Örgryte IS

Simonsson played youth football for BK René before signing for Örgryte IS in 1949.^[2] He made his senior debut for Örgryte in 1953, when the team played in Division 3.^[2] He helped the team win promotion to Division 2 in 1955, and later won promotion to Allsvenskan in 1958 with Gunnar Gren as a player-coach.^[2] While at Örgryte IS, he finished fifth in votes for the 1959 Ballon d'Or and was awarded the 1959 Guldbollen.^[3]

Real Madrid

Widely regarded as the best center forward in the world after a string of impressive performances for the Sweden national team, Simonsson was signed by the La Liga team Real Madrid in 1960.^[2] However, fierce competition from especially Alfredo Di Stéfano limited Simonsson's playing chances at the club and he ended up playing in only three league games during the 1960–61 La Liga season, scoring one goal as Real Madrid was crowned champions.^[2] His only goal was the third goal against Real Zaragoza in a 5–1 home win in 9th round. He was also a part of the Real Madrid teams that won the 1960 Intercontinental Cup and the 1962–63 La Liga, but did receive any playing time.^[4] Simonsson is the only Swede ever to have represented Real Madrid.^[5]

Return to Örgryte IS

In 1963, Simonsson returned to Sweden and Örgryte IS to form a feared striker partnership together with Rune Börjesson.^[2] Simonsson is Örgryte IS' best ever goal scorer in league play with a total of 206 goals.^[6]

Early career

Simonsson made his only appearance for the Sweden U21 team on 22 September 1957 in a friendly game against Finland, scoring a hat-trick in a 7–0 win.^[7] He made his full international debut for Sweden a month later on 13 October 1957 in a 1956–59 Nordic Football Championship game against Norway, scoring two goals as Sweden won 5–2.^[8]

1958 FIFA World Cup

Simonsson scored four goals as Sweden reached the final of the 1958 FIFA World Cup on home soil, including a goal in the final as Sweden lost 2–5 to Brazil.^[9]

Later career

He was awarded the 1959 Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal as well as the 1959 Guldbollen after his performance against England on 28 October 1959 when Sweden beat the English 3–2 at Wembley Stadium and Simonsson scored two goals and made one assist.^[10] This was only the second time in history that a team beat England at Wembley.^[11]

He won his 51st and final cap in a 2–0 win against Finland on 10 August 1967 in the 1964–67 Nordic Football Championship.^[12] He scored a total of 27 international goals.^[12]

International

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

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List of international goals scored by Agne Simonsson^[12]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	13 October 1957	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	Norway	1–0	5–2	1956–59 Nordic Football Championship	[15]
2				3–0
3	7 May 1958	Olympia, Helsingborg, Sweden	Switzerland	2–1	3–2	Friendly	[16]
4				3–2
5	8 June 1958	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	Mexico	1–0	3–0	1958 FIFA World Cup	[17]
6				3–0
7	19 June 1958	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	Soviet Union	2–0	3–0	1958 FIFA World Cup	[18]
8	29 June 1958	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	Brazil	2–4	2–5	1958 FIFA World Cup	[19]
9	20 August 1958	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Finland	7–1	7–1	1956–59 Nordic Football Championship	[20]
10	14 September 1958	Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo, Norway	Norway	2–0	2–0	1956–59 Nordic Football Championship	[21]
11	21 May 1958	Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden	Portugal	1–0	2–0	Friendly	[22]
12	21 June 1959	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark	Denmark	2–0	6–0	1956–59 Nordic Football Championship	[23]
13	2 August 1959	Malmö Stadium, Malmö, Sweden	Finland	3–1	3–1	1956–59 Nordic Football Championship	[24]
14	18 August 1959	Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden	Norway	3–0	6–2	1956–59 Nordic Football Championship	[25]
15	28 October 1959	Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom	England	1–1	3–2	Friendly	[26]
16				2–1
17	18 May 1960	Malmö Stadium, Malmö, Sweden	Republic of Ireland	2–0	4–1	Friendly	[27]
18				3–0
19	22 June 1960	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Finland	3–0	3–0	1960–63 Nordic Football Championship	[28]
20	28 May 1961	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	Switzerland	3–0	4–0	1962 FIFA World Cup qualifier	[29]
21	29 October 1961	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern, Switzerland	Switzerland	1–0	2–3	1962 FIFA World Cup qualifier	[30]
22	3 November 1963	Råsunda Stadium, Solna Sweden	Germany	1–0	2–1	Friendly	[31]
23	29 April 1964	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Netherlands	1–0	1–0	Friendly	[32]
24	5 May 1965	Nya Parken, Norrköping, Sweden	Cyprus	1–0	3–0	1966 FIFA World Cup qualifier	[33]
25				3–0
26	22 August 1965	Skogsvallen, Luleå, Sweden	Finland	2–2	2–2	1964–67 Nordic Football Championship	[34]
27	6 November 1966	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	Denmark	1–1	2–1	1964–67 Nordic Football Championship	[35]

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Player

Örgryte IS

• Division 2 Västra Götaland: 1957–58

Manager

BK Häcken

• Division 3 Nordvästra Götaland: 1977^[13][36]

Örgryte IS

• Swedish Champion: 1985