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Tom Olov Turesson (17 May 1942 – 13 December 2004) was a Swedish
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player and manager, best known for representing
Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differe ...
. A full international between 1962 and 1971, he won 22
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and scored 9 goals, taking part in the
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.


Early life

Born in
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, Turesson grew up in the village of
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in
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. He started to play football with local club IK Rex as a youngster. Turesson attracted interest from both
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and their
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, and chose to join the latter after a successful trial where he impressed manager
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.


Club career


Hammarby

On 24 September
1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...
, Turesson scored in his senior debut for Hammarby in
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, aged 19, in a 4–2 away win against
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. He immediately broke into the squad as a regular, and formed an offensive partnership with players like
Karl-Evert Skoglund Karl-Evert "Ya" Skoglund (born 21 January 1938) is a Swedish former footballer who mostly played as a forward, best known for representing Hammarby IF. He is the younger brother of late Lennart Skoglund, one of the most renowned Swedish football ...
,
Lars Boman Lars "Råttan" Boman (6 March 1931 – 18 November 2014) was a Sweden, Swedish association football, football player, best known for representing Hammarby Fotboll, Hammarby IF. Club career AIK Born and raised in Stockholm, Boman started to play f ...
and
Lars-Ove Johansson Lars-Ove "Larsa" Johansson (14 November 1938 – 11 November 2019) was a Swedish footballer who played as a forward, best known for representing Hammarby IF. Club career Johansson was born in Härnösand and started to play football with local c ...
, playing all 22 fixtures as Hammarby finished 9th in the table in
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. Thuresson was, however, unable to save the club from relegation in
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despite scoring 7 goals in 20 league appearances. In
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, Lennart "Nacka" Skoglund had returned to Hammarby from a professional career in the
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. Hammarby won Division 2 in a remarkable fashion, with Skoglund and Turesson playing on each flank of the pitch as wingers, as the side scored 80 goals in just 22 fixtures. Back in Allsvenskan
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, Hammarby was unable to produce any sort of challenge and immediately got relegated from the top division, even though Turesson was voted as the best right-winger in the whole league by Sweden's dominating sports magazine ''Idrottsbladet''. He became known as a prolific goalscorer who possessed a great ability to handle the ball. Back in the second tier in
1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
, Turesson decided to stay with Hammarby and once again led the club to a straight promotion, before history repeated itself when Hammarby suffered a relegation from Allsvenskan in
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. Tired of bouncing up and down the divisions, during a period when Hammarby was considered as a
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, Turesson sought a move abroad to play professionally. He was on the verge of joining
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before finally signing a two-year contract with
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in the summer of
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.


Club Brugge

Linking up with compatriot Kurt Axelsson, Turesson established himself as a starter for Club Brugge in the
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season of 1968–69, scoring 7 goals in 22 league games, as the club finished 5th in the table. In his second season with the club, Turesson lost his place as a regular in favour of
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, and only featured in 10 league fixtures. Although, Turesson played a major part as Club Brugge won the
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in 1970, scoring four goals in five games throughout the tournament.


Return to Hammarby

When Turesson's contract with Club Brugge expired in the summer of
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, he opted to return to Hammarby instead of continuing his career abroad. The club was placed last in the Allvenskan table after eight rounds when he arrived in July, but the winger inspired Hammarby to go practically unbeaten through the rest of the campaign, eventually finishing 5th. Between
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and
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, Hammarby consistently finished mid-table in Allsvenskan, being unable to produce any sort of challenge for the Swedish champion title. During this period, Turesson was widely regarded as Hammarby's most important player, together with younger talents like
Jan Sjöström Jan Enar Christer "Janne" Sjöström (10 April 1948 – 12 September 2013) was a Swedish football player and manager, best known for representing Hammarby IF. A full international between 1972 and 1974, he won eight caps for Sweden. Early life S ...
,
Kenneth Ohlsson Lars Kenneth "Kenta" Ohlsson (born 7 September 1948) is a Swedish former football player and manager. He represented Hammarby IF throughout his whole playing career, as a one club man, and holds the club record for most league appearances in to ...
and
Ronnie Hellström Folke Ronnie Wallentin Hellström (21 February 1949 – 6 February 2022) was a Swedish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He represented Hammarby IF and 1. FC Kaiserslautern during a career that spanned between 1966 and 1984 an ...
. He scored his first goal in a Stockholm
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against
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, on 27 August 1974, in a 1–0 home win. In
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, new manager Björn Bolling decided to re-position Turesson and play him as a libero, a move that proved to become highly successful. At age 33, Turesson revived his footballing career, dictating his teammates thanks to his excellent perception of the game. At the end of
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, aged 36, Turesson retired from football. In total, he made 282 league appearances for Hammarby and scored 88 goals. In 2004, Turesson was voted as the club's fifteenth biggest profile throughout its history.


International career

Turesson made his senior debut for
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on 16 September 1962, aged 20, in a 2–1 loss against
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in an away friendly. In 1966, he broke into the Swedish squad as a regular, after scoring a
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in a 4–2 win against Norway on 18 September. He featured in five of six qualifying games ahead of the
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, as Sweden failed to qualify for the main tournament. Turesson was called up for the
1970 FIFA World Cup The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May t ...
, where Sweden got knocked out after the group stage. He scored in Sweden's 1–1 draw against
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.


Managerial career

Turesson returned to
Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differe ...
in
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, two seasons after his retirement, being appointed as the new manager as the club. Hammarby's chairman
Lennart Nyman Lennart Nyman (25 June 1917 – 25 August 1998) was a Swedish football coach and sports administrator, best known for being the first ever manager of the Sweden national team between 1962 and 1965. He was also the chairman of multi-sport club Ham ...
had been in negotiations, that ultimately came out unsuccessful, with several other possible recruitments before convincing Turesson to take the position. Hammarby's squad consisted of established key players like Jan Sjöström, Kenneth Ohlsson,
Mats Werner Mats Rune "Matte" Werner (born 1 June 1953) is a Swedish former professional footballer. He played for Hammarby IF throughout most of his career. Club career Trained in the youth ranks of Hammarby IF, Werner made his debut in Allsvenskan, the do ...
and
Billy Ohlsson Billy Roger Ohlsson (born 13 January 1954) is a Swedish former football player and manager. He mostly represented Hammarby IF and is the club's all-time leading scorer with 94 goals in Allsvenskan. A full international between 1978 and 1980, Ohl ...
, together with younger talents such as
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, Klas Johansson, Michael Andersson, Sten-Ove Ramberg, Mikael Rönnberg and
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. The club had a tough first half of the season, being involved in the relegation battle, before finally finishing 9th in the table. At the end of the year, Turesson was replaced by Bengt "Julle" Gustavsson.


Personal life

His son Tomas Turesson would also become a professional footballer, representing
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between 1983 and 1990. Turesson died on 13 December 2004, aged 62, due to a chronic kidney disease.


Career statistics


International

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


Honours

Individual *
Nordic Football Championship The Nordic Football Championship ( da, Nordisk Mesterskab, no, Nordisk Mesterskap, sv, Nordiska Mästerskapet, fi, Pohjoismaiden-mestaruusturnaus, commonly abbreviated NM or PM) was an international football competition contested by the men's ...
top scorer: 1964–67 (shared with Erik Dyreborg and
Ole Madsen Ole Eduard Fischer Madsen (21 December 1934 – 26 March 2006 Camilla Dam ''Danmarks Radio'', 26 March 2006) was a Danish international footballer, who scored 42 goals in 50 matches for the Denmark national team and competed at the 1964 Europe ...
)


References


External links

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