Åke Johansson
Swedish footballer (1928-2014)
Åke "Bajdoff" Johansson (19 March 1928 – 21 December 2014) was a Swedish football player. Johansson played as a center half in IFK Norrköping and capped 53 times for the national team between 1955-1965.
 Åke „Bajdoff“ Johansson (right) facing Jan Ekström | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 March 1928 | ||
| Place of birth | Norrköping, Sweden | ||
| Date of death | 21 December 2014 (aged 86) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1948–1966 | IFK Norrköping | 305 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 1955–1965 | Sweden | 53 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Johansson became Swedish champion with his club 6 times (1952, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1962 and 1963), won Guldbollen 1957[1] and was a member of the silver winning team in 1958 FIFA World Cup but didn't appeared in the final. He also capped one time for the national team in ice hockey. He died after a brief illness, on 21 December 2014.[2]
References
change- ↑ Sweden - Footballer of the Year (Guldbollen), RSSSF.com, retrieved 2013-06-11
- ↑ L, Petter; Petter.l, Én. ""Bajdoff" Johansson död efter tids sjukdom - Landslaget - Expressen". www.expressen.se.
Other websites
change- More about Åke Johansson by Tomas Junglander(Swedish) Archived 2011-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
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