Kumla, Sweden | |
| Height | 179cm | |
| Playing position | Forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Djurgårdens IF | |
| Number | 12 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1992-1995 1996-1999 1999-2004 2004-2005 2005- |
Örebro SK Helsingborgs IF Brøndby IF Norwich City Djurgårdens IF |
61 (24) 84 (23) 131 (42) 28 (0) 29 (9) |
| National team | ||
| 1996-2006 | Sweden | 59 (9) |
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Mattias Jonson [ma'tiːɑs 'jʊnsɔn] (born January 16, 1974) is a Swedish professional football player, who plays as a midfielder for Swedish club Djurgårdens IF in the Allsvenskan championship. He has played 57 games and scored nine goals for the Sweden national football team, and represented Sweden at two World Cups and the 2004 European Championship.
[edit] Biography
Born in Kumla, Jonson started playing youth football with IFK Kumla and Karlslunds IF. He moved to Örebro SK in 1992, where he got his senior debut in the top-flight Allsvenskan championship. He moved to league rivals Helsingborgs IF in 1996, and made his Swedish national team debut in February 1996. He won the 1999 Allsvenskan championship with Helsingborgs, before leaving the club at the end of the 1999 season.
He moved abroad to join Danish club Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga championship. He was brought in by Brøndby's new manager Åge Hareide, and Jonson played several games as a striker, before settling as a left-sided winger. He showed his goalscoring abilities for Brøndby on a number of occasions. In the 2001-02 UEFA Cup tournament, Brøndby had lost 1-3 away to Croatian club NK Varteks. In the return game, Jonson scored a hattrick which guided Brøndby to a 5-0 victory and advancement in the tournament, on a 6-3 aggregate. Jonson also scored a hattrick in an April 2002 Superliga game, when Brøndby won 5-0 against Akademisk Boldklub, and helped the club win the 2001-02 Superliga championship.
He was a part of the Swedish national team squad at the 2002 World Cup, where he took part in two games as a substitute, before Sweden were eliminated. He was Brøndby's league topscorer with 11 goals in the 2002-03 Superliga season, and helped the club win the 2003 Danish Cup trophy. He was called up to the Swedish national squad for the 2004 European Championship. He started the tournament on the bench, but was brought on as a substitute and eventually secured himself a place in the starting line-up. He played in three of Sweden's four games, and scored a goal against Denmark, which secured Sweden advancement from the preliminary group stage.
After the 2004 European Championship, Jonson looked to leave Brøndby. In August 2004, he moved to England and joined the newly promoted FA Premier League side Norwich City. He transferred from Brøndby for an undisclosed fee, which was believed to be around £850,000. He struggled to make an impact in the Premier League, and left Norwich after one season. In 2005, he returned to Sweden to play for Djurgårdens IF. In his first season with the club, he helped Djurgårdens IF win the Double of both the 2005 Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen trophies. He represented Sweden at the 2006 World Cup, where took part in all Sweden's four matches. He started the tournament as a substitute, but was included in Sweden's starting line-up for the final two games before elimination. He ended his national team career in August 2006.
[edit] Honours
- Allsvenskan: 1999 and 2005
- Danish Superliga: 2002
- Danish Cup: 2003
- Svenska Cupen: 2005
[edit] External links
- (Swedish) Swedish national team profile - 2006
- (Danish) Brøndby IF profile
- (Swedish) Djurgårdens IF profile
- Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk
| Djurgårdens IF Fotboll - Current Squad |
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2 Concha | 3 Stoltz | 4 Boskailo | 5 Ottesen | 6 Kuivasto | 7 Arneng | 8 Tauer | 9 Kusi-Asare | 10 Nazaré | 11 Sjölund | 12 Jonson | 14 Ceesay | 15 Tourray | 16 Johannesson | 17 Batan | 18 Dahlberg | 19 Thiago | 20 Karlsson | 21 Junegard | 22 Komac | 23 Davids | 25 Amoah | 26 Kozica | 30 Wahlström | Manager: Jónsson |
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Sweden squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Hedman | 2 Mellberg | 3 P. Andersson | 4 Mjällby | 5 Michael Svensson | 6 Linderoth | 7 Alexandersson | 8 A. Svensson | 9 Ljungberg | 10 Allbäck | 11 Larsson | 12 Kihlstedt | 13 Antonelius | 14 Edman | 15 Jakobsson | 16 Lučić | 17 Magnus Svensson | 18 Jonson | 19 Farnerud | 20 D. Andersson | 21 Ibrahimović | 22 A. Andersson | 23 Isaksson | Coach: Lagerbäck / Söderberg |
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Sweden squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Isaksson | 2 Nilsson | 3 Mellberg | 4 Lučić | 5 Edman | 6 Linderoth | 7 Alexandersson | 8 A. Svensson | 9 Ljungberg | 10 Ibrahimović | 11 Larsson | 12 Alvbåge | 13 Hansson | 14 Stenman | 15 K. Svensson | 16 Källström | 17 Elmander | 18 Jonson | 19 Andersson | 20 Allbäck | 21 Wilhelmsson | 22 Rosenberg | 23 Shaaban | Coach: Lagerbäck |
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Categories: 1974 births | Living people | Swedish footballers | Sweden international footballers | Helsingborgs IF players | Brøndby IF footballers | Norwich City F.C. players | Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players | FA Premier League players | UEFA Euro 2004 players | FIFA World Cup 2002 players | FIFA World Cup 2006 players
