Hasse Jeppson

Hasse Jeppson
Personal information
Full name	Hans Jeppson
Date of birth	(1925-05-10)10 May 1925
Place of birth	Kungsbacka, Sweden
Date of death	22 February 2013(2013-02-22) (aged 87)
Place of death	Rome, Italy
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1946–1947	Örgryte	?	(?)
1948–1951	Djurgården	51	(58)
1951	Charlton Athletic	11	(9)
1951–1952	Atalanta	27	(22)
1952–1956	Napoli	112	(52)
1956–1957	Torino	19	(7)
Total		220	(148)
National team
1949–1950	Sweden	12	(9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Hans "Hasse" Jeppson (10 May 1925 – 21 February 2013) was a Swedish football striker.^[1][2] He was known for his impressive goals to games ratio at several clubs, most of his career was spent with Napoli in Italy. Jeppson also played for Sweden and helped them to a third place finish in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.

Club football career

He began his career with Djurgårdens IF, transferring to Charlton Athletic where he played 11 matches in 1951, before moving to Italy to join Atalanta (1951–1952). Jeppson was the second Swedish player to be transferred to an English team, after Dan Ekner at Portsmouth.^[3]

He then moved to Napoli (1952–56) and Torino F.C. (1956–57) in the 1950s. In 1951 was bought from Atalanta. In 1952 he was sold to Napoli for 105 million lira, a new world record transfer-fee (for this reason the Napoli's fans nicknamed him o' banco e' napule, the bank of Naples).^[1] Jeppson played for Napoli from 1952 to 1956 scoring 52 goals. In 1956 Jeppson was sold to Torino. He retired in 1957.

International

Jeppson played the 1950 FIFA World Cup for Sweden scoring two goals. He played 12 games in all for the Sweden national football team. His Swedish nickname was Hasse Guldfot (Hasse Goldenfoot).

Awards and achievements

• Serie A Footballer of the Year (1): 1952

References

External links

• (Swedish) Appreciation on the occasion of his 80th birthday