Dan Ekner

Dan Ekner

Ekner in 1950
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Heimer Ekner
Date of birth	(1927-02-05)5 February 1927
Place of birth	Gothenburg, Sweden
Date of death	17 April 1975(1975-04-17) (aged 48)
Place of death	Gothenburg, Sweden
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1945–1946	Örgryte IS
1946–1947	IS Halmia
1947–1949	IFK Göteborg
1949–1950	Portsmouth F.C.	5	(0)
1950–1951	Olympique de Marseille	27	(8)
1951–1953	Fiorentina
1953–1954	SPAL
1954–1955
1955–1956	Atlético Madrid
1956–1958	Rot-Weiss Essen
1958–1960	PSV Eindhoven
1960–1962	Örgryte IS
1962–1963	Västra Frölunda IF
National team
1949	Sweden B	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Dan Ekner (5 February 1927 – 17 April 1975) was a football player from Sweden who played as a striker.

He was the first Swedish player to play in the Football League.^[1] He appeared once for the Sweden B team.^[2]

References[]

General[]

• Profile
• Lanfranchi, Pierre; Taylor, Matthew (2001). Moving with the BallThe Migration of Professional Footballers. Berg Publishers. ISBN 1-85973-307-7.

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