Name:
Jonas Magnus Thern
Country:
Sweden
Club: SL Benfica - SSC Napoli
Position: *
CMF,
DMF,
AMF Side: RF/BS
Age: 22-27 years (20/03/1967)
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 84 kg
Attack:
76Defence:
75Balance:
84Stamina:
86Top Speed:
79Acceleration:
77Response:
83Agility:
76Dribble Accuracy:
83Dribble Speed:
75Short Pass Accuracy:
85Short Pass Speed:
81Long Pass Accuracy:
81Long Pass Speed:
79Shot Accuracy:
76Shot Power:
87Shot Technique:
79Free Kick Accuracy:
75Curling:
76Header:
77Jump:
79Technique:
83Aggression:
72Mentality:
86Keeper Skills:
50Team Work:
83Injury Tolerance:
BCondition:
6Weak Foot Accuracy:
6Weak Foot Frequency:
6Consistency:
6Growth Type:
StandardCARDS:P10: Box to Box
P13: Long Ranger
S02: Passer
S05: 1-touch Play
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Middle Shooting - Centre - Passing - 1 touch Pass
Attack / Defence Awareness Card: Balanced
INFOJonas Magnus Thern (born 20 March 1967) is a Swedish former professional player who played as a midfielder. An extremely talented player with a rare footballing intelligence and a healthy temperament. Thern, a valuable team player, has mature technical qualities and a hard shot. He is a very committed footballer, around whom everything in the game revolves. Thern combines technical ability and creativity with fighting spirit and tireless commitment. Thern sometimes played too hard, strong and tenacious midfielder. He wasn't fast, instead he has shown good passing range, especially great ground passes. Starting off his career with Malmö FF in 1985, he went on to represent FC Zürich, Benfica, Napoli, Roma, and Rangers before retiring in 1999. A full international between 1987 and 1997, he won 75 caps for the Sweden national team and captained the Sweden side that finished third at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He also represented his country at the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1990 FIFA World Cup, as well as UEFA Euro 1992. He was the recipient of the 1989 Guldbollen as Sweden's best footballer of the year. After he retired as a player he became head coach for IFK Värnamo between 2000 and 2001 and Halmstads BK 2001–2003. In 2021, he led IFK Värnamo to promotion to Allsvenskan for the first time ever in the club's history.
