Lars "Lasse" Larsson (16 March 1962 – 8 March 2015) was a Swedish

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who played as a striker. He represented

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, and

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during a career that spanned between 1979 and 1993. A full international between 1984 and 1987, he won nine

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and scored one goal for the Sweden national team. He was the 1987 Allsvenskan top scorer.

Career

Larsson started his career in native Trelleborg at

. He later moved to

where he enjoyed the most success of his career. He went on to play for

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in 1984 but missed the majority of the 1984-85 season due to injury which also made him return to Malmö after having only played four matches in

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. Back in Malmö Larsson was successful again and won a Swedish championship in 1986 and became

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. After a very brief tenure in

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again due to injury Larsson ended his career and started a coaching career. He died at the age of 52 in 2015.

Honours

Malmö FF * Swedish Champion:

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Individual *

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Larsson, Lars 1962 births 2015 deaths Swedish footballers Sweden international footballers Sweden under-21 international footballers Sweden youth international footballers Malmö FF players Trelleborgs FF players Allsvenskan players Association football forwards People from Trelleborg Footballers from Skåne County