Sune Isidor "Mona-Lisa" Andersson (22 February 1921 – 29 April 2002) was a Swedish football player and manager. He is best remembered for representing

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and

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during his club career. A full international between 1947 and 1950, he won 28

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and scored four goals for the Sweden national team. He was part of the Sweden teams that won gold at the

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and finished third at the

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Club career

Andersason was a versatile

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, who would take any position: left, right or center. His only domestic title was the

1949 Svenska Cupen Svenska Cupen 1949 was the ninth season of the main Swedish football Cup. The competition was concluded on 24 July 1949 with the Final, held at Råsunda Stadium, Solna in Stockholms län. AIK won 1-0 against Landskrona BoIS before an attendanc ...

with

. His performance at the

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earned him a transfer to

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, where he played for two seasons and scored 12 goals. He then continued playing and coaching in Sweden until 1971.

International career

Andersson played 28 times for the Swedish national team, scoring four goals, and won a gold medal at the

, and a bronze at the

Personal life

Andersson was nicknamed "Mona-Lisa", because of his blunt facial expression while playing. He was also an elite bowler.Sune Andersson
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Career statistics

International

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

Honours

AIK *

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: 1949 Sweden * Summer Olympics: 1948 *

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third place:

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