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Jan Möller: Swedish Goalkeeper Legend

Jan Börje Möller is a retired Swedish footballer born on September 17, 1953, who played as a goalkeeper for clubs including Malmö FF, Bristol City, and Toronto Blizzard from 1971 to 1993. He earned 17 caps for the Sweden national team and participated in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, receiving the Guldbollen award in 1979 as Sweden's best footballer. Möller won multiple domestic titles with Malmö FF, including several Allsvenskan championships and Swedish Cups.

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Jan Möller: Swedish Goalkeeper Legend

Jan Börje Möller is a retired Swedish footballer born on September 17, 1953, who played as a goalkeeper for clubs including Malmö FF, Bristol City, and Toronto Blizzard from 1971 to 1993. He earned 17 caps for the Sweden national team and participated in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, receiving the Guldbollen award in 1979 as Sweden's best footballer. Möller won multiple domestic titles with Malmö FF, including several Allsvenskan championships and Swedish Cups.

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Jan Möller

Jan Börje Möller (born 17 September 1953) is a


Jan Möller
Swedish former professional footballer who played as
a goalkeeper. Starting off his career with Malmö FF, he Personal information
went on to represent also Bristol City, Toronto Full name Jan Börje Möller
Blizzard, Helsingborgs IF, and Trelleborgs FF during a Date of birth 17 September 1953
career that spanned between 1971 and 1993. A full Place of birth Malmö, Sweden
international between 1979 and 1988, he won 17 caps Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
for the Sweden national team and represented his Position(s) Goalkeeper
country at the 1978 FIFA World Cup. In 1979, he was Youth career
awarded Guldbollen as Sweden's best footballer of the
–1971 Malmö FF
year.
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)

Club career 1971–1980 Malmö FF 195 (0)


1980–1982 Bristol City 48 (0)
Möller had a successful 16-year career for Malmö FF 1982–1983 Toronto Blizzard 55 (0)
during the 1970s and 1980s (two different spells), 1984–1988 Malmö FF 118 (1)
appearing in the 1978–79 European Cup final against 1989–1991 Helsingborgs IF 51 (0)
Nottingham Forest, a 0–1 loss in Munich. He also 1992–1993 Trelleborgs FF 17 (0)
played for Helsingborgs IF, Bristol City of England, Total 484 (1)
Toronto Blizzard of Canada (following his former International career
manager at Malmö, Bob Houghton, to both clubs),[1] 1979–1988 Sweden 17 (0)
and Trelleborgs FF, retiring professionally at the age of *Club domestic league appearances and goals
40; in 1979, he was awarded the Guldbollen.

International career
Möller was a Sweden international on 17 occasions, and was on squad for the 1978 FIFA World Cup in
Argentina, as a backup, along with Göran Hagberg, to Ronnie Hellström.

Honours
Malmö FF

Allsvenskan: 1974, 1975, 1977, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988


Swedish Champion: 1974, 1975, 1977, 1986, 1988
Swedish Cup: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1986
Individual
Guldbollen: 1979

References
1. Lamont, Tom (3 May 2009). "Frozen in time" ([Link]
03/forest-malmo-may-1979). The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 May 2010.

External links
Jan Möller ([Link] at
[Link]
Toronto Blizzard stats ([Link]
"National team data" ([Link]
e/fotbollslandslaget/[Link]) (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 6 June
2012. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
Jan Möller ([Link] at National-Football-
[Link]

Retrieved from "[Link]

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