Jan "Lillen" Svensson (born 27 April 1944) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a

midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...

, 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 differ ...

and

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Djurgårdens IF is an s ...

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...

Club career

Saltö BK

Born in

Karlskrona Karlskrona (, , ) is a locality and the seat of Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with a population of 66,675 in 2018. It is also the capital of Blekinge County. Karlskrona is known as Sweden's only baroque city and is host to ...

, Svensson started his career with local club Saltö BK. In 1966, Saltö was relegated from Division 3, Sweden's third tier, due to being deducted 14 points by the

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after Svensson had been incorrectly registered during the season.

Djurgårdens IF

In 1967, Svensson moved to

. Known as a hard-working central midfielder, he made 89 appearances for the club and scored eleven goals.

IS Halmia

Between 1972 and 1974, Svensson played for

IS Halmia IS Halmia is a association football, football club, located in Halmstad, Sweden. Background IS Halmia was founded on 16 June 16, 1907 and currently plays in Division 3 (Swedish football), Division 3 Sydästra Götaland. The club originall ...

. He was later voted as one of the best eleven players to ever had represented the club.

Hammarby IF

In 1974, Svensson returned to Stockholm but moved to

, one of Djurgården's biggest

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. He started to work as a groundskeeper at

Zinkensdamms IP Zinkensdamms idrottsplats, usually ''Zinkensdamms IP'' or colloquially ''Zinken'' or ''Zinkens'', is a sports ground in Södermalm in central Stockholm, Sweden. The ground was designed by architect Paul Hedqvist and was inaugurated on 18 May 193 ...

, where Hammarby's bandy section played their home games. Svensson went on to play six full seasons with Hammarby in Allsvenskan, playing a total of 117 games but failing to score a single competitive goal. He retired from football at the end of 1979, aged 34.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Svensson, Jan 1944 births Living people Swedish men's footballers Allsvenskan players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players Hammarby Fotboll players IS Halmia players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Karlskrona 20th-century Swedish sportsmen