Benno Magnusson

{{short description|Swedish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Benno Magnusson | image = | fullname = Lars Benno Magnusson | height = {{Height|m=1.74}}<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe43276/benno-magnusson/ | title = Benno Magnusson | publisher = worldfootball.net | access-date = 26 May 2012}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|2|4|df=y}} | birth_place = Blomstermåla, Sweden | death_date = | death_place = | position = Winger | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1972–1973 | clubs1 = Åtvidabergs FF | caps1 = 52 | goals1 = 11 | years2 = 1973–1974 | clubs2 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern | caps2 = 16 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1974–1976 | clubs3 = Hertha BSC | caps3 = 22 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 1976 | clubs4 = Åtvidabergs FF | caps4 = 12 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 1976–1981 | clubs5 = Kalmar FF | caps5 = 169 | goals5 = 37 | nationalyears1 = 1973–1981 | nationalteam1 = Sweden<ref>{{cite web | url = http://hem.passagen.se/fotbollslandslaget/statistiktest.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20010609200325/http://hem.passagen.se/fotbollslandslaget/statistiktest.htm | url-status = usurped | archive-date = 9 June 2001 | title = Sweden men's national football team stats | work = passagen.se | language = Swedish | accessdate = 16 May 2012}}</ref> | nationalcaps1 = 14 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 = }} '''Lars Benno Magnusson''' (born 4 February 1953) is a Swedish former footballer. He's a brother of fellow footballer Roger Magnusson.

Magnusson was a very popular player who got his breakthrough in Åtvidabergs FF when he became a Swedish champion 1972. He later became a professional in West Germany with Hertha BSC and FC Kaiserslautern.

He was a member of the Sweden national team in the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

After his retiring he has made appearances in TV-shows and now works for Svenska spel.

Magnusson, who played for the club Kalmar FF in the 1970s and 1980s, is so regarded as one of the most legendary players in the history of the club that the most significant Kalma FF fan site has been named after him.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Fussballdaten|magnussonbenno|Benno Magnusson}}

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