Jan Jansson (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jan Jansson | ||
| Date of birth | 26 January 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Mörbylånga, Öland, Sweden | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Mörbylånga GoIF | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1987 | Kalmar | 34 | (3) |
| 1988–1992 | Östers | 127 | (42) |
| 1993–1997 | Norrköping | 82 | (11) |
| 1996–1997 | → Port Vale (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 1997–1999 | Port Vale | 40 | (5) |
| 1999–2001 | Norrköping | 15 | (0) |
| Total | 309 | (62) | |
| National team | |||
| 1990–1992 | Sweden | 7 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Jan Jansson (born 26 January 1968) is a former Sweden international footballer who scored 60 goals in 310 league appearances in a 16-year career in Sweden and England.
He began his senior career with Kalmar, helping them to a second-place finish in the Allsvenskan in 1985. Kalmar suffered a decline, and three years later he signed with Östers, and helped the club to the Division 1 Södra title in 1989 and up to second in the Allsvenskan in 1992. He then switched to Norrköping the next year, who themselves finished second in the league. He was loaned out to English club Port Vale in November 1996, before making a £200,000 move the following summer. He helped the "Valiants" to remain in the First Division, before returning to Norrköping in February 1999. He retired in 2001.
Jansson began his senior career at Kalmar FF, and played 11 games in the Allsvenskan in 1985, as the "Red brothers" finished second, just two points behind champions Malmö. He then featured 17 times in 1986, as the club slipped down the table and ended the season in the relegation zone. They suffered a second successive relegation zone in 1987, and dropped out of Division 1 Södra, despite Jansson scoring three goals in 16 games.
Jansson moved back to the top-flight with Östers, and scored two goals in 20 league games in 1988 as the club was relegated into Division 1. New manager Hans Backe then led Östers to the Division 1 Södra title in 1989, with Jansson scoring 14 goals in 26 appearances. He then scored five goals in 22 games in 1990, as the team secured European football with a fourth-place finish. He then scored 13 goals in 31 appearances in 1991, and also scored a goal against Olympique Lyonnais in the UEFA Cup. He went on to score eight goals in 28 games in 1992, as Östers finished second in the league, seven points behind champions Norrköping.
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