Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Hans Olof Jeppson | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 10 May 1925 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kungsbacka, Sweden | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 22 February 2013 | (aged 87)|||||||||||||
Place of death | Rome, Italy | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1946–1947 | Örgryte | 28 | (40) | |||||||||||
1948–1951 | Djurgården | 51 | (58) | |||||||||||
1951 | Charlton Athletic | 11 | (9) | |||||||||||
1951–1952 | Atalanta | 27 | (22) | |||||||||||
1952–1956 | Napoli | 112 | (52) | |||||||||||
1956–1957 | Torino | 19 | (7) | |||||||||||
Total | 220 | (148) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1949–1950 | Sweden | 12 | (9) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Hans Olof "Hasse" Jeppson (10 May 1925 – 21 February 2013) was a Swedish professional footballer who played as a striker.[1][2] He was known for his impressive goals to games ratio at several clubs, and represented Örgryte, Djurgården, Charlton Athletic, Atalanta, Napoli and Torino during a career that spanned between 1946 and 1957. A full international between 1949 and 1950, he won 12 caps and scored nine goals for the Sweden national team and helped them to a third-place finish at the 1950 FIFA World Cup.