Klas Ingesson

Klas Inge "Klabbe" Ingesson (20 August 1968 – 29 October 2014) was a Swedish 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 Cup, as well as the 1992 European Championship. He was the manager of IF Elfsborg from 2013 until his death in October 2014.

Klas Ingesson
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)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1975–1986 Ödeshögs IK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1990 IFK Göteborg 53 (9)
1990–1993 KV Mechelen 99 (28)
1993–1994 PSV Eindhoven 12 (1)
1994–1996 Sheffield Wednesday 17 (2)
1996–1998 Bari 94 (11)
1998–2000 Bologna 64 (4)
2000–2001 Marseille 13 (0)
2001 Lecce 19 (1)
Total 371 (56)
National team
1989–1998 Sweden[1] 57 (13)
Teams managed
2013–2014 IF Elfsborg
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

He played for IFK Göteborg in Sweden, KV Mechelen in Belgium, PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands, Sheffield Wednesday in England, Bari, Bologna and Lecce in Italy, and Marseille in France.[2]

At Sheffield Wednesday, he encountered players "who went straight to the pub after training but still able to run like wild animals come Saturday".[2]

Coaching career

On 30 September 2013, Ingesson was appointed manager of IF Elfsborg.[3]

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").[4]

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".[5] Ingesson fully recovered and, on December 2010, made a football comeback by accepting an offer to guide the IF Elfsborg under-21 youth team.[6] 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.[7]

On 29 October 2014, Ingesson died of the effects of multiple myeloma.[8]

He was married and had two children.

International statistics

[9]

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

International goals
Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first.[10]
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.31 May 1989Eyravallen, Örebro Algeria1–02–0Friendly
2.2–0
3.8 October 1989Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm Albania2–13–11990 World Cup qualifier
4.16 February 1990Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai United Arab Emirates2–02–0Friendly
5.25 April 1990Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm Wales3–14–2Friendly
6.4–2
7.7 May 1992Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm Poland3–05–0Friendly
8.9 September 1992Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Finland1–01–01994 World Cup qualifier
9.11 November 1992Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan Israel3–13–11994 World Cup qualifier
10.4 May 1994Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm Nigeria3–13–1Friendly
11.12 June 1994Trabuco Hills High School Stadium, Mission Viejo Romania1–01–1Friendly
12.7 September 1994Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik Iceland1–01–0Euro 1996 qualifier
13.24 April 1996Windsor Park, Belfast Northern Ireland2–02–1Friendly

Managerial statistics

[11][12][13][14][15]

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

Club
IFK Göteborg[16][17]
Bologna[18]

International
Sweden[19]

References
  1. "Sweden national football team stats". passagen.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 6 June 2012.
  2. Christenson, Marcus (21 May 2014). "Klas Ingesson: The top-flight manager who refuses to be beaten by cancer | Marcus Christenson". The Guardian.
  3. https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=2183412.html
  4. "Leaving football behind". FIFA.com. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  5. "Klas Ingesson sjuk i cancer". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 16 May 2009.
  6. "Ingesson blir tränare - i Elfsborg" (in Swedish). Expressen. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  7. "Ingesson om concern: Ingen medicin hjälper = Swedish". Expressen.
  8. "VM 94-hjälten Ingesson död". Aftonbladet (in Swedish).
  9. "Klas Ingesson". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  10. "Klas Ingesson profile". EU-football.info. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  11. "Spelschema IF Elfsborg – Allsvenskan 2013". IF Elfsborg. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  12. "Spelschema IF Elfsborg – Europaspel 2013". IF Elfsborg. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  13. "Spelschema IF Elfsborg – Allsvenskan 2014". IF Elfsborg. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  14. "Spelschema IF Elfsborg – Svenska Cupen 2014/2015". IF Elfsborg. 10 July 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  15. "Spelschema IF Elfsborg – Europaspel 2014". IF Elfsborg. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  16. "1983-1989". IFK Göteborg (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  17. "1990-1996". IFK Göteborg (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  18. "La storia del Bologna stagione per stagione". Bologna FC (in Italian). Archived from the original on 30 April 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  19. 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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