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Swedish footballer and manager (1968-2014)

Key facts

1988
Sweden U21
2001
Lecce
Full name
Klas Inge Ingesson
Date of birth
( 1968-08-20 ) 20 August 1968
Place of birth
Ödeshög , Sweden
Date of death
29 October 2014 (2014-10-29) (aged 46)
Place of death
Ödeshög, Sweden
Height
1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position
Midfielder
1975 1986
Ödeshögs IK
Years
Team
1986 1990
IFK Göteborg
1990 1993
K.V. Mechelen
1993 1994
PSV Eindhoven
1994 1995
Sheffield Wednesday
1995 1998
Bari
1998 2000
Bologna
2000 2001
Marseille

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Inge
Gender
male
Citizenship
Sweden
Place of birth
Ödeshög
Place of death
Ödeshög
Occupation
lumberjack
Languages spoken
Swedish
Native language
Swedish
Participant in
1994 FIFA World Cup
Position played
midfielder
Country for sport
Sweden
Mass
86
Image
Klas Ingesson (1994).jpg
Height
190
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date of death
2014-10-29
date of birth
1968-08-20
cause of death
multiple myeloma
manner of death
natural causes
Commons category
Klas Ingesson
end of work period
2001-00-00
start of work period
1986-00-00
nickname
Klabbe
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Encyclopedic overview

* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Klas Inge "Klabbe" Ingesson (20 August 1968 – 29 October 2014) was a Swedish professional footballer and manager. He spent most of his career as a midfielder in Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, England, Italy and France. Ingesson represented the Sweden national team on 57 occasions, including the 1990 and 1994 FIFA World Cups, as well as the 1992 European Championship. He was the manager of IF Elfsborg from 2013 until his death in October 2014.

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