Jesper Mattsson (footballer)

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Jesper Mattsson
Personal information
Full name Bo Peder Jesper Mattsson
Date of birth (1968-04-18) 18 April 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Visby, Sweden
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987–1990 Visby IF Gute 93 (16)
1991–1993 Gefle 73 (11)
1994 Häcken 24 (3)
1995–1998 Halmstad 101 (8)
1998–1999 Nottingham Forest 6 (0)
2002 IS Örnia
Total297(38)
International career
1995 Sweden 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bo Peder Jesper Mattsson (born 18 April 1968) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.

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Club career

Sweden

Mattsson was born at Visby. He started his career for his hometown club Visby IF Gute before joining Gefle in 1991. In 1994, Mattsson moved to Allsvenskan club Häcken, leaving in the end of the 1994 season after the club was relegated.

He then signed for Halmstad in 1995, where he became a regular first team member and won the 1994–95 Svenska Cupen, scoring in the final match, [1] and the 1997 Allsvenskan. Mattsson also played in the 3–0 win against Parma in the 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. [2] and left the club after the 1998 Allsvenskan having missed only three league matches for the club.

England

Mattsson went on a trial for Norwich City, scoring in a 6–0 win for the reserve team against Luton Town, but was not signed. [3] He then joined Premier League side Nottingham Forest in December for a £300,000 fee. [4] He played a total of six league matches for Forest, including the infamous 8–1 defeat to Manchester United. He suffered a knee injury in 1999 and subsequently retired.

Amateur football

After retirement, he played amateur football for Örnia. [5]

International career

Mattsson played once for the Sweden men's national football team in a 1–1 draw against Iceland for the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying. [6]

Honours

Halmstad

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  2. "Uefa.com - UEFA Cup Winners' Cup - All-Time Statistics - 2nd". www.uefa.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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