Klas Ingesson
Klas Ingesson ( born August 20, 1968 in Ödeshög ) is a former Swedish football player. The midfielder, who scored 13 goals for the Swedish national team in 57 internationals 1989-1998, took part with the country's choice of two World and one European Championship finals. After starting his career in Allsvenskan for IFK Göteborg, he played as a professional soccer player in Belgium, the Netherlands, England, Italy and France.
Career
Start your career in Sweden and international debut
Ingesson played in youth at Ödeshögs IK in his hometown. In 1986, he joined IFK Göteborg. Under coach Gunder Bengtsson he first came mainly as a substitute for use. Therefore he pursued winning the UEFA Cup in 1987 in the finals against the Scottish club, as the team with a goal by John Clark prevailed after goals from Stefan Pettersson and Lennart Nilsson with a total score of 2:1, from the stands. Even when winning the championship in the season of 1987 he was on the side of Glenn Hysén, Thomas Wernersson, Roland Nilsson, Stig Fredriksson, Stefan Pettersson and Lars Zetterlund only reserve player.
In the following season Ingesson established itself. Under new coach Kjell Pettersson as a regular player Also in the European Cup of Champions 1988/89 he knew to persuade and reached the quarter-finals with the team in which they failed to Steaua Bucharest. With his good services he had also drawn the attention of national coach Olle Nordin up. On 31 May 1989 he made his debut during a friendly match against Algeria in the National Jersey, when he came on in the 26th minute for Italy game Legionnaire Robert Prytz. Just seven minutes later, he scored his first international goal, which he in the second half, the score to 2-0 win was followed. While he had missed out on the club level with the club as a seventh in the end of season one international competition, he established himself in the national team and was at the crucial qualifiers for the 1990 World Cup on the pitch. The following summer he was back with the number "10" of the squad at the finals tournament and came in all three tournament games used as the selection team had to play as a group Last directly for home.
Between Belgium, the Netherlands, England and Italy - Years abroad
Following the World Cup tournament Ingesson left Sweden and joined the Belgian club KV Mechelen. On the side of players such as René Eijkelkamp, Marc Wilmot, Bruno Versavel and Philippe Albert, he finished in the Belgian championship with his new employer into second place behind the RSC Anderlecht. He also moved the team a the cup final, in which the FC Bruges prevailed with a 3-1 playoff victory. In the following year, the team reached the cup final, this time Royal Antwerp FC prevailed on penalties. In the same year he took with the national team at the European Championships in 1992 partly in their own country. When the first European championship is the Swedish selection, he was one of the performers who made sure that the team ahead of England, France and the eventual winners Denmark brought about the group. In the semifinals, his fourth tournament use, it failed with the team at the reigning world champions Germany.
After another season at KV Mechelen, the Ingesson ended with the club in third place, he moved to the Netherlands. At PSV Eindhoven he was not a firm grip on the side of Peter Hoekstra, Erwin Koeman, Jan Wouters Jan Heintze and Gheorghe Popescu. Nevertheless, he held the national team, with whom he participated in the 1994 World Cup. There coach Tommy Svensson put him in all seven finals games when the team since the World Cup finals in 1958 again reached the semifinals for the first time. In the quarterfinals, he had it shined in a penalty shoot-out against Romania as a safe contactor. After being eliminated against Brazil, he won with the selection by a 4-0 win in the match for third place against Bulgaria the bronze medal. Because of their success, he was awarded the team with the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal -.
During the tournament, there were the first reports, Ingesson will leave PSV Eindhoven. It was not until the end of August, before the no longer taken into account by Aad de Mos midfielder found shelter at the English club Sheffield Wednesday. However, his time in England was similarly unsuccessful as his stay in the Netherlands. In the team around players like Mark Bright, Des Walker, Peter Atherton, Dan Petrescu and Chris Waddle he could not settle permanently located.
In November 1995 Ingesson moved to four league operations at the start of the Premier League season 1995/96 to Southern Europe. With the AS Bari he played against relegation in Serie A. While his teammates Igor Protti crowned top scorer of Italy's top league, but the club took a relegation place. Ingesson remained loyal to the club in Serie B and managed with him than in fourth direct resurgence. The reinforced with the signings Phil Masinga, Gianluca Zambrotta and Francesco Mancini team reached the league as Tabellenelfter. When Italy was professional, he continues to be run for the national team. With the team he had missed but also to participate in the World Cup finals in 1998 after qualifying for the 1996 European Championships. In the spring of 1998 he came ultimately to his last international match, when he helped in a World Cup warm-up match against Spain. After his 57 international match, which ended with a 0-4 defeat, he appeared on the national team.
Ingesson left in the summer of 1998 the club and moved to league rivals FC Bologna on, in which he met his countrymen Kennet Andersson and Teddy Lucic. As a regular player he reached with the club over the UEFA Intertoto Cup in the main round of the UEFA Cup in 1998/99. There he reached with the team after wins over Sporting Lisbon, Slavia Prague, Betis and Olympique Lyon the semi-finals of the competition. Against the French representative Olympique Marseille he parted on the side of Giuseppe Signori, Giovanni Bia, Giancarlo Marocchi and Francesco Antonioli after a 0-0 draw in France by a 1-1 draw on home soil on the away goals rule from the competition. When, after a ninth place in 1999 and an eleventh place in the table in the following season of re-entry had been missed in the European Cup, he returned to the club back. He signed a contract with Olympique Marseille. In the French Ligue 1, he could not establish himself as a regular player and soon returned back to Italy. In Lecce, he finished his career in 2001.
After the active sports
After his career end Ingesson returned to Sweden. In 2004, he worked briefly as an assistant coach for IF Elfsborg. In May 2009, he was known to suffer from a myeloma. A year later, the press reported that he had beaten the cancer.