Magnus Andersson (born 23 April 1958) is a Swedish former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a defender.

Career

Andersson played 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 ...

in the 1970s and the 1980s. He played in the European Champions Cup final in 1979 against

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and was a member of the

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in the

1978 FIFA World Cup The 1978 FIFA World Cup was the 11th edition of the FIFA World Cup, a Anniversary#Latin-derived numerical names, quadrennial international Association football, football world championship tournament among the men's senior national teams. It wa ...

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* 1958 births Living people Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers 1978 FIFA World Cup players Allsvenskan players Malmö FF players Men's association football defenders 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{sweden-footy-defender-stub