Dan Ekner
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Dan Heimer Ekner (5 February 1927 – 17 April 1975) was a Swedish footballer who played as a striker.[1] He played professionally in England, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, the United States, and the Netherlands during a club career that spanned between 1945 and 1963.
Club career
Ekner was the first Swedish player to play in the Football League when he played five games for Portsmouth during the 1949–50 season during which Portsmouth ended up winning the league title.[2][3] While at Atletico Madrid, he was part of the team that reached the 1956 Copa del Rey final.[4] He also represented clubs in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, and the United States during his career.[5]
International career
Ekner appeared once for the Sweden B team in 1949.[6]
Honours
Portsmouth
References
General
- Profile
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- 1927 births
- 1975 deaths
- Swedish men's footballers
- Örgryte IS players
- IFK Göteborg players
- Portsmouth F.C. players
- Ligue 1 players
- Olympique de Marseille players
- ACF Fiorentina players
- SPAL players
- Serie A players
- Atlético Madrid footballers
- Rot-Weiss Essen players
- PSV Eindhoven players
- Swedish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- IS Halmia players
- Men's association football forwards
- English Football League players
- La Liga players
- Footballers from Gothenburg
- 20th-century Swedish sportsmen