Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Holger Valdemar Hansson | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 26 January 1927 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Gothenburg, Sweden | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 17 January 2014[1] | (aged 86)|||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1946–1961 | IFK Göteborg | 254 | (12) | |||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1952–1956 | Sweden | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
1960 | IK Brage | |||||||||||||
1961–1962 | IFK Göteborg | |||||||||||||
1965–1967 | GAIS | |||||||||||||
1970–1972 | GAIS | |||||||||||||
1974 | IFK Göteborg | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Holger Valdemar Hansson (26 January 1927 – 17 January 2014) was a football player and coach.[2] He was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. During his club career, Hansson played for IFK Göteborg.[3] He won the bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[4][5] He later trained a number of teams, including IK Brage,[6] IFK Göteborg, GAIS[7] in Sweden.