Krister Kristensson

Krister Kristensson
	Kristensson in 1970
Personal information
Full name	Carl Krister Kristensson
Date of birth	25 July 1942
Place of birth	Malmö, Sweden
Date of death	28 January 2023 (aged 80)
Position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1963–1979	Malmö FF
1980–1981	Trelleborgs FF
Total
International career
1963–1964	Sweden U21
1967–1972	Sweden
Managerial career
1979–1986	Trelleborgs FF
1986–1987	Lunds BK
1989–1993	Höllvikens GIF
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carl Krister Kristensson (25 July 1942 – 28 January 2023) was a Swedish footballer who played as a defender. He represented Malmö FF and Trelleborgs FF during a career that spanned between 1963 and 1981. A full international between 1967 and 1972, he won 38 caps for the Sweden national team and represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Kristensson played most of his career for Malmö FF. He played 626 games for the club from 1963 to 1979. He won Allsvenskan seven times and Svenska Cupen five times.^[2]

International career

Kristensson was capped 38 times for the Sweden national team, and was a part of the Sweden squad for the 1970 FIFA World Cup.^[3]

Post-playing career

After his playing career Kristensson managed Trelleborgs FF (1979–1986), Lunds BK (1986–1987)^[4] and Höllvikens GIF (1989–1993) and was active as a board member of Malmö FF from 1995 to 2010.^[5] Outside of football Kristensson worked for 46 years, from the age of 16, for Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan.^[6]

Personal life and death

Kristensson had to amputate one of his lower legs in 2020, following infections related to a staircase accident in South Africa the previous year.^[7]

Kristensson died on 28 January 2023, at the age of 80.^[8]^[9]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[10]
National team	Year	Apps
Sweden	1967	2
	1968	5
	1969	9
	1970	7
	1971	8
	1972	7
Total		38

Honours

Malmö FF^[8]

Allsvenskan: 1965, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977
Svenska Cupen: 1967, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1977–78
European Cup runner-up: 1978–79
Bragdguldet: 1979

Individual

Stor Grabb: 1969^[11]

Records

Most appearances for Malmö FF: 626^[8]

References

^ "Sweden men's national football team stats". passagen.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 6 June 2012.
^ "Malmö-legendaren tvingades amputera". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). 19 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
^ "Krister Kristensson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
^ "Startsida - IdrottOnline Klubb". www3.idrottonline.se. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
^ Krister Kristensson at MFF.se Archived 22 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ "MFF-ikonen om olyckan: "Jag hörde läkaren klippa tån"". 20 December 2019.
^ "Krister Kristensson tvingades amputera benet" (in Swedish). Kvällsposten. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
^ a b c Stjernström, Fredrik (29 January 2023). "Krister Kristensson 1942–2023". Malmö FF (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 January 2023.
^ "Carl Krister Kristensson (80 år) Höllviken | Ratsit".
^ "Krister Kristensson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
^ "Stora Grabbars Märke". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 January 2023.