Jan Möller
Personal information
Full name Jan Börje Möller
Date of birth (1953-09-17) 17 September 1953
Place of birth Malmö, Sweden
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000–1971 Malmö FF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1980 Malmö FF 195 (0)
1980–1982 Bristol City 48 (0)
1982–1983 Toronto Blizzard 55 (0)
1984–1988 Malmö FF 118 (1)
1989–1991 Helsingborgs IF 51 (0)
1992–1993 Trelleborgs FF 17 (0)
Total 484 (1)
International career
1979–1988 Sweden 17 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jan Börje Möller (born 17 September 1953) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Starting off his career with Malmö FF, he went on to represent also Bristol City, Toronto Blizzard, Helsingborgs IF, and Trelleborgs FF during a career that spanned between 1971 and 1993. A full international between 1979 and 1988, he won 17 caps for the Sweden national team and represented his country at the 1978 FIFA World Cup. In 1979, he was awarded Guldbollen as Sweden's best footballer of the year.

Club career

Möller had a successful 16-year career for Malmö FF during the 1970s and 1980s (two different spells), appearing in the 1978–79 European Cup final against Nottingham Forest, a 0–1 loss in Munich. He also played for Helsingborgs IF, Bristol City of England, Toronto Blizzard of Canada (following his former manager at Malmö, Bob Houghton, to both clubs),[1] and Trelleborgs FF, retiring professionally at the age of 40; in 1979, he was awarded the Guldbollen.

International career

Möller was a Swedish 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

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Lamont, Tom (3 May 2009). "Frozen in time". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
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