Ulf Tommy Jönsson (born 4 March 1976) is a Swedish former

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who played as defender. He represented

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and

Halmstads BK Halmstads Bollklubb, also known simply as Halmstad () or (especially locally) HBK or Bollklubben, is a Swedish Association football, football club located in Halmstad in the county of Halland. The club, formed 7 February 1914 and approved members ...

during a career that spanned between 1992 and 2010. A full international in 2003, he won three

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for the Sweden national team.

Club career

Jönsson started his career in the club GIF Nike and at the age of 16 he moved to

, where he played for 6 years, until in 1998 when he decided to go to Halmstads BK. 2003 he was chosen as Halmstads BK's team captain, he succeeded

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, prior to the 2010 season he was replaced as teamcaptain by Johnny Lundberg. On 2 July 2008 against

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, 1-1, he played his 400th match for Halmstads BK, of which 245 matches were played in

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

and 155 were played in

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. At the end of the 2010 season Tommy Jönsson announced that he retired from football after 12 years in Halmstads BK and chose to pursue a career outside football as a

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instead. He retired with less than 2 matches away from holding the record as most matches played for the club. The current holder is

Torbjörn Arvidsson Torbjörn Arvidsson (born May 6, 1968) is a former Swedish football player, who played as a defender for Halmstads BK. He is currently the assistant manager of Hajduk Split. Career Starting his career in Kalmar FF he early moved to Halmstad ...

International career

Jönsson represented

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three times in 2003. He was part of the starting line-up against both

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, victory 3-2, and

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, victory 4-1, and then coming on as a substitute against

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, defeat 1-2.

Honours

Halmstads BK: *

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Sweden *

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References

External links

HBK Profile

Swedish FA Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jonsson, Tommy 1976 births Living people Swedish footballers Sweden international footballers Sweden under-21 international footballers Sweden youth international footballers Association football defenders Allsvenskan players Malmö FF players Halmstads BK players