Åke "Bajdoff" Johansson (19 March 1928 – 21 December 2014) was a Swedish football player.
 Åke "Bajdoff" Johansson (right) facing Jan Ekström in an April 1964 Allsvenskan game between Malmö FF and IFK Norrköping at Malmö Stadion | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 March 1928 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Norrköping, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 21 December 2014 (aged 86) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Norrköping, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1948–1966 | IFK Norrköping | 305 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1955–1965 | Sweden | 53 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Johansson played as a center half in IFK Norrköping[1] and capped 53 times for the Sweden national team between 1955 and 1965. With IFK Norrköping he owns the club record with 321 appearances.[2]
Johansson became Swedish champion with his club 6 times (1952, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1962 and 1963),[2] won Guldbollen 1957[3] and was a member of the silver winning team in 1958 FIFA World Cup but did not appear in the final. He also capped one time for the national team in ice hockey. He died after a brief illness, on 21 December 2014.[4]
References
edit- ^ Åke Johansson at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ a b 1957: Bajdoff Johansson, IFK Norrköping, aftonbladet.se, retrieved 2013-06-11 (Swedish)
- ^ Sweden - Footballer of the Year (Guldbollen), RSSSF.com, retrieved 2013-06-11.
- ^ ""Bajdoff" Johansson död efter tids sjukdom - Landslaget - Expressen". expressen.se. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
External links
edit- More about Åke Johansson by Tomas Junglander(Swedish)
- Åke Johansson at WorldFootball.net
- Åke Johansson at National-Football-Teams.com
- Åke Johansson at kicker (in German)
- Åke Johansson at FBref.com
- Åke Johansson at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
