Roger Magnusson
![]() Magnusson in 1971 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 20 March 1945 | ||
Place of birth | Mönsterås, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right winger | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1961–1966 | Åtvidaberg | 97 | (40) |
1966–1967 | 1. FC Köln | 20 | (4) |
1967–1968 | Juventus | 6 | (2) |
1968–1974 | Marseille | 157 | (23) |
1974–1976 | Red Star | 26 | (2) |
1976 | Helsingborgs IF | 6 | (1) |
1977 | Vilans BoIF | 16 | (11) |
1979–1980 | Landskrona BoIS | 12 | (3) |
Total | 340 | (86) | |
International career | |||
1964–1969 | Sweden[1] | 14 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Roger Magnusson (born 20 March 1945) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a right winger. He is a brother of fellow footballer Benno Magnusson.
He played for the Sweden national team and for various clubs in Europe, including a short spell at Juventus FC. His most successful years were at Olympique de Marseille, where he formed a duo with striker Josip Skoblar winning the Ligue 1 in 1971 and 1972 and the Coupe de France in 1972. In the 1972 Coupe de France Final, he delivered two assists.
He was known for his dribbling ability and nicknamed le Garrincha suédois (The Swedish Garrincha) in Marseille.[2] But the arrival at the club of Salif Keita pushed him away from the pitch because French teams were compelled at the time to use only two foreign players, and Marseille's coaches used mainly Keita and Skoblar. However, he remains today one of the best players to have worn the l'OM jersey.
Honours
[edit]Marseille
References
[edit]- ^ "Sweden men's national football team stats" (in Swedish). passagen.se. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
- ^ "Joueurs de Légende :Roger Magnusson".[dead link]
External links
[edit]- Roger Magnusson at National-Football-Teams.com
- Article and photos on a Olympique de Marseille fan site (in French)
- 1945 births
- Living people
- People from Mönsterås Municipality
- Footballers from Kalmar County
- Swedish men's footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- Sweden men's international footballers
- Ligue 1 players
- Bundesliga players
- Åtvidabergs FF players
- 1. FC Köln players
- Juventus FC players
- Olympique de Marseille players
- Red Star F.C. players
- Helsingborgs IF players
- Swedish expatriate men's footballers
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in West Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany