Jan Olsson (footballer, born 1942)

Jan Olsson

Jan Olsson (left) facing Yugoslavian Dragan Džajić at the 1974 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Date of birth	30 March 1942
Place of birth	Halmstad, Sweden
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1961–1965	Halmstads BK	156	(12)
1965–1978	Åtvidabergs FF	230	(1)
National team
1973–1974	Sweden[1]	17	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Jan "Janne" Olsson (born 30 March 1942 in Halmstad) is a former Swedish footballer.

Jan Olsson played mostly as a defender for Åtvidabergs FF in Allsvenskan during the 1960s and 1970s, and he became Swedish champion with the club in 1972 and 1973.

Jan played 17 times for the Swedish national team and was a member of the squad in the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

He would be remembered for the game in the 1974 World Cup match in West Germany playing for Sweden v Holland when he was the victim of the very first Johan Cruyff turn.^[2][3]

References

1. "Sweden national football team stats". passagen.se (in Swedish).
2. "All-time Top 20: No. 3 Johan Cruyff". ESPN. Retrieved 17 November 2013
3. "World Cup: 25 stunning moments … No25: the Cruyff Turn is born in 1974". Guardian. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2016.

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