Klas Ingesson
Encyclopedia
Klas Ingesson is a former Swedish
footballer. As a member of the national team he played in 57 games, including 1990 FIFA World Cup
and 1994 FIFA World Cup
, as well as the 1992 European Championship.
On the 14th of May 2009 Ingesson announced that he had been diagnosed with multiple myeloma
for which he is currently being treated. The treatment is said to be going "in the right direction". Ingesson fully recovered since then and, on December 2010, made a football comeback by accepting an offer to guide the Elfsborg Under-21 youth team.
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|1994||13||3
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|1995||1||0
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|1996||4||1
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|1998||1||0
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KV Mechelen
PSV Eindhoven
Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
footballer. As a member of the national team he played in 57 games, including 1990 FIFA World Cup
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...
and 1994 FIFA World Cup
1994 FIFA World Cup
The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in nine cities across the United States from June 17 to July 17, 1994. The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on July 4, 1988...
, as well as the 1992 European Championship.
On the 14th of May 2009 Ingesson announced that he had been diagnosed with multiple myeloma
Multiple myeloma
Multiple myeloma , also known as plasma cell myeloma or Kahler's disease , is a cancer of plasma cells, a type of white blood cell normally responsible for the production of antibodies...
for which he is currently being treated. The treatment is said to be going "in the right direction". Ingesson fully recovered since then and, on December 2010, made a football comeback by accepting an offer to guide the Elfsborg Under-21 youth team.
International stats
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|1993||8||0
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|1995||1||0
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|1997||0||0
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|1998||1||0
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International goals
- Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 31 May 1989 Eyrahallen Behrn ArenaBehrn Arena, mostly known by its previous name Eyravallen, is a football stadium in Örebro, Sweden. The stadium holds 14,500 people and was built in 1923...
, ÖrebroÖrebro-Sites of interest:Örebro's old town Wadköping is located on the banks of Svartån . It contains many 18th and 19th century wooden houses, along with museums and exhibitions....
1–0 2–0 Friendly Exhibition gameAn exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...2 2–0 3. 8 October 1989 Råsunda Stadium Råsunda StadiumRåsunda Fotbollstadion, also Råsundastadion, Råsunda Stadium or just Råsunda, is a Swedish national football stadium. It is located in Solna Municipality in Metropolitan Stockholm and named after Råsunda, a zone of Solna.-History:...
, StockholmStockholmStockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
2–1 3–1 1990 World Cup qualfier 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2The 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 2 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Albania, England, Poland and Sweden.The group was won by Sweden, who qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup...
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Honours
KV Mechelen
- Belgian Pro League
- 1990–91 runner-up
- 1992–93 bronze medalist
PSV Eindhoven
- EredivisieEredivisieThe Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
- 1993–94 bronze medalist
SwedenSweden national football team
The Swedish national football team represents Sweden in association football and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body for Football in Sweden. Sweden's home ground is Råsunda Stadium in Stockholms län and their head coach is Erik Hamrén. Sweden made their first...
- UEFA European Football ChampionshipUEFA European Football ChampionshipThe UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA . Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations Cup, changing to the current...
- 1992 bronze medalist
- FIFA World CupFIFA World CupThe FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
- 19941994 FIFA World CupThe 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in nine cities across the United States from June 17 to July 17, 1994. The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on July 4, 1988...
bronze medalist
- 1994