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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 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Agne Simonsson is the 483rd most popular soccer player (up from 632nd in 2019), the 256th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 311th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Swedish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Agne Simonsson ranks 483 out of 21,273. Before him are Alan Shearer, Nicolas Anelka, Mark van Bommel, Ferenc Deák, Fernando Redondo, and Everaldo. After him are Hidetoshi Nakata, Marco Reus, Javier Clemente, Rabah Madjer, Klaus Fischer, and Shozo Tsugitani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Agne Simonsson ranks 96. Before him are Carl Andre, Serge Klarsfeld, Judd Hirsch, Yury Solomin, Gene Vincent, and Fernando del Paso. After him are Vladislav Volkov, Valeri Kubasov, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Julian Glover, David Prowse, and Marc Augé. Among people deceased in 2020, Agne Simonsson ranks 108. Before him are Jerry Stiller, Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, Otto Barić, Carl Reiner, Lucio Urtubia, and Miloš Jakeš. After him are Michel Hidalgo, Claude Brasseur, Pascal Lissouba, Mory Kanté, John Horton Conway, and David Prowse.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Agne Simonsson ranks 256 out of 1,879. Before him are Jan Guillou (1944), Johannes Magnus (1488), Yngwie Malmsteen (1963), Per Brahe the Younger (1602), Gunnel Lindblom (1931), and Ludvig Nobel (1831). After him are Elizabeth Stride (1843), Göran Persson (1949), Stig Anderson (1931), Ove Kindvall (1943), Blot-Sweyn (1001), and Stefan Edberg (1966).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Sweden

Among soccer players born in Sweden, Agne Simonsson ranks 9. Before him are Kurt Hamrin (1934), Nils Liedholm (1922), Gunnar Gren (1920), Bo Larsson (1944), Henrik Larsson (1971), and Reino Börjesson (1929). After him are Ove Kindvall (1943), Lennart Skoglund (1929), Ronnie Hellström (1949), Tomas Brolin (1969), Erik Nilsson (1916), and Kalle Svensson (1925).

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