Dan Ekner

Dan Ekner

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

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. While at Atletico Madrid, he was part of the team that reached the 1956 Copa del Rey final. He also represented clubs in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, and the United States during his career.

International career

Ekner appeared once for the Sweden B team in 1949.

Club
Örgryte IS Fotboll (1945–1946)
Club
IS Halmia (1946–1947)
Club
IFK Göteborg (1947–1949)
Club
Olympique de Marseille (1950–1951)
Club
ACF Fiorentina (1951–1953)
Club
Ars et Labor Ferrara Calcio (1953–1954)
Club
Rot-Weiss Essen (1956–1958)
Club
Portsmouth F.C. (1949–1950)
Club
Atlético Madrid (1955–1956)
Club
PSV Eindhoven (1958–1960)
Club
Örgryte IS Fotboll (1960–1962)
Club
Västra Frölunda IF Fotboll (1962–1963)

Legacy

Honours

Portsmouth

Football League First Division: 1949–50

Clubs

Played together with

Archive

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Swedish footballer (1927–1975)

Position

forward

Extract from Wikipedia

Dan Heimer Ekner was a Swedish footballer who played as a striker. 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.

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