Mats Dan Erling Corneliusson (born 2 October 1961) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a striker. He represented

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Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö, Scania. They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda S ...

, Qviding FF, and Karlstad BK during a career that spanned between 1978 and 1995. A full international between 1982 and 1990, he won 22

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and scored 12 goals for the Sweden national team.

Club career

Corneliusson is best remembered for his time with

with which he won the

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and was the

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top scorer. He also represented

, with which he became the

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champion,

, Qviding FF, and Karlstad BK between 1978 and 1995.

International career

A full international between 1982 and 1990, Corneliusson won 22

and scored 12 goals for the Sweden national team. He also represented the Sweden U17, U19, and U21 teams between 1978 and 1982.

Career statistics

International

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

Honours

;IFK Göteborg *

: 1981–82 * Swedish Champion:

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: 1978–79, 1981–82, 1982–83 ;VfB Stuttgart *

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: 1983–84 Individual * Allsvenskan top scorer: 1982

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Corneliusson, Dan 1961 births Living people Footballers from Trollhättan Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers IFK Göteborg players Malmö FF players Como 1907 players VfB Stuttgart players Bundesliga players Serie A players Allsvenskan players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Swedish expatriate sportspeople in West Germany Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Men's association football forwards UEFA Europa League–winning players Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland FC Wettingen players 20th-century Swedish sportsmen Karlstad BK players