Olof Mattias Jonsson (; born 16 January 1974) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a winger. Starting off his career with

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in the early 1990s, he went on to represent

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, and

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before retiring at

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is named ...

in 2011. A full international between 1996 and 2006, he won 57

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and scored nine goals for the Sweden national team. He represented his country at the

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, and the

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Club career

Early career

Born in

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, Jonson started playing youth football with

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and

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. He moved to

in 1992, where he got his senior debut in the top-flight Allsvenskan championship. He moved to league rivals

in 1996. He won the

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championship with Helsingborg, before leaving the club at the end of the 1999 season.

Brøndby IF

Jonson moved abroad to join Danish club

in the

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championship. He was brought in by Brøndby's new manager

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, and Jonson played several games as a striker, before settling as a left-sided winger. He showed his goalscoring abilities for Brøndby on a number of occasions. In the

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tournament, Brøndby had lost 3–1 away to

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n club NK Varteks. In the return game, Jonson scored a

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which guided Brøndby to a 5–0 victory and advancement in the tournament, on a 6–3 aggregate. Jonson also scored a hat-trick in an April 2002 Superliga game, when Brøndby won 5–0 against

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, and helped the club win the 2001–02 Superliga championship. He was Brøndby's league topscorer with 11 goals in the 2002–03 Superliga season, and helped the club win the 2003

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trophy.

Norwich City

After the 2004 European Championship, Jonson looked to leave Brøndby. In August 2004, he moved to England and joined the newly promoted

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side

. He transferred from Brøndby for an undisclosed fee, which was believed to be around £850,000. He struggled to make an impact in the Premier League, and left Norwich after one season.

Return to Sweden

In 2005, he returned to Sweden to play for

. In his first season with the club, he helped Djurgårdens IF win the Double of both the 2005 Allsvenskan and

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trophies. He started the tournament as a substitute, but was included in Sweden's starting line-up for the final two games before elimination. He ended his national team career in August 2006. Jonson ended his career after the 2011 season, and played his last game on 23 October 2011.

International career

Jonson made his Sweden national team debut in February 1996. He was included in the Sweden national team for the

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, where he took part in two games as a substitute, before Sweden were eliminated. He was called-up in the Sweden national team for the 2004 European Championship. He started the tournament on the bench, but was brought on as a substitute and eventually secured himself a place in the starting line-up. He played in three of Sweden's four games, and scored a goal against

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, which secured Sweden advancement from the preliminary group stage. He represented Sweden at the

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, where he took part in all Sweden's four matches.

Personal life

He is the father of the

player Melker Jonsson.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jonson goal.''

Honours

; Helsingborgs IF: *

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; Brøndby IF: *

: 2001–02 *

: 2002–03 ; Djurgårdens IF: *

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;Individual * Stor Grabb: 2001 *

Årets Järnkamin Årets Järnkamin ''(literally Iron Stove of the Year)'' is an award given to a Djurgårdens IF player, or coach, voted by the members of the official supporter club Järnkaminerna (The Iron Stoves). A person whom they felt represented the core val ...

: 2011

References

External links

* *
Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jonson, Mattias 1974 births Living people Expatriate footballers in Denmark Expatriate footballers in England Swedish footballers Sweden international footballers Swedish expatriate footballers Helsingborgs IF players Örebro SK players Brøndby IF players Norwich City F.C. players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players Allsvenskan players Danish Superliga players Premier League players UEFA Euro 2004 players 2002 FIFA World Cup players 2006 FIFA World Cup players Association football midfielders Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Swedish expatriate sportspeople in England People from Kumla Municipality Sweden under-21 international footballers Sportspeople from Örebro County