Björn Ove Christer Mattiasson (born 29 July 1971) is a Swedish football manager and former player.[3] He most notably played for IF Elfsborg, AIK, and Djurgårdens IF and made two appearances for the Sweden national team. He was the Allsvenskan top scorer of 1997.[4]

Christer Mattiasson
Personal information
Full name Björn Ove Christer Mattiasson
Date of birth (1971-07-29) 29 July 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth Borås, Sweden
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker[1]
Team information
Current team
IK Sirius (manager)
Youth career
1978–1982 Mariedals IK
1983–1985 Norrby IF
1986– Byttorps IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1991 Byttorps IF 63 (85)
1992–1998 IF Elfsborg 164 (88)
1999–2001 AIK 43 (16)
2001 Lillestrøm SK 7 (0)
2001–2003 Djurgårdens IF 29 (4)
2003–2005 IF Brommapojkarna 36 (8)
2006–2011 Vallentuna BK
2012–2014 Valsta Syrianska IK 6 (1)
International career
1998[2] Sweden 2 (0)
Managerial career
2006 Vallentuna BK (assistant)
2007–2011 Vallentuna BK
2011 Valsta Syrianska IK (assistant)
2012–2014 Valsta Syrianska IK
2015–2020 Sollentuna FK
2021–2022 IF Brommapojkarna
2023– IK Sirius
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career edit

Starting off his career with Byttorps IF, Mattiasson made his Allsvenskan debut with IF Elfsborg and was the 1997 Allsvenskan top scorer with the team.[3] He later signed with AIK ahead of the 1999 Allsvenskan season where he helped AIK win the 1998–99 Svenska Cupen and played in the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League.[3] He helped Djurgårdens IF win the 2002 Allsvenskan after a short stint with Lilleström in Norway and finished up his career with IF Brommapojkarna, Vallentuna BK, and Valsta Syrianska IK.[3][5]

International career edit

Mattiasson made his full international debut for the Sweden national team on 24 January 1998 in a 1–0 friendly loss to the United States when he replaced Mattias Jonson in the 86th minute.[6][5] He made his second and last international appearance on 29 January 1998 in a friendly 0–0 draw with Jamaica, starting as a forward alongside Mats Lilienberg.[7][5]

Honours edit

AIK[3]

Djurgårdens IF[8]

Individual[4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Christer Mattiasson at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ Christer Mattiasson at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ a b c d e "500 AIK:are - Christer Mattiasson". www.aik.se.
  4. ^ a b "Skyttekungar & publiksnitt — svenskfotboll.se". svenskfotboll.se.
  5. ^ a b c "Christer Mattiasson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  6. ^ "USA - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Jamaica - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  8. ^ http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf Archived 28 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]