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Agne Simonsson

1935 - 2020

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Tore Klas Agne Simonsson (19 October 1935 – 22 September 2020) was a Swedish professional footballer who played as a striker. Beginning his career with Örgryte IS in 1953, he went on to represent Real Madrid and Real Sociedad in La Liga in the early 1960s before returning to Örgryte in 1963. Simonsson won 51 caps for the Sweden national team, and was a part of the Sweden team that finished second at the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He was also the recipient of the 1959 Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal after a spectacular performance for Sweden in an international game against England at Wembley Stadium. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Agne Simonsson is the 637th most popular soccer player (down from 482nd in 2019), the 268th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 256th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Swedish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Agne Simonsson ranks 637 out of 21,273. Before him are Mark van Bommel, John Connelly, Bernd Hölzenbein, Erwin Koeman, Rabah Madjer, and Emmanuel Petit. After him are Ian Rush, Hugo Meisl, Viliam Schrojf, Pedro Rocha, Predrag Mijatović, and Rainer Bonhof.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Agne Simonsson ranks 111. Before him are Ron Paul, Dharmendra, Justin Francis Rigali, Marina Doria, Lyudmila Gurchenko, and Dick McTaggart. After him are Tsutomu Hata, Dominique Venner, Bruno Sammartino, Mário Coluna, Vladislav Volkov, and Julian Glover. Among people deceased in 2020, Agne Simonsson ranks 135. Before him are Pascal Lissouba, Robert Trump, Peter Green, Marian Jaworski, Michel Hidalgo, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. After him are Genesis P-Orridge, Ilija Petković, Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, Mesut Yılmaz, Miloš Jakeš, and Alejandro Sabella.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Agne Simonsson ranks 268 out of 1,879. Before him are Lars Vilks (1946), Lennart Bernadotte (1909), Torbern Bergman (1735), Camilla Läckberg (1974), Estrid of the Obotrites (979), and Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken (1616). After him are Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland (1889), Catherine Stenbock (1535), Ove Kindvall (1943), Hjalmar Söderberg (1869), Princess Amalia of Sweden (1805), and Prince Carl Bernadotte (1911).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Sweden

Among soccer players born in Sweden, Agne Simonsson ranks 8. Before him are Zlatan Ibrahimović (1981), Nils Liedholm (1922), Gunnar Gren (1920), Kurt Hamrin (1934), Freddie Ljungberg (1977), and Henrik Larsson (1971). After him are Ove Kindvall (1943), Harry Bild (1936), Lennart Skoglund (1929), Ronnie Hellström (1949), Thomas Ravelli (1959), and Viktor Gyökeres (1998).

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