Roger Magnusson
 Roger Magnusson and Bernard Bosquier (1971) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 March 1945 | ||
| Place of birth | Mönsterås, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961–1966 | Åtvidabergs FF | 97 | (40) |
| 1966–1967 | FC Köln | 20 | (4) |
| 1967–1968 | Juventus FC | 6 | (2) |
| 1968–1974 | Olympique de Marseille | 157 | (23) |
| 1974–1976 | Red Star FC | 26 | (2) |
| 1976 | Helsingborgs IF | 6 | (1) |
| 1977-1979 | Vilans BoIF[1] | 41 | (3) |
| National team | |||
| 1964–1969 | Sweden[2] | 14 | (3) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Roger Magnusson (born 20 March 1945 in Mönsterås) is a former football player from Sweden. He is a brother of fellow footballer Benno Magnusson.
He played for the Sweden national football team and for various clubs in Europe, including a short spell at Juventus FC. His most successful years were at Olympique de Marseille, where he formed a duo with striker Josip Skoblar winning the Ligue 1 in 1971 and 1972 and the Coupe de France in 1972. In the 1972 Coupe de France Final, he delivered two assists.
He was known for his dribbling ability and nicknamed le Garrincha suédois (The Swedish Garrincha) in Marseille.[3] But the arrival at the club of Salif Keita pushed him away from the pitch because French teams were compelled at the time to use only two foreign players, and Marseille's coaches used mainly Keita and Skoblar. However, he remains today one of the best players to wear the l'OM jersey.
Honours
References
- ↑ Roger Magnusson at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ "Sweden national football team stats" (in Swedish). passagen.se. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
- ↑ "Joueurs de Légende :Roger Magnusson".