Jonnie Efraimsson

Jonnie Efraimsson (1982) Link to the picture (Please respect copyrights)

Jonnie Efraimsson (* 15 August 1958) is a former Swedish footballer. In 1981, the striker came to play for the national team. Edit your careerQuelltext

Efraimsson played in youth with IFK Motala and moved to the men's squad in the late 1970s. Before the beginning of the first league season 1980 he switched to the Stockholm club Hammarby IF in the Allsvenskan. Alongside Sten-Ove Ramberg, Peter Gerhardsson and Kenneth Ohlsson, he quickly developed into the offensive. With six Saisontors, he was the second-best scorer in the history of his first year, together with Ulf Eriksson, behind twelfth goalkeeper Billy Ohlsson. He then played in the national team and made his debut in Norway in the opening match in February 1981.

Efraimsson also belonged to the main players in the following years, but he could not recommend the national team again. In the 1982 season, he moved into the final with the team for the Swedish championship. He made a decisive contribution to the final draw with a total of four goals in the quarter and semi-finals. In the first leg of IFK Göteborg, he also scored as a goal scorer in the 2-1 away-leg victory, but he missed the title win because of a 1: 3 home defeat in the return leg. In the summer of the following year, coach Bengt Persson led the team to another final when they met again at the IFK Gothenburg in the Landespokal. A goal from Dan Corneliusson in the extension helped the Göteborg club to this title.

In the meantime, Efraimsson left Hammarby IF in 1984 and moved to IFK Norrköping within the Allsvenskan. With the promoter he reached the championship match with Jan Hellström, Brian McDermott and Peter Lönn, but the IFK Gothenburg won. In the following season the team could not confirm the success and played against the relegation. Efraimsson contributed to the class salary as a table tenter with five salvages. However, he left the club.

Later, Efraimsson worked at Motala AIF's trainer. Weblinks Edit sourcetext

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