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{{Short description|Swedish footballer (1925–2013)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Hasse Jeppson
| image = Hasse Jeppson in Djurgårdens IF.jpg
| caption = Jeppson with [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgården]] in 1951
| full_name = Hans Olof Jeppson
| height = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|5|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kungsbacka]], Sweden
| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|02|21|1925|5|10|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Rome]], Italy
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| years1 = 1946–1947
| caps1 = 28
| goals1 = 40
| clubs1 = [[Örgryte IS|Örgryte]]
| years2 = 1948–1951
| caps2 = 51
| goals2 = 58
| clubs2 = [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgården]]
| years3 = 1951
| caps3 = 11
| goals3 = 9
| clubs3 = [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]]
| years4 = 1951–1952
| caps4 = 27
| goals4 = 22
| clubs4 = [[Atalanta B.C.|Atalanta]]
| years5 = 1952–1956
| caps5 = 112
| goals5 = 52
| clubs5 = [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]]
| years6 = 1956–1957
| caps6 = 19
| goals6 = 7
| clubs6 = [[Torino F.C.|Torino]]
| totalcaps = 220
| totalgoals = 148
| nationalyears1 = 1949–1950
| nationalcaps1 = 12
| nationalgoals1 = 9
| nationalteam1 = [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]]
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|SWE}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950 Brazil]]|}}
}}

'''Hans Olof "Hasse" Jeppson''' (10 May 1925 – 21 February 2013) was a Swedish professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[striker (association football)|striker]].<ref name="Mattino"/><ref name="Expressen"/> He was known for his impressive goals to games ratio at several clubs, and represented Kungsbacka IF) [[Örgryte IS|Örgryte]], [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgården]], [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]], [[Atalanta B.C.|Atalanta]], [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]] and [[Torino F.C.|Torino]] during a career that spanned between 1946 and 1957. A full international between 1949 and 1950, he won 12 [[Cap (sport)|caps]] and scored nine goals for the [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden national team]] and helped them to a third-place finish at the [[1950 FIFA World Cup]].

==Club career==
Jeppson began his career with [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgården]], transferring to [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]], where he played 11 matches in 1951, before moving to Italy to join [[Atalanta B.C.|Atalanta]] (1951–1952). Jeppson was the second Swedish player to be transferred to an English team, after [[Dan Ekner]] at Portsmouth.<ref name=Independent/>

He then moved to [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]] (1952–56) and [[Torino F.C.|Torino]] (1956–57) in the 1950s. In 1951, he was bought from Atalanta. In 1952, he was sold to Napoli for 105 million lira, a [[World football transfer record|new world record transfer-fee]] (for this reason the Napoli's fans nicknamed him ''o' banco e' napule'', ''the bank of Naples'').<ref name="Mattino"/> Jeppson played for Napoli from 1952 to 1956 scoring 52 goals. In 1956, Jeppson was sold to Torino. He retired in 1957.

==International career==
[[Image:HasseJeppsson.jpg|thumb|Hasse Jeppson playing for Sweden]]
Jeppson played the [[1950 FIFA World Cup]] in [[Brazil]] for Sweden and scored two goals as Sweden finished third.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Hans Jeppson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/hans-jeppson/693f7a69-5790-4408-ae62-f998fdf81554/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se. |language=sv}}</ref> He played 12 games in total for the [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden national team]] and scored nine goals.<ref name=":0" /> His Swedish nickname was ''Hasse Guldfot'' (Hasse Golden Foot).

== Career statistics ==

=== International ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name=":0" />
!National team
!Year
!Apps
!Goals
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]]
|1949
|7
|5
|-
|1950
|5
|4
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!12
!9
|}

