Hasse Jeppson
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| Hasse Jeppson | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Hans Jeppson | |
| Date of birth | May 10, 1925 | |
| Place of birth |  Kungsbacka, Sweden |
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| Playing position | Striker | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1948-1951 1951 1951-1952 1952-1956 1956-1957 |
Djurgården Charlton Athletic Atalanta Napoli Torino |
≥51 (58) 11 (9) 27 (22) 112 (52) 19 (7) |
| National team | ||
| Sweden |
12 (12) | |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Hans "Hasse" Jeppson (born 10 May 1925 in Kungsbacka) is a retired Swedish football striker. He was known for his impressive goals to games ratio at several clubs, most of his career was spent with Napoli in Italy. Jeppson also played for Sweden and helped them to a third place finish in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
[edit] Club football career
He began his career with Djurgårdens IF, transferring to Charlton Athletic where he played 11 matches in 1951, before moving to Italy to join Atalanta (1951-1952). Jeppson was the first Swedish player to be transferred to an English team.
He then moved to Napoli (1952-56) and Torino F.C. (1956-57) in the 1950s. In 1951 was bought from Atalanta. In 1952 he was sold to Napoli for 105 million lira (for this reason the Napoli's fans nicknamed him o' banco e' napule (the bank of Naples). Jeppson played for Napoli from 1952 to 1956 scoring 52 goals. In 1956 Jeppson was sold to Torino. He retired in 1957.
[edit] International
Jeppson played the 1950 FIFA World Cup for Sweden scoring two goals. He played 12 games in all for the Sweden national football team. His Swedish nickname was Hasse Guldfot (Hasse Goldenfoot).
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| Preceded by Ingvar Rydell |
Allsvenskan top scorer 1951 |
Succeeded by Karl-Alfred Jacobsson |
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