Thomas Wernerson
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Eric Ivar Wernersson | ||
Date of birth | 15 June 1955 | ||
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[]
Club | Season | Division | League | Svenska Cupen | Other[a] | Total | ||||
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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[]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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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
- Stor Grabb: 1983[20]
- Årets Ärkeängel: 1985[21]
References[]
- ^ "Thomas Wernerson 50 år den 15 juni". HD (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ "Åtvidabergs FF – Svenskalag.se". www.svenskalag.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ "Åtvidabergs FF – Svenskalag.se".
- ^ "Fotbollens sista proletärer" (PDF).
- ^ "Thomas Wernerson, målvakt i IFK Göteborg 1981–1989 | ifkdb.se". ifkdb.se. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ "Thomas Wernerson: "Läkaren sa att jag hade kunnat dö"". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Börjesson, Ralf (3 June 2014). "Blåvitt-filmen till Barcelona". gp.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ "IFK Göteborg säsongen 1988 | ifkdb.se". ifkdb.se. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ "IFK Göteborg säsongen 1989 | ifkdb.se". ifkdb.se. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ "SVT-profilen om dramatiska dygnet: "Bara 20 procent som får det här överlever..."". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ "Thomas Wernerson, målvakt i IFK Göteborg 1981–1989 | ifkdb.se". ifkdb.se. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ "Thomas Wernerson, målvakt i IFK Göteborg 1981–1989 | ifkdb.se". ifkdb.se. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ "Thomas Wernerson – svenskfotboll.se". www2.svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Herrar A EM-kval Matchinformation: Luxemburg mot Sverige 1979-10-23 (1-1) – svenskfotboll.se". www2.svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Hjälte över en natt" (PDF).
- ^ "Thomas Wernerson – Spelarstatistik – Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ "Herrar A VM-kval Matchinformation: Malta mot Sverige 1985-11-17 (1-2) – svenskfotboll.se". www2.svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Thomas Wernerson, målvakt i IFK Göteborg 1981–1989 | ifkdb.se". ifkdb.se. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ "Thomas Wernerson — svenskfotboll.se". www2.svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ "Stora Grabbars Märke – Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ "Alla 47 ärkeänglar | ifkdb.se". ifkdb.se. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- 1955 births
- Living people
- Swedish footballers
- Sweden international footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- IFK Göteborg players
- People from Nässjö Municipality
- Åtvidabergs FF players
- UEFA Cup winning players
- Allsvenskan players
- Division 2 (Swedish football) players