Hans Olof "Hasse" Jeppson (10 May 1925 – 21 February 2013) was a Swedish professional

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who played as a striker. He was known for his impressive goals to games ratio at several clubs, and represented

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and

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during a career that spanned between 1946 and 1957. A full international between 1949 and 1950, he won 12

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and scored nine goals for the Sweden national team and helped them to a third-place finish at the

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Club career

Jeppson began his career with

, transferring to

where he played 11 matches in 1951, before moving to Italy to join

(1951–1952). Jeppson was the second Swedish player to be transferred to an English team, after Dan Ekner at Portsmouth. He then moved to

(1952–56) and

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(1956–57) in the 1950s. In 1951 was bought from Atalanta. In 1952 he was sold to Napoli for 105 million lira, a new world record transfer-fee (for this reason the Napoli's fans nicknamed him ''o' banco e' napule'', ''the bank of Naples''). Jeppson played for Napoli from 1952 to 1956 scoring 52 goals. In 1956 Jeppson was sold to Torino. He retired in 1957.

International career

Jeppson played the

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for Sweden and scored two goals as Sweden finished third. He played 12 games in total for the Sweden national team and scored nine goals. His Swedish nickname was ''Hasse Guldfot'' (Hasse Golden Foot).

Career statistics

International

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

Honours

Djurgårdens IF *

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: 1948–49 Sweden *

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third place:

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Individual *

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: 1950–51 * Stor Grabb: 1950 * Swedish Football Hall of Fame inductee: 2009

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* 1925 births 2013 deaths People from Kungsbacka Swedish footballers Association football forwards Sweden international footballers 1950 FIFA World Cup players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players Charlton Athletic F.C. players Atalanta B.C. players S.S.C. Napoli players Torino F.C. players Allsvenskan players Serie A players Swedish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Italy Sportspeople from Halland County {{Sweden-footy-forward-stub