Klas Ingesson
Ingesson playing football for the Swedish national team
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)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1975–1986 Ödeshögs IK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1990 IFK Göteborg 53 (9)
1990–1993 K.V. Mechelen 99 (28)
1993–1994 PSV Eindhoven 12 (1)
1994–1995 Sheffield Wednesday 18 (2)
1995–1998 Bari 56 (5)
1998–2000 Bologna 64 (4)
2000–2001 Marseille 13 (0)
2001 Lecce 19 (1)
Total 371 (56)
International career
1988 Sweden U21 4 (2)
1989–1998 Sweden 57 (13)
Managerial career
2013–2014 IF Elfsborg
Medal record
 Sweden
FIFA World Cup
Bronze medal – third place1994
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Klas Inge "Klabbe" Ingesson (20 August 1968 – 29 October 2014) was a Swedish professional footballer and manager. He spent most of his career as a midfielder in Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, England, Italy and France. Ingesson represented the Sweden national team on 57 occasions, including the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups, 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, K.V. Mechelen in Belgium, PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands, Sheffield Wednesday in England, Bari, Bologna and Lecce in Italy, and Marseille in France.[1]

At Sheffield Wednesday, he encountered players "who went straight to the pub after training but still able to run like wild animals come Saturday".[1] Manager Trevor Francis recruited him to replace Carlton Palmer, but Ingesson only played in 18 games (plus three in the domestic cups). He scored two goals for Sheffield Wednesday, one against Everton 26 December 1994 and one against Arsenal 4 February 1995. Ingesson later suffered groin injuries and after Francis was replaced by new manager David Pleat, Ingesson was dropped from the starting 11. In November 1995 Ingesson was sold to Bari in Italy.

Coaching career

On 30 September 2013, Ingesson was appointed manager of IF Elfsborg.[2]

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").[3]

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".[4] Ingesson fully recovered and, in December 2010, made a football comeback by accepting an offer to guide the IF Elfsborg under-21 youth team.[5] 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) transplants had been unsuccessful.[6]

On 29 October 2014, Ingesson died of the effects of multiple myeloma.[7] He was married and had two children.

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[8]

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

International goals

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first.[9]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.31 May 1989Eyravallen, Örebro, Sweden Algeria1–02–0Friendly
2.2–0
3.8 October 1989Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden Albania2–13–11990 FIFA World Cup qualifier
4.16 February 1990Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates2–02–0Friendly
5.25 April 1990Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden Wales3–14–2Friendly
6.4–2
7.7 May 1992Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden Poland3–05–0Friendly
8.9 September 1992Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland Finland1–01–01994 FIFA World Cup qualifier
9.11 November 1992Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel Israel3–13–11994 FIFA World Cup qualifier
10.4 May 1994Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden Nigeria3–13–1Friendly
11.12 June 1994Trabuco Hills High School Stadium, Mission Viejo, United States Romania1–01–1Friendly
12.7 September 1994Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik, Iceland Iceland1–01–0UEFA Euro 1996 qualifier
13.24 April 1996Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland2–02–1Friendly

Managerial statistics

[10][11][12][13][14]

Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
IF Elfsborg 30 September 2013 29 October 2014 52 27 10 15 051.92
Total 52 27 10 15 051.92

Honours

IFK Göteborg[15][16]
Bologna[17]
Sweden[18]

References

  1. 1 2 Christenson, Marcus (21 May 2014). "Klas Ingesson: The top-flight manager who refuses to be beaten by cancer | Marcus Christenson". The Guardian.
  2. ↑ FIFA.com
  3. ↑ "Leaving football behind". FIFA. 29 November 2013. Archived from the original on 4 September 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Klas Ingesson sjuk i cancer". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 16 May 2009.
  5. ↑ "Ingesson blir tränare – i Elfsborg" (in Swedish). Expressen. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  6. ↑ "Ingesson om concern: Ingen medicin hjälper = Swedish". Expressen.
  7. ↑ "VM 94-hjälten Ingesson död". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 29 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "Klas Ingesson". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  9. ↑ "Klas Ingesson profile". EU-football.info. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Spelschema IF Elfsborg – Allsvenskan 2013". IF Elfsborg. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "Spelschema IF Elfsborg – Europaspel 2013". IF Elfsborg. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  12. ↑ "Spelschema IF Elfsborg – Allsvenskan 2014". IF Elfsborg. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  13. ↑ "Spelschema IF Elfsborg – Svenska Cupen 2014/2015". IF Elfsborg. 10 July 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  14. ↑ "Spelschema IF Elfsborg – Europaspel 2014". IF Elfsborg. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  15. ↑ "1983-1989". IFK Göteborg (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  16. ↑ "1990-1996". IFK Göteborg (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  17. ↑ "La storia del Bologna stagione per stagione". Bologna FC (in Italian). Archived from the original on 30 April 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  18. ↑ Sport, Guardian (29 October 2014). "Former Sweden midfielder Klas Ingesson dies from cancer, aged 46". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
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