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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jonas Magnus Thern | ||
| Date of birth | (1967-03-20)20 March 1967 (age 58) | ||
| Place of birth | Falköping, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1982–1985 | IFK Värnamo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1987 | Malmö FF | 41 | (6) |
| 1987 | FC Zürich | 5 | (0) |
| 1988–1989 | Malmö FF | 35 | (5) |
| 1989–1992 | Benfica | 100 | (10) |
| 1992–1994 | Napoli | 48 | (1) |
| 1994–1997 | Roma | 59 | (3) |
| 1997–1999 | Rangers | 23 | (5) |
| Total | 308 | (31) | |
| International career | |||
| 1984–1985 | Sweden U19 | 10 | (2) |
| 1986–1988 | Sweden U21/O | 15 | (3) |
| 1987–1997 | Sweden | 75 | (6) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2000–2001 | IFK Värnamo | ||
| 2002–2003 | Halmstads BK | ||
| 2010 | IFK Värnamo | ||
| 2017 | Landskrona BoIS (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2024 | IFK Värnamo | ||
Medal record | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jonas Magnus Thern (born 20 March 1967) is a Swedishfootball manager who managesAllsvenskan clubIFK Värnamo.
As a player, Thern was amidfielder. Starting his career withMalmö FF in 1985, he went on to representFC Zürich,Benfica,Napoli,Roma andRangers before retiring in 1999.
A full international between 1987 and 1997, Thern won 75caps forSweden and captained the side that finished third at the1994 FIFA World Cup. He also represented his country at theUEFA Euro 1992 on home soil, as well as the1988 Summer Olympics and1990 FIFA World Cup.
Born inFalköping and raised inVärnamo, Thern started his professional career in 1985 atMalmö FF, where he stayed for four years and won twoAllsvenskan titles in 1986 and 1988.
In 1989, Thern received theGuldbollen as Sweden's Footballer of the Year. That same year, he left forBenfica as part of a successful group of Scandinavian players that played there at the same time, such as Danish internationalMichael Manniche (1983–1987) and the Swedish "armada" ofMats Magnusson (1987–1992), Thern (1989–1992),Glenn Strömberg (1982–84) andStefan Schwarz (1990–94). Benfica were also coached by a Swede,Sven-Göran Eriksson (1982–1984 and 1989–1992).
Thern then played in Italy forNapoli andRoma. In 1997, he joinedRangers in Scotland, a move that lasted merely two years but nonetheless accompanied by silverware, a league title in1999 – his final year in professional football – as frequent injuries forced him to retire early.
ForSweden, he played in the1990 FIFA World Cup andEuro 1992,[1] and then won the bronze medal in the1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States.[2] Thern also competed for Sweden at the1988 Summer Olympics.[3] Thern was the Swedencaptain for seven years, between 1990 and 1997.
After he retired as a player he became head coach forIFK Värnamo between 2000 and 2001 andHalmstads BK 2001–2003.
In 2021, he led IFK Värnamo to promotion toAllsvenskan for the first time ever in the club's history.[4]
Jonas has a son,Simon, who is also a footballer. His daughter, Alicia, is an equestrian.
Appearances and goals by national team and year
| National team | Season | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | |||
| 1987 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1988 | 10 | 3 | |
| 1989 | 8 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 6 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 9 | 0 | |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1994 | 11 | 0 | |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 75 | 6 | |
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 12 January 1988 | Estadio Municipal de Maspalomas,Maspalomas, Spain |  East Germany | 2–1 | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 2. | 4–1 | |||||
| 3. | 15 January 1988 | Estadio Municipal de Maspalomas, Maspalomas, Spain |  Finland | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 4. | 16 August 1989 | Malmö Stadion,Malmö, Sweden |  France | 1–0 | 2–4 | Friendly |
| 5. | 27 May 1990 | Råsunda Stadium,Solna, Sweden | Finland | 6–0 | 6–0 | Friendly |
| 6. | 4 September 1991 | Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden |  Yugoslavia | 4–2 | 4–3 | Friendly |
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