Mats Magnusson

Swedish footballer (born 1963) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mats Tuve Magnusson (born 10 July 1963) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Starting off his career with Malmö FF, he is best remembered for his time with Benfica with which he won two league titles, reached two European Cup finals, and was the 1989–90 Primeira Liga top scorer. A full international between 1984 and 1990, he won 30 caps for the Sweden national team and represented his country at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

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Mats Magnusson
Personal information
Full name Mats Tuve Magnusson
Date of birth (1963-07-10) 10 July 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Helsingborg, Sweden
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1985 Malmö FF 38 (20)
1985–1986 Servette 22 (14)
1986–1987 Malmö FF 25 (14)
1987–1992 Benfica 122 (65)
1992–1994 Helsingborg 47 (27)
Total 254 (140)
International career
1979 Sweden U17 4 (3)
1979–1981 Sweden U19 10 (0)
1984–1990 Sweden U21 7 (1)
1984–1990 Sweden 30 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
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Club career

Magnusson was born in Helsingborg. During his career he played for Malmö FF (two spells), Servette FC, S.L. Benfica and Helsingborgs IF. Upon his return home he helped the latter side, featuring a young Henrik Larsson, reach the Allsvenskan.

At the Lisbon club, where he arrived in 1987 as a replacement for fellow Scandinavian, Michael Manniche, Magnusson developed as a top flight goalscorer, winning two Primeira Liga championships and appearing at the European Cup finals in 1988 (lost to PSV Eindhoven in a penalty shoot-out)[1] and 1990 (losing to A.C. Milan).[2] In 1989–90, even though they lost to FC Porto in the league, he finished as top scorer of the competition with 33 goals in 32 games;[3] during his time with Benfica he shared team with countrymen Jonas Thern (1989–92), Stefan Schwarz (1990–94) – also his teammates at Malmö – and coach Sven-Göran Eriksson (1989–92).[4][5] His total of 87 goals in all official competitions made him Benfica's top foreign goalscorer for more than twenty years. He was later surpassed by Paraguayan international Óscar Cardozo (172 goals) and Brazilian international Jonas (137 goals).

International career

Magnusson earned 30 caps for the Sweden national team, and played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup finals in Italy where he suffered an injury that made him miss nearly one year of football. His debut came on 22 August 1984, as he started in a 1–1 friendly draw to Mexico played in Malmö.

Career statistics

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[6]
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 1984 1 0
1985 4 2
1986 4 1
1987 6 3
1988 1 1
1989 9 1
1990 5 1
Total 30 9
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International goals

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Magnusson goal.
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#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 September 1985Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark Denmark3–03–0Friendly
2.25 September 1985Råsunda, Solna, Sweden West Germany2–22–21986 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.16 November 1986Ta' Qali, Attard, Malta Malta2–05–0UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying
4.18 April 1987Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi, Soviet Union Soviet Union2–03–1Friendly
5.3–1
6.26 August 1987Råsunda, Solna, Sweden Denmark1–01–0Friendly
7.1 June 1988El Helmántico, Salamanca, Spain Spain3–13–1Friendly
8.8 October 1989Råsunda, Solna, Sweden Albania1–13–1Friendly
9.27 May 1990Råsunda, Solna, Sweden Finland1–06–0Friendly
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Honours

Benfica

Malmö

Individual

References

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