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Magnus Arvidsson (footballer)

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Magnus Arvidsson
Magnus Arvidsson while in Halmstads BK
Personal information
Full name Magnus Arvidsson
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Retired

Magnus Arvidsson (born February 12, 1973) is a Swedish football player, who played as forward, he retired in 2009.

Career

Arvidsson started his career in Förslövs IF and played there until 1991 when he moved to Helsingborgs IF, then playing in the first division now know as Superettan, he followed the team up to Allsvenskan in 1993 but played only a hand full of matches before leaving for IFK Hässleholm in 1995 and stayed there for 3 seasons, during the 1995 season he scored a hattrick against Landskrona BoIS in just 89 seconds[1], before moving to Trelleborgs FF in 1998. In 1999 he left Trelleborgs FF for the German club F.C. Hansa Rostock, then playing in Bundesliga, becoming the player who scored most goals in Bundesliga for Hansa Rostock, he scored a total of 27 goals[2], which he followed down in to 2. Fußball-Bundesliga after 2004-2005 season[3], he stayed in the club until the summer of 2006 when he returned home to Sweden when he signd a contract with Halmstads BK[4] until the end of 2008 season.[2]

In august 2008 it was reported that Arvidsson would miss the rest of the season duo to a knee injuri that where previously unknown before a Meniscus operation.[5]

Arvidsson was offerd a half year contract by Halmstads BK on 3 January 2009, however on 13 January it was reported that he had signd a half year contract with his former club Helsingbogs IF[6], On May 30 Arvidsson announced on Helsingborgs IFs homepage that he would quite football due to a long term knee injurie, he also said he would first take a break and be with his family and then study to become a coach[7].

National Appearance

He made 2 appearances for Sweden, both in friendly games in 2000 before the Euro 2000, in the first he came on as a substitute against Italy.[8][9] and then started against Austria[10]

References

  1. ^ "Magnus gjorde hattrick - på 89 sekunder" (in Swedish). HBK.se. 2006-07-16. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
  2. ^ a b "Arvidsson ser nya mål i horisonten" (in Swedish). Hallandsposten.se. 2008-04-21. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
  3. ^ "Hansa Rostock får lämna bundesliga" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet.se. 2005-05-14. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
  4. ^ "Magnus Arvidsson klar för HBK" (in Swedish). HBK.se. 2006-07-16. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
  5. ^ "Magnus Arvidsson borta resten av säsongen" (in Swedish). Fotbollsexpressen.se. 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
  6. ^ "Arvidsson tillbaka till Helsingborg" (in Swedish). Hallandsposten.se. 2009-01-13. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
  7. ^ "Arvidsson slutar i HIF" (in Swedish). HIF.se. 2009-05-30. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
  8. ^ "Proffsspelarna dominerar" (in Swedish). Ekuriren.se. 2000-02-11. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
  9. ^ "Herr: Snöplig förlust i Italien" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll.se. 2000-02-23. Retrieved 2008-06-01.
  10. ^ "Herr: Kämpatakter gav oavgjort" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll.se. 2000-03-29. Retrieved 2008-06-01.