Mattias Jonson

Personal information
Full name	Olof Mattias Jonsson
Date of birth	(1974-01-16) 16 January 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Kumla, Sweden
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1995	Örebro SK	61	(24)
1996–1999	Helsingborgs IF	84	(23)
1999–2004	Brøndby	131	(40)
2004–2005	Norwich City	28	(0)
2005–2011	Djurgårdens IF	104	(22)
Total		408	(109)
International career
1994–1995	Sweden U21	15	(6)
1995	Sweden B	1	(0)
1996–2006	Sweden	57	(9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Olof Mattias Jonsson (pronounced [maˈtîːas ˈjʊ̌nːsɔn]; born 16 January 1974) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a winger. Starting off his career with Örebro SK in the early 1990s, he went on to represent Helsingborgs IF, Brøndby IF, and Norwich City before retiring at Djurgårdens IF in 2011. A full international between 1996 and 2006, he won 57 caps and scored nine goals for the Sweden national team. He represented his country at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2004, and the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Born in Kumla, Jonson started playing youth football with IFK Kumla and Karlslunds IF. He moved to Örebro SK in 1992, where he got his senior debut in the top-flight Allsvenskan championship.^[1] He moved to league rivals Helsingborgs IF in 1996.^[2] He won the 1999 Allsvenskan championship with Helsingborg, before leaving the club at the end of the 1999 season.^[1]

Jonson moved abroad to join Danish club Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga championship. He was brought in by Brøndby's new manager Åge Hareide, and Jonson played several games as a striker, before settling as a left-sided winger. He showed his goalscoring abilities for Brøndby on a number of occasions. In the 2001–02 UEFA Cup tournament, Brøndby had lost 3–1 away to Croatian club NK Varteks. In the return game, Jonson scored a hat-trick which guided Brøndby to a 5–0 victory and advancement in the tournament, on a 6–3 aggregate. Jonson also scored a hat-trick in an April 2002 Superliga game, when Brøndby won 5–0 against Akademisk Boldklub, and helped the club win the 2001–02 Superliga championship.^[1]

He was Brøndby's league topscorer with 11 goals in the 2002–03 Superliga season, and helped the club win the 2003 Danish Cup trophy.

After the 2004 European Championship, Jonson looked to leave Brøndby. In August 2004, he moved to England and joined the newly promoted Premier League side Norwich City.^[3] He transferred from Brøndby for an undisclosed fee, which was believed to be around £850,000. He struggled to make an impact in the Premier League, and left Norwich after one season.^[4]

In 2005, he returned to Sweden to play for Djurgårdens IF.^[5] In his first season with the club, he helped Djurgårdens IF win the Double of both the 2005 Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen trophies. He started the tournament as a substitute, but was included in Sweden's starting line-up for the final two games before elimination. He ended his national team career in August 2006.^[6] Jonson ended his career after the 2011 season, and played his last game on 23 October 2011.

Jonson made his Sweden national team debut in February 1996.^[2] He was included in the Sweden national team for the 2002 World Cup, where he took part in two games as a substitute, before Sweden were eliminated.^[2]

He was called up in the Sweden national team for the 2004 European Championship. He started the tournament on the bench, but was brought on as a substitute and eventually secured himself a place in the starting line-up. He played in three of Sweden's four games, and scored a goal against Denmark, which secured Sweden advancement from the preliminary group stage.^[2]

He represented Sweden at the 2006 World Cup, where he took part in all Sweden's four matches.^[2]

He is the father of the Djurgårdens IF player Melker Jonsson.^[7]

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jonson goal.

List of international goals scored by Mattias Jonson^[12]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	10 September 1997	Råsunda, Solna, Sweden	Latvia	1–0	1–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification	[13]
2	12 February 2001	Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	China	1–0	3–0	2001 King's Cup	[14]
3	7 June 2003	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino	San Marino	1–0	6–0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification	[15]
4				4–0
5				5–0
6	6 September 2003	Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden	San Marino	1–0	5–0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification	[16]
7	22 June 2004	Estádio do Bessa, Porto, Portugal	Denmark	2–2	2–2	UEFA Euro 2004	[17]
8	18 August 2004	Råsunda, Solna, Sweden	Netherlands	1–0	2–2	Friendly	[18]
9	4 June 2005	Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden	Malta	1–0	6–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	[19]

Helsingborgs IF

• Allsvenskan: 1999

Brøndby IF

• Danish Superliga: 2001–02
• Danish Cup: 2002–03

Djurgårdens IF

^[20]

• Allsvenskan: 2005
• Svenska Cupen: 2005

Individual

• Stor Grabb: 2001^[21]
• Årets Järnkamin: 2011

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mattias Jonson.

• Brøndby IF profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-09-27) (in Danish)
• Djurgårdens IF profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-02-11) (in Swedish)
• Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk
• Mattias Jonson at National-Football-Teams.com
• Mattias Jonson at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)