- Hasse Jeppson
Football player infobox
playername = Hasse Jeppson
fullname = Hans Jeppson
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1925|5|10
cityofbirth =Kungsbacka
countryofbirth =Sweden
height =
position =Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1948-1951 1951
1951-1952
1952-1956
1956-1957
clubs = Djurgården Charlton Athletic Atalanta
Napoli
Torino
caps(goals) = ≥51 (58) 11 (9) 27 (22) 112 (52) 19 (7)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = flagicon|Sweden Sweden
nationalcaps(goals) = 12 (12)Hans "Hasse" Jeppson (born
10 May 1925 inKungsbacka ) is a retired Swedish football striker. He was known for his impressive goals to games ratio at several clubs, most of his career was spent with Napoli in Italy. Jeppson also played for Sweden and helped them to a third place finish in the1950 FIFA World Cup .Club football career
He began his career with Djurgårdens IF, transferring to
Charlton Athletic where he played 11 matches in 1951, before moving toItaly to join Atalanta (1951-1952). Jeppson was the first Swedish player to be transferred to an English team.He then moved to Napoli (1952-56) and
Torino F.C. (1956-57) in the 1950s. In 1951 was bought from Atalanta. In 1952 he was sold to Napoli for 105 million lira, a new world record transfer-fee (for this reason the Napoli's fans nicknamed him "o' banco e' napule", "the bank of Naples"). Jeppson played for Napoli from 1952 to 1956 scoring 52 goals. In 1956 Jeppson was sold to Torino. He retired in 1957.International
Jeppson played the
1950 FIFA World Cup for Sweden scoring two goals. He played 12 games in all for theSweden national football team . His Swedish nickname was "Hasse Guldfot" (Hasse Goldenfoot).External links
* [http://www.dif.se/sidor/nyheter/nyheter.asp?action=view&id=5993&typ=1 Appreciation on the occasion of his 80th birthday]
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