Jörgen Augustsson (born 28 October 1952) is a Swedish former

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who played as a defender. Augustsson played for

Åtvidabergs FF Åtvidabergs Fotbollförening, also known simply as Åtvidabergs FF, Åtvidaberg, Åtvid or (especially locally) ÅFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Åtvidaberg. The club is affiliated with Östergötlands Fotbollförbund an ...

and

Landskrona BoIS Landskrona Boll och Idrottsällskap ( en, Landskrona Ball and Sports Society, locally referred to as BoIS) is a Sweden, Swedish professional Football club (association football), football club located in Landskrona, Scania, which currently pla ...

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football le ...

during his career. He was also capped 18 times for the Sweden national team and was a member of the squad in the

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. He coached

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play the ...

and

Jönköpings Södra IF Jönköpings Södra IF, also known as J-Södra IF, J-Södra or simply Jönköping, is a Swedish football club based in Jönköping. The club, founded in 1922, returned to the Swedish second division Superettan in 2018 after relegation from the 2 ...

in 1996.http://www.sportdenny.se/historik.html He was also the coach of Fyllingen from

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early in the 1990s.

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* 1952 births Living people Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers 1974 FIFA World Cup players Allsvenskan players Åtvidabergs FF players Landskrona BoIS players Swedish football managers IFK Norrköping managers Jönköpings Södra IF managers Åtvidabergs FF managers Men's association football defenders {{Sweden-footy-bio-stub