Tommy Jönsson

Tommy Jönsson

150px Tommy Jönsson during friendly against Reading F.C.
Personal information
Date of birth	(1976-03-04) March 4, 1976
Place of birth	Sweden
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
00000–1991	GIF Nike
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1997	Malmö FF	72	(2)
1998–2010	Halmstads BK	304	(29)
International career
1995–1998	Sweden U21	30	(2)
2003	Sweden	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tommy Jönsson (born March 4, 1976) is a former Swedish football player, who played as defender and retired in 2010.

Career

He started his career in the club GIF Nike and at the age of 16 moved to Malmö FF, where he played for 6 years, in 1998 he decided to go to Halmstads BK and have played there ever since. Since 2003 he have been Halmstads BK's team captain, he succeeded Petter Hansson, prior to the 2010 season he was replaced as teamcaptain by Johnny Lundberg.

On 2 July 2008 against Hammarby IF, 1-1, he played his 400th match totally for Halmstads BK, 245 Allsvenskan matches and 155 Svenska Cupen. At the end of the 2010 season Tommy Jönsson announced that he retired from football after 12 years in Halmstads BK and continue a career outside football as a financial adviser, he retire with 2 fewer matches then former teammate Torbjörn Arvidsson who holdes the records for most played matches in Halmstads BK.

National team

He have represented Sweden 3 times in 2003. He was part of the starting line-up against both Qatar, victory 3-2, and Thailand, victory 4-1, and then coming on as a substitute against Croatia, defeat 1-2.

Achievements

Malmö FF:

• Allsvenskan:

• Stora Silvret (2nd): 1996
• Lilla Silvret (3rd): 1994, 1997

• Svenska Cupen:

• Runner-up: 1995-96

Halmstads BK:

• Allsvenskan:

• Champion: 2000
• Stora Silvret (2nd): 2004
• Lilla Silvret (3rd): 1999
• Bronze: 1998

External links

• HBK Profile (Swedish)
• Swedish FA Profile (Swedish)