Lars Benno Magnusson (born 4 February 1953) is a Swedish former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

. He's a brother of fellow footballer

Roger Magnusson Roger Magnusson (born 20 March 1945 in Mönsterås) 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, in ...

. Magnusson was a very popular player who got his breakthrough in Åtvidabergs FF when he became a Swedish champion 1972. He later became a professional in West Germany with

Hertha BSC Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC (), and sometimes referred to as Hertha Berlin, Hertha BSC Berlin, or simply Hertha, is a German professional football club based in the locality of Westend of the borough of Charl ...

and

FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern () or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to football, the club also operates in severa ...

. He was a member of the

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in the

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. After his retiring he has made appearances in TV-shows and now works for Svenska spel. Magnusson, who played for the club Kalmar FF in the 1970s and 1980s, is one of the most legendary players in the history of the club. Therefore, the biggest Kalmar FF fan site has been named after him.

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* 1953 births Living people Swedish footballers Sweden international footballers 1974 FIFA World Cup players Åtvidabergs FF players Hertha BSC players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players Kalmar FF players Allsvenskan players Bundesliga players Swedish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Germany {{sweden-footy-forward-stub Association football forwards