Mats Magnusson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mats Tuve Magnusson | ||
| Date of birth | 10 July 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Helsingborg, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1985 | Malmö FF | 38 | (20) |
| 1985–1986 | Servette | 22 | (14) |
| 1986–1987 | Malmö FF | 25 | (14) |
| 1987–1992 | Benfica | 122 | (65) |
| 1992–1994 | Helsingborg | 47 | (27) |
| Total | 254 | (140) | |
| National team | |||
| 1984–1990 | Sweden | 30 | (9) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mats Tuve Magnusson (born 10 July 1963) is a retired Swedish professional footballer who played as a striker.
Magnusson was born in Helsingborg. During his career he played for Malmö FF (two spells), Servette FC, S.L. Benfica and Helsingborgs IF. Upon his return home he helped the latter side, featuring a young Henrik Larsson, reach the Allsvenskan.
At the Lisbon club, where he arrived in 1987 as a replacement for another Nordic, Michael Manniche, Magnusson developed as a top flight goalscorer, winning two Primeira Liga championships and appearing at the European Cup finals in 1988 (lost to PSV Eindhoven in a penalty shoot-out) and 1990 (losing to A.C. Milan). In 1989–90, even though they lost to FC Porto in the league, he finished as top scorer of the competition with 33 goals in 32 games; during his time with Benfica he shared team with countrymen Jonas Thern (1989–92), Stefan Schwarz (1990–94) – also his teammates at Malmö – and coach Sven-Göran Eriksson (1989–92).
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