![]() Åke "Bajdoff" Johansson (right) facingJan Ekström in an April 1964 Allsvenskan game betweenMalmö FF and IFK Norrköping at Malmö Stadion | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1928-03-19)19 March 1928 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Norrköping,Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 21 December 2014(2014-12-21) (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 |
Åke "Bajdoff" Johansson (19 March 1928 – 21 December 2014) was aSwedishfootball player.
Johansson played as acenter half inIFK Norrköping[1] and capped 53 times for theSweden national team between 1955 and 1965. With IFK Norrköping he owns the club record with 321 appearances.[2]
Johansson becameSwedish champion with his club 6 times (1952, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1962 and 1963),[2] wonGuldbollen 1957[3] and was a member of the silver winning team in1958 FIFA World Cup but did not appear in the final. He also capped one time for thenational team in ice hockey. He died after a brief illness, on 21 December 2014.[4]