: ''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jeppson goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+List of international goals scored by Hasse Jeppson
! scope="col" |No.
! scope="col" |Date
! scope="col" |Venue
! scope="col" |Opponent
! scope="col" |Score
! scope="col" |Result
! scope="col" |Competition
!Ref.
|-
| align="center" |1
|13 May 1949
|[[Råsunda Stadium]], [[Solna Municipality|Solna]], Sweden
|{{fb|ENG}}
| align="center" |2–0
| align="center" |3–1
|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - England - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-england-landskamper-herr-senior/1568168/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |2
|2 June 1949
|Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden
|{{fb|Republic of Ireland}}
| align="center" |2–1
| align="center" |3–1
|[[1950 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Irland - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-irland-landskamper-herr-senior/1568169/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602221359/https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-irland-landskamper-herr-senior/1568169/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |3
|19 June 1949
|Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden
|{{fb|HUN}}
| align="center" |1–2
| align="center" |2–2
|Friendly
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Ungern - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-ungern-landskamper-herr-senior/1568170/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |4
|2 October 1949
|Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden
|{{fb|NOR}}
| align="center" |2–2
| align="center" |3–3
|[[1948–51 Nordic Football Championship]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Norge - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-norge-landskamper-herr-senior/1568171/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |5
|23 October 1949
|[[Københavns Idrætspark|Parken]], [[Copenhagen]], Denmark
|{{fb|DEN}}
| align="center" |1–0
| align="center" |2–3
|1948–51 Nordic Football Championship
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Danmark - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/danmark-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1568173/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |6
| rowspan="2" |8 June 1950
| rowspan="2" |Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden
| rowspan="2" |{{fb|NED}}
| align="center" |1–0
| rowspan="2" align="center" |4–1
| rowspan="2" |Friendly
| rowspan="2" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Nederländerna - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-nederlanderna-landskamper-herr-senior/1568176/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |7
| align="center" |4–1
|-
| align="center" |8
| rowspan="2" |25 June 1950
| rowspan="2" |[[Pacaembu Stadium]], [[São Paulo]], Brazil
| rowspan="2" |{{fb|ITA}}
| align="center" |1–1
| rowspan="2" align="center" |3–2
| rowspan="2" |[[1950 FIFA World Cup]]
| rowspan="2" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Italien - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-italien-landskamper-herr-senior/1568177/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |9
| align="center" |3–1
|}

== Honours ==
'''Djurgården'''
* [[Division 2 Nordöstra]]: [[1948–49 Swedish football Division 2|1948–49]]
'''Sweden'''
* [[FIFA World Cup]] third place: [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]
'''Individual'''
* [[Allsvenskan Top Scorer|Allsvenskan top scorer]]: [[1950–51 Allsvenskan|1950–51]]
* [[Stor Grabb]]: 1950<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stora Grabbars Märke |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/landslag/herr/historik-herr/stora-grabbar/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
* [[Corriere dello Sport|Serie A Team of The Year]]: 1952,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?/6&f=11193&p=1&c=1#page/1/mode/1up |website=Biblioteca dello Sport |title=Corriere dello Sport 1952|access-date=28 January 2025 }}</ref> 1953,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?/6&f=9327&p=1&c=1#page/3/mode/1up |website=Biblioteca dello Sport |title=Corriere dello Sport 1953|access-date=28 January 2025 }}</ref> 1954<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?/?q=node/?q=node/6&f=9636&p=1&c=1#page/3/mode/1up |website=Biblioteca dello Sport |title=Corriere dello Sport 1954|access-date=28 January 2025 }}</ref>
* [[Swedish Football Association|Swedish Football Hall of Fame]] inductee: 2009

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="Expressen">{{cite news|url=http://www.expressen.se/sport/fotboll/allsvenskan/djurgardslegendaren-hasse-jeppson-ar-dod/|title=Djurgårdslegendaren Hasse Jeppson är död|last=Sjöberg |first=Daniel|date=22 February 2013|publisher=[[Expressen]]|language=sv|access-date=22 February 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="Mattino">{{cite news|url=http://www.ilmattino.it/sport/sscnapoli/mroto/notizie/253549.shtml|title=Napoli, morto Jeppson "mister 105 milioni"|last=Taormina|first=Pino|date=22 February 2013|publisher=[[Il Mattino]]|language=it|access-date=22 February 2013|archive-date=6 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206174552/http://www.ilmattino.it/sport/sscnapoli/mroto/notizie/253549.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name=Independent>[https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/how-will-englands-group-fare-651717.html The Independent]{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092253/http://www.dif.se/sidor/nyheter/nyheter.asp?action=view&id=5993&typ=1 |date=29 September 2007 |title=Appreciation on the occasion of his 80th birthday}} {{in lang|sv}}

{{Allsvenskan top scorers}}
{{Sweden Squad 1950 World Cup}}
{{Swedish Football Hall of Fame}}

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[[Category:1925 births]]
[[Category:2013 deaths]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Kungsbacka]]
[[Category:Swedish men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Sweden men's international footballers]]
[[Category:1950 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players]]
[[Category:Charlton Athletic F.C. players]]
[[Category:Atalanta BC players]]
[[Category:SSC Napoli players]]
[[Category:Torino FC players]]
[[Category:Allsvenskan players]]
[[Category:Serie A players]]
[[Category:Swedish expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy]]
[[Category:Footballers from Halland County]]
[[Category:Swedish expatriates in Italy]]
[[Category:English Football League players]]
[[Category:20th-century Swedish sportsmen]]


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