Agne Simonsson
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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. On the club level, he played for Örgryte IS, Real Madrid and Real Sociedad.
Simonsson was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1959.
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Sweden squad - 1958 FIFA World Cup Runners-up | ||
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1 K. Svensson | 2 Bergmark | 3 Axbom | 4 Liedholm | 5 Johansson | 6 Parling | 7 Hamrin | 8 Gren | 9 Simonsson | 10 Selmonsson | 11 Skoglund | 12 T. Svensson | 13 Oberg | 14 Gustavsson | 15 Borjesson | 16 Haraldsson | 17 Hakansson | 18 Lofgren | 19 Kallgren | 20 Mellberg | 21 Berndtsson | 22 Olsson | Coach: Raynor |
Preceded by Richard Dahl |
Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal 1959 |
Succeeded by Jane Cederqvist |
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