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Jan Olsson

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Jan Olof "Janne" Olsson (born 30 March 1942) is a Swedish former footballer who played mostly as a defender. He represented Halmstads BK and Åtvidabergs FF during a club career that spanned between 1961 and 1978. A full international between 1973 and 1974, he won 17 caps for the Sweden national team and represented his country at the 1974 FIFA World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Olsson is the 3,464th most popular soccer player (up from 4,312th in 2019), the 853rd most popular biography from Sweden (up from 993rd in 2019) and the 93rd most popular Swedish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jan Olsson ranks 3,464 out of 21,273. Before him are Andriy Voronin, Łukasz Piszczek, Meho Kodro, Antonio Maquilón, Václav Hovorka, and Gyula Lázár. After him are Eliseo Mouriño, Wolfgang Blochwitz, Héctor Silva, Juan Antonio Ipiña, Luka Jović, and Juan Carlos Muñoz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Jan Olsson ranks 502. Before him are José Omar Pastoriza, Miguel Ángel Santoro, Roger Swerts, Diana Yorgova, Ferenc Kiss, and Lawrence Weiner. After him are Alexander Kalyagin, Gillian Rubinstein, Gray Davis, Eugène Camara, Ion Drîmbă, and Rutanya Alda.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Jan Olsson ranks 853 out of 1,879. Before him are Olle Åhlund (1920), Dagny Carlsson (1912), Sylvia Vrethammar (1945), Alice Tegnér (1864), Axel Norling (1884), and Mats Wahl (1945). After him are Bengt Edlén (1906), Kee Marcello (1960), Knut Fridell (1908), Peter Forsberg (1973), Günther (1967), and Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist (1944).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Sweden

Among soccer players born in Sweden, Jan Olsson ranks 93. Before him are Glenn Hysén (1959), Gunnar Andersson (1928), Marcus Allbäck (1973), Carl-Erik Holmberg (1906), Andreas Isaksson (1981), and Olle Åhlund (1920). After him are Kjell Rosén (1921), Henry Källgren (1931), Prawitz Öberg (1930), Egon Jönsson (1921), Staffan Tapper (1948), and Ingvar Gärd (1921).

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