Holger Hansson
1946/47–1961
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Overview
Holger Valdemar Hansson was born on 26 January 1927 in Göteborg. His IFK Göteborg first-team career began in the 1946/47 season. He made his competitive debut on 27 April 1947 against Helsingborgs IF in Allsvenskan, a match that finished 2–0.
He spent 15 seasons with IFK Göteborg's first team and made 436 appearances and scoring 23 goals. Of those 436 appearances, 236 came in Allsvenskan.
Hansson won the Swedish championship with IFK Göteborg in 1957-58. In 1954, he won Olympic bronze with the national team. Hansson made 9 senior international appearances for Sweden.
Hansson died on 17 January 2014, aged 86.
Transfers
Club records
- Most games against Norrby IF 6
- Most games at 1950-talet 313
- Most games at Malmö Idrottsplats 14
Records against individual opponents require at least five games and at least two goals or clean sheets.
Record rankings
- Most seasons 11th
- Most games at 1940-talet 13th
- Most goals in the 1950s 16th
- Most Allsvenskan games 17th
- Most games 18th
- Most competitive games 23rd
- Most goals in the 1940s 24th
- Oldest player 32nd
- Oldest Allsvenskan goalscorer 39th
- Oldest goalscorer 46th
- Oldest player in Allsvenskan 46th
- Oldest player in a competitive game 48th
- Most Champions League games 49th
- Most games at 1960-talet 70th
- Youngest Allsvenskan goalscorer 77th
- Most red cards 89th
Career at IFK Göteborg
Statistics
Statistics are partly incomplete. The total is 436 games, while game-by-game data is available for 374. Starts, substitute appearances, results, cards and the game list are based on registered game records.
Games and goals
Breakdown by competition
Win percentage
Starts and substitute appearances
Season by season
| Season | # | Games | Starts | Substitute appearances | Goals | Assist | Yellow cards | Red cards | W–D–L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | – | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1–0–1 |
| 1960 | – | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 1–0–0 |
| 1959 | – | 25 | 21 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 16–1–4 |
| 1957/58 | – | 45 | 36 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 22–4–10 |
| 1956/57 | – | 33 | 32 | 0 | 3 | – | 0 | 0 | 16–5–11 |
| 1955/56 | – | 33 | 30 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 15–5–10 |
| 1954/55 | – | 38 | 35 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 18–6–11 |
| 1953/54 | – | 32 | 29 | 0 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 12–9–8 |
| 1952/53 | – | 29 | 27 | 1 | 3 | – | 0 | 0 | 11–6–11 |
| 1951/52 | – | 45 | 35 | 0 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 19–8–8 |
| 1950/51 | – | 33 | 30 | 0 | 5 | – | 0 | 0 | 19–3–8 |
| 1949/50 | – | 37 | 28 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 8–7–13 |
| 1948/49 | – | 43 | 33 | 0 | 3 | – | 0 | 0 | 18–5–10 |
| 1947/48 | – | 30 | 25 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 13–5–7 |
| 1946/47 | – | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 5–2–2 |
Game archive
Games for Holger Hansson
IFK Göteborg
Landala IF
IFK Trollhättan
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
GAIS
IFK Göteborg
Lundby IF
Helsingborgs IF
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
Norrby IF
Malmö FF
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
GAIS
IFK Göteborg
AIK
IS Halmia
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
Djurgårdens IF
Kalmar FF
IFK Göteborg
Degerfors IF
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
Jönköpings Södra IF
Helsingborgs IF
IFK Göteborg
Nordfransk ligakomb.
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
IFK Norrköping
Örgryte IS
IFK Göteborg
Olofströms IF
IFK Göteborg
Backa IF
IFK Göteborg
IF Elfsborg
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
IFK Norrköping
Jönköpings Södra IF
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
Degerfors IF
AIK
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