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Jan Olsson

1944 - 2023

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Jan Viktor Olsson (18 March 1944 – 18 May 2023) was a Swedish professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented GAIS, VfB Stuttgart, and Örgryte IS during a club career that spanned between 1965 and 1977. A full international between 1967 and 1973, he won 22 caps and scored one goal for the Sweden national team and played at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He was awarded Guldbollen as Sweden's best footballer of the year in 1970. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Olsson is the 2,402nd most popular soccer player (down from 1,492nd in 2019), the 660th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 489th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Swedish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jan Olsson ranks 2,402 out of 21,273. Before him are Karl Zischek, José Parra Martínez, Heinz Kubsch, Alfred Teinitzer, José Augusto Brandão, and Valentin Afonin. After him are Patrik Andersson, Jiří Čadek, Dai Sato, Gheorghe Albu, Valery Gazzaev, and René Petit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Jan Olsson ranks 446. Before him are Yitzhak Mordechai, José Dolhem, Patrick Devedjian, Susana Baca, Willeke van Ammelrooy, and Bodil Joensen. After him are Yusuf Estes, Robert Barro, Roger Rees, Ivan Ćurković, Joe Eszterhas, and Vladimir Spivakov. Among people deceased in 2023, Jan Olsson ranks 310. Before him are Rosi Mittermaier, Marinho Peres, Greta Andersen, Frances Sternhagen, Valentina Ponomaryova, and Marcos Alonso. After him are Hsing Yun, Américo Lopes, Guðbergur Bergsson, Nina Matviienko, José María Gil-Robles, and Francesco Alberoni.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Jan Olsson ranks 660 out of 1,879. Before him are Anna Maria Lenngren (1754), Hans von Rosen (1888), Nils Ramm (1903), Erika Lust (1977), Kurt Pettersén (1916), and Nils Engdahl (1898). After him are Arvid Holmberg (1886), Patrik Andersson (1971), Inger Stevens (1934), Torsten Lindberg (1917), Jan Myrdal (1927), and Kristina Wayborn (1950).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Sweden

Among soccer players born in Sweden, Jan Olsson ranks 59. Before him are Gunnar Olsson (1908), Arne Nyberg (1913), Henock Abrahamsson (1909), Harry Andersson (1913), Kent Karlsson (1945), and Sven Jonasson (1909). After him are Patrik Andersson (1971), Torsten Lindberg (1917), Arne Selmosson (1931), Ingvar Rydell (1922), Åke Johansson (1928), and Gunnar Jansson (1907).

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