Dan Ekner
Ekner in 1950
Personal information
Full name Daniel Heimer Ekner
Date of birth (1927-02-05)5 February 1927
Place of birth Gothenburg, Sweden
Date of death 17 April 1975(1975-04-17) (aged 48)
Place of death Gothenburg, Sweden
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1945 Örgryte IS
1945–1949 IS Halmia 75 (16)
1949–1950 IFK Göteborg 19 (12)
1949–1950 Portsmouth F.C. 5 (0)
1950–1951 Olympique de Marseille 27 (8)
1951–1953 Fiorentina 60 (11)
1953–1954 SPAL 31 (5)
1954–1955 Chicago Vikings
1955–1956 Atlético Madrid 0 (0)
1956–1958 Rot-Weiss Essen 25 (1)
1958–1960 PSV Eindhoven 23 (2)
1960–1962 Örgryte IS 7 (1)
1962–1963 Västra Frölunda IF
International career
1949 Sweden B 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dan Heimer Ekner (5 February 1927 – 17 April 1975) was a Swedish footballer who played as a striker.[1] He played professionally in England, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, the United States, and the Netherlands during a club career that spanned between 1945 and 1963.

Club career

Ekner was the first Swedish player to play in the Football League when he played five games for Portsmouth during the 1949–50 season during which Portsmouth ended up winning the league title.[2][3] While at Atletico Madrid, he was part of the team that reached the 1956 Copa del Rey final.[4] He also represented clubs in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, and the United States during his career.[5]

International career

Ekner appeared once for the Sweden B team in 1949.[6]

Honours

Portsmouth

References

General

  • Profile
  • Lanfranchi, Pierre; Taylor, Matthew (2001). Moving with the BallThe Migration of Professional Footballers. Berg Publishers. ISBN 1-85973-307-7.

Specific

  1. "Dan Ekner - ifkdb.com". ifkdb.com. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  2. The Independent
  3. "Everything you will ever need to know about Pompey". Vital Portsmouth. 2009-04-07. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  4. "Copa del Rey / Spanish Cup 1956". www.linguasport.com. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  5. "Dan Heimer Ekner". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  6. "Dan Ekner - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-02-14.


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