Klas Ingesson

Klas Ingesson
Personal information
Full name Klas Inge Ingesson
Date of birth (1968-08-20)20 August 1968
Place of birth Ödeshög, Sweden
Date of death 29 October 2014(2014-10-29) (aged 46)
Place of death Ödeshög, Sweden
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1975–1986 Ödeshögs IK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1990 IFK Göteborg 53 (9)
1990–1993 KV Mechelen 99 (28)
1993–1994 PSV Eindhoven 12 (1)
1994–1996 Sheffield Wednesday 17 (2)
1996–1998 Bari 94 (11)
1998–2000 Bologna 64 (4)
2000–2001 Marseille 13 (0)
2001 Lecce 19 (1)
Total 371 (56)
National team
1989–1998 Sweden[1] 57 (13)
Teams managed
2013–2014 IF Elfsborg

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Klas Inge "Klabbe" Ingesson (20 August 1968 – 29 October 2014) was a Swedish footballer and manager. He spent most of his career as a midfielder in Europe, mainly in Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, England, Italy and France. Ingesson represented the Sweden national team on 57 occasions, including the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cup, as well as the 1992 European Championship. He was the manager of IF Elfsborg from 2013 until his death in October 2014.

Playing career

He played for IFK Göteborg in Sweden, KV Mechelen in Belgium, PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands, Sheffield Wednesday in England, Bari, Bologna and Lecce in Italy, and Marseille in France.[2]

At Sheffield Wednesday, he encountered players "who went straight to the pub after training but still able to run like wild animals come Saturday".[2]

Coaching career

On 30 September 2013, Ingesson was appointed manager of IF Elfsborg.[3]

Personal life

After retiring from playing Ingesson became a lumberjack, and also appeared as a presenter on the Swedish TV programme Farlig Fritid ("Dangerous Leisures").[4]

On 14 May 2009, Ingesson announced that he had been diagnosed with multiple myeloma. The treatment was at the start said to be going "in the right direction".[5] Ingesson fully recovered and, on December 2010, made a football comeback by accepting an offer to guide the IF Elfsborg under-21 youth team.[6] On 8 January 2013, Ingesson revealed that the myeloma had returned, and that he would have a stem cell transplant, as the two previous autologous (i.e. of his own stem cells) had been unsuccessful.[7]

On 29 October 2014, Ingesson died of the effects of multiple myeloma.[8]

He was married and had two children.

International statistics

[9]

Sweden national team
YearAppsGoals
198963
199093
199140
1992113
199380
1994133
199510
199641
199700
199810
Total5713

International goals

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first.[10]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 31 May 1989 Eyravallen, Örebro  Algeria 1–0 2–0 Friendly
2. 2–0
3. 8 October 1989 Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm  Albania 2–1 3–1 1990 World Cup qualifier
4. 16 February 1990 Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai  United Arab Emirates 2–0 2–0 Friendly
5. 25 April 1990 Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm  Wales 3–1 4–2 Friendly
6. 4–2
7. 7 May 1992 Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm  Poland 3–0 5–0 Friendly
8. 9 September 1992 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki  Finland 1–0 1–0 1994 World Cup qualifier
9. 11 November 1992 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan  Israel 3–1 3–1 1994 World Cup qualifier
10. 4 May 1994 Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm  Nigeria 3–1 3–1 Friendly
11. 12 June 1994 Trabuco Hills High School Stadium, Mission Viejo  Romania 1–0 1–1 Friendly
12. 7 September 1994 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik  Iceland 1–0 1–0 Euro 1996 qualifier
13. 24 April 1996 Windsor Park, Belfast  Northern Ireland 2–0 2–1 Friendly

Managerial statistics

[11][12][13][14][15]

Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
IF Elfsborg 30 September 2013 29 October 2014 52 27 10 15 51.92
Total 52 27 10 15 51.92

Honours

Club

IFK Göteborg[16][17]
Bologna[18]

International

Sweden[19]

References

  1. "Sweden national football team stats". passagen.se (in Swedish).
  2. 1 2 http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/21/klas-ingesson-manager-cancer
  3. http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=2183412.html
  4. "Leaving football behind". FIFA.com. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  5. "Klas Ingesson sjuk i cancer". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish).
  6. "Ingesson blir tränare - i Elfsborg" (in Swedish). Expressen.
  7. "Ingesson om concern: Ingen medicin hjälper = Swedish". Expressen.
  8. "VM 94-hjälten Ingesson död". Aftonbladet (in Swedish).
  9. "Klas Ingesson". National Football Teams. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  10. "Klas Ingesson profile". EU-football.info. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  11. "Spelschema IF Elfsborg – Allsvenskan 2013". IF Elfsborg. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  12. "Spelschema IF Elfsborg – Europaspel 2013". IF Elfsborg. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  13. "Spelschema IF Elfsborg – Allsvenskan 2014". IF Elfsborg. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  14. "Spelschema IF Elfsborg – Svenska Cupen 2014/2015". IF Elfsborg. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  15. "Spelschema IF Elfsborg – Europaspel 2014". IF Elfsborg. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  16. "1983-1989". IFK Göteborg (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  17. "1990-1996". IFK Göteborg (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  18. "La storia del Bologna stagione per stagione". Bologna FC (in Italian). Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  19. "Former Sweden midfielder Klas Ingesson dies from cancer, aged 46". The Guardian. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
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