Kent Jönsson (born 9 May 1955) is a Swedish former football defender who played the majority of his career for

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Career

Jönsson transferred from Lunds BoIS to

in 1974 where it took him a while until he grabbed a spot in the starting line-up. It wasn't until

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, a former forward who now played as defender, was injured during the quarter-finals of the

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away against Wisla Krakow. Malmö made it all the way to the final and Jönsson was in the starting line-up for Malmö who ultimately lost the game 1–0 at the

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. Jönsson won

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two times with the club. During the end of his career he transferred to IFK Trelleborg where he briefly was a youth coach after his career had ended.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jonsson, Kent 1955 births Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers Footballers from Skåne County Malmö FF players Allsvenskan players Living people Men's association football defenders 20th-century Swedish sportsmen