Lars Magnus Arvidsson (born 12 February 1973) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a

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. He is known for holding the record for the fastest

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ever.

Club career

Arvidsson started his career in Förslövs IF and played there until 1991 when he moved to Helsingborgs IF, then playing in the league now known as

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(the second division of Sweden) He stayed with the team when they got promoted to

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in 1993 but played only a handful of matches before leaving for IFK Hässleholm in 1995. He stayed there for three seasons. During the 1995 season, he scored a

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against Landskrona BoIS in just 89 seconds, setting the currently unbroken record for the fastest hat-trick ever. In 1998, he moved to Trelleborgs FF. In 1999, he left Trelleborg for German club

Hansa Rostock FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from the forme ...

, then playing in the

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. He is, with a total of 27 goals, the player who has scored the most goals for Rostock in the Bundesliga. He followed Rostock down into the

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after the 2004–05 season, and stayed at the club until the summer of 2006. Then, he returned home to Sweden where he signed a contract with Halmstads BK until the end of the 2008 season. In August 2008, it was reported that Arvidsson would miss the rest of the season due to a knee injury that went unnoticed until a

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operation. Arvidsson was offered a half-year contract by Halmstad on 3 January 2009, however, on 13 January it was reported that he had signed a half-year contract with his former club, Helsingborgs IF. On 30 May 2009, Arvidsson announced on Helsingborg's homepage that he would quit football due to another long-term knee injury. He also said that he would first take a break to be with his family and then study to become a coach.

International career

He made two appearances for

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, both in friendly games in 2000 to prepare the squad for Euro 2000. In the first he came on as a substitute against

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and in the second he started against

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arvidsson, Magnus 1973 births Living people Swedish footballers Swedish expatriate footballers Allsvenskan players Expatriate footballers in Germany Sweden international footballers Association football forwards Helsingborgs IF players FC Hansa Rostock players Halmstads BK players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Germany