Kent Jönsson (born 9 May 1955) is a Swedish former football
defender who played the majority of his career for
Malmö FF
Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö, Scania. They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda S ...
.
Career
Jönsson transferred from Lunds BoIS to
Malmö FF
Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö, Scania. They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda S ...
in 1974 where it took him a while until he grabbed a spot in the starting line-up. It wasn't until
Bo Larsson
Bo-Göran "Bosse" Larsson (5 May 1944 – 18 December 2023) was a Swedish professional footballer who played as a midfielder and striker. Best remembered for his time with Malmö FF, he also represented VfB Stuttgart and Trelleborgs FF during ...
, a former forward who now played as defender, was injured during the quarter-finals of the
1978–79 European Cup
The 1978–79 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by English champions Nottingham Forest in the final against Swedish side Malmö FF. Forest, enjoying a great run of success under Brian Clough, had defeated defending two- ...
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
Olympic Stadium
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in
Munich
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. Jönsson won
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 ...
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
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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