Thomas Wernerson

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Thomas Wernerson
Personal information
Full name Thomas Eric Ivar Wernersson
Date of birth (1955-06-15) 15 June 1955 (age 66)
Place of birth Nässjö, Sweden
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Handskeryds IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1980 Åtvidabergs FF ? (?)
1981–1989 IFK Göteborg 153 (0)
National team
1979–1985 Sweden 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Thomas Eric Ivar Wernersson (born 15 June 1955), better known as Thomas Wernerson, is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Starting off his career with Åtvidabergs FF in the mid-1970s, he is best remembered for his time with IFK Göteborg between 1981 and 1989 with which he won two UEFA Cup titles and four Swedish Championships. A full international between 1979 and 1985, he won nine caps for the Sweden national team.

Club career[]

Åtvidabergs FF[]

Wernerson started off his career with Åtvidabergs FF, and witnessed the team win the 1972 and 1973 Allsvenskan seasons as a youth player before being promoted to the senior team in 1975.[1] He spent a total of six seasons at Åtvidaberg, and helped the team win promotion back to Allsvenskan in 1977 after having been relegated in 1976.[2] He was also a part of the Åtvidaberg team that reached the final of the , losing to IFK Göteborg.[3]

IFK Göteborg[]

Wernerson was signed to IFK Göteborg by Sven-Göran Eriksson after the 1980 Allsvenskan season.[4] He made his IFK Göteborg debut in a 1981 Allsvenskan game against GIF Sundsvall.[5] He went on to help the team win four Swedish championships (1982, 1983, 1984, and 1987), two Svenska Cupen titles ( and ), and most notably two UEFA Cup titles (1981–82 and 1986–87).[6] He was also a part of the IFK Göteborg team that reached the semi-finals in the 1985–86 European Cup before being eliminated by FC Barcelona.[7]

After having been the first-choice goalkeeper for IFK Göteborg from 1981 until 1987, Wernerson acted as a back-up goalkeeper for Erik Thorstvedt during the 1988 Allsvenskan season, and for Thomas Ravelli during the 1989 Allsvenskan season.[8][9] He retired from competitive football in 1989.[10] In total Wernerson spent 9 seasons as a player with IFK Göteborg, appearing in 370 games and scoring 1 goal.[11] He kept a clean sheet in 18 European games for IFK Göteborg, which is a club record.[12]

International career[]

Wernerson made his full international debut for Sweden in a Euro 1980 qualifier against Luxembourg on 23 October 1979.[13][14] He went on to mostly serve as back-up goalkeeper for Thomas Ravelli during his international career.[15][16] He made his ninth and ultimately last international appearance on 18 November 1985 in a 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Malta.[17]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[18]
Club Season Division League Svenska Cupen Other[a] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Åtvidabergs FF 1975 Allsvenskan
1976 Allsvenskan
1977 Division 2 Södra
1978 Allsvenskan
1979 Allsvenskan
1980 Allsvenskan
Total
IFK Göteborg 1981 Allsvenskan 25 0 3 0 6 0 34 0
1982 Allsvenskan 22 0 5 0 14 0 41 0
1983 Allsvenskan 20 0 4 0 8 0 32 0
1984 Allsvenskan 22 0 3 0 11 0 36 0
1985 Allsvenskan 22 0 3 0 9 0 34 0
1986 Allsvenskan 20 0 5 0 11 0 36 0
1987 Allsvenskan 22 0 2 0 12 0 36 0
1988 Allsvenskan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 Allsvenskan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 153 0 25 0 71 0 249 0
Career total

[a] Appearances in both UEFA competitions and the Allsvenskan play-offs.

International[]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[19]
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 1979 2 0
1980 3 0
1981 1 0
1982 1 0
1983 0 0
1984 0 0
1985 2 0
Total 9 0

Honours[]

IFK Göteborg

Individual

References[]

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  2. ^ "Åtvidabergs FF – Svenskalag.se". www.svenskalag.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Åtvidabergs FF – Svenskalag.se".
  4. ^ "Fotbollens sista proletärer" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Thomas Wernerson, målvakt i IFK Göteborg 1981–1989 | ifkdb.se". ifkdb.se. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Thomas Wernerson: "Läkaren sa att jag hade kunnat dö"". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  7. ^ Börjesson, Ralf (3 June 2014). "Blåvitt-filmen till Barcelona". gp.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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  10. ^ "SVT-profilen om dramatiska dygnet: "Bara 20 procent som får det här överlever..."". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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  13. ^ "Thomas Wernerson – svenskfotboll.se". www2.svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  14. ^ "Herrar A EM-kval Matchinformation: Luxemburg mot Sverige 1979-10-23 (1-1) – svenskfotboll.se". www2.svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  15. ^ "Hjälte över en natt" (PDF).
  16. ^ "Thomas Wernerson – Spelarstatistik – Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  17. ^ "Herrar A VM-kval Matchinformation: Malta mot Sverige 1985-11-17 (1-2) – svenskfotboll.se". www2.svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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  19. ^ "Thomas Wernerson — svenskfotboll.se". www2.svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  20. ^ "Stora Grabbars Märke – Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  21. ^ "Alla 47 ärkeänglar | ifkdb.se". ifkdb.se. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
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