Name: Kurt Axelsson



Country: Sweden
Club: Club Brugge K.V.
Position: *CWP, CB
Side: RF/BS
Age: 26-30 years (10/11/1941)

Height: 178 cm
Weight: 74 kg

Attack: 62
Defence: 86
Balance: 85
Stamina: 82
Top Speed: 78
Acceleration: 76
Response: 85
Agility: 76
Dribble Accuracy: 74
Dribble Speed: 75
Short Pass Accuracy: 76
Short Pass Speed: 78
Long Pass Accuracy: 74
Long Pass Speed: 77
Shot Accuracy: 64
Shot Power: 81
Shot Technique: 66
Free Kick Accuracy: 63
Curling: 65
Header: 85
Jump: 84
Technique: 75
Aggression: 61
Mentality: 83
Keeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 80

Injury Tolerance: B
Condition/Fitness: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 6
Weak Foot Frequency: 7
Growth Type: Standard


CARDS:
S07: Man Marking
S09: Covering

SPECIAL ABILITIES: Marking - Covering

Attack / Defence Awareness Card: Defence Minded


INFO:

Kurt Axelsson is former Swedish defender. He was good player but unlucky both in football and private life, first he broke his leg which practically ended his career than problems in private life began and at the end he was killed tragically in car accident. Kurt was good defender with strong positional play, he was also good tackler and had decent ball control, elegant but also strong and with good working habits. Axelsson was capped 30 times for the Swedesh national team and was a member of the team in the 1970 FIFA World Cup. Kurt Axelsson was born 1941st Growing up on Raven Hill at the foot of Rännberg. He showed great talent in skiing and football. As a youth and junior, he was in Värmland Elite of skiing in the class with Ake Wing Forest, Willy Johansson and Björn Henriksson. Early on he joined Rännbergs IKs A team that belonged div VI at the time. 1959 started Rännbergs NS a youth academy and thus also became the horizons of Rännbergsfotbollen on. The first edition of Rännbergs junior team consisted of three very successful player. In addition to Kurt so there was Yngve Johansson who later became regular in IFK Sunne div II teams, and so John Eriksson, who became CIC faithful but had many offers from big clubs. The juniors won their series, but lost the semi-finals of the junior-DM against Deje NS with for example Ulf Sterner. After playing time junior well as Kurt Yngve in IFK Sunne. Kurt soon came back to Rännberg because he never settled down in Sunne. Later I IK Sleipner from Norrköping and then GAIS in Gothenburg. It was at GAIS he, after some self-doubt accepted to play libero. The success of GAIS was the coach Orvar Bergmark to pay attention to Kurt. The debut year for the national team, he was face to face with himself, Pele when Sweden faced Brazil. Greatest success in the game had the elegant Kurt With his solid play, he became stuck in the national team in 30 internationals to come. These include the World Cup in Mexico 1970. Very close to Kurt platsat in the World Team, it was the common assessment of the Swedish sports journalists on the spot about his appearance in the Championship. Of course Kurt was a professional soccer player and is very successful in Belgian FC Bruges, where he became Belgian cupmästare well in 1968 as 1970th During his six years, he became "King Bruges." After the discovery of a heart condition, he continued as football coach of AC outside Ostend Bruges during the years 1973 - 1976. Plyometrics phenomenon Kurt did during his 30 internationals also make its mark on the national team. Kurt Axelsson died 1984 in a car accident.