Personal information | |||
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Full name | Tore Klas Agne Simonsson | ||
Date of birth | 19 October 1935 | ||
Place of birth | Gothenburg, Sweden | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
BK René | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1959–1960 | Örgryte IS | 42 | (25) |
1960–1963 | Real Madrid | 3 | (1) |
1961–1962 | → Real Sociedad (loan) | 22 | (8) |
1963–1970 | Örgryte IS | 120 | (80) |
Total | 187 | (114) | |
National team | |||
1957–1967 | Sweden | 51 | (27) |
Teams managed | |||
1971–1972 | Örgryte IS | ||
1977–1982 | BK Häcken | ||
1983–1986 | Örgryte IS | ||
1988–1990 | Iraklis | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Tore Klas Agne Simonsson (born 19 October 1935) is a former Swedish footballer. He played for the Sweden national football team, earning 51 caps and scoring 27 goals. He was a participant in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, scoring 4 goals, when Sweden reached the final on home soil, losing the game 5-2 to Brazil (one of his goals came in the final itself). On the club level, he played for Örgryte IS, Real Madrid and Real Sociedad.
Simonsson was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1959.