 Agne Simonsson with Team Sweden in 1960s | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Tore Klas Agne Simonsson | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 October 1935 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Göteborg, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 September 2020 (aged 84) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Göteborg, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| BK René | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1953–1960 | Örgryte IS | 42 | (25) | ||||||||||||||
| 1960–1963 | Real Madrid | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1961–1962 | → Real Sociedad (loan) | 22 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 1963–1970 | Örgryte IS | 120 | (80) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 187 | (114) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1957 | Sweden U21 | 1 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 1957–1967 | Sweden | 51 | (27) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1972 | Örgryte IS | ||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1982 | BK Häcken | ||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1986 | Örgryte IS | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | Iraklis | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Tore Klas Agne Simonsson (19 October 1935 – 22 September 2020[1]) was a Swedish professional footballer who played as a striker. Beginning his career with Örgryte IS in 1953, he went on to represent Real Madrid and Real Sociedad in La Liga in the early 1960s before returning to Örgryte in 1963. Simonsson won 51 caps for the Sweden national team, and was a part of the Sweden team that finished second at the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He was also the recipient of the 1959 Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal after a spectacular performance for Sweden in an international game against England at Wembley Stadium.