:Roger Magnusson

{{short description|Swedish former footballer (born 1945)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Roger Magnusson

| image = Roger Magnusson 1971.jpg

| caption = Magnusson in 1971

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1945|3|20}}

| birth_place = Mönsterås, Sweden

| height = 1.81 m

| position = Right winger

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1961–1966

| clubs1 = Åtvidaberg

| caps1 = 97

| goals1 = 40

| years2 = 1966–1967

| clubs2 = 1. FC Köln

| caps2 = 20

| goals2 = 4

| years3 = 1967–1968

| clubs3 = Juventus

| caps3 = 6

| goals3 = 2

| years4 = 1968–1974

| clubs4 = Marseille

| caps4 = 157

| goals4 = 23

| years5 = 1974–1976

| clubs5 = Red Star

| caps5 = 26

| goals5 = 2

| years6 = 1976

| clubs6 = Helsingborgs IF

| caps6 = 6

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 1977

| clubs7 = Vilans BoIF

| caps7 = 16

| goals7 = 11

| years8 = 1979–1980

| clubs8 = Landskrona BoIS

| caps8 = 12

| goals8 = 3

| totalcaps = 340

| totalgoals = 86

| nationalyears1 = 1964–1969

| nationalteam1 = Sweden{{cite web|url=http://hem.passagen.se/fotbollslandslaget/statistiktest.htm |title=Sweden men's national football team stats |language=sv |publisher=passagen.se |access-date=26 May 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606000450/http://hem.passagen.se/fotbollslandslaget/statistiktest.htm |archive-date=6 June 2012 }}

| nationalcaps1 = 14

| nationalgoals1 = 3

}}

Roger Magnusson (born 20 March 1945) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a right winger. He is a brother of fellow footballer Benno Magnusson.

He played for the Sweden national team and for various clubs in Europe, including a short spell at Juventus FC. His most successful years were at Olympique de Marseille, where he formed a duo with striker Josip Skoblar winning the Ligue 1 in 1971 and 1972 and the Coupe de France in 1972. In the 1972 Coupe de France Final, he delivered two assists.

He was known for his dribbling ability and nicknamed le Garrincha suédois (The Swedish Garrincha) in Marseille.{{cite web | url = http://perso.orange.fr/paysfouesnant.ao/joueurs.html#magnusson | title = Joueurs de Légende :Roger Magnusson}}{{Dead link|date=May 2012}} But the arrival at the club of Salif Keita pushed him away from the pitch because French teams were compelled at the time to use only two foreign players, and Marseille's coaches used mainly Keita and Skoblar. However, he remains today one of the best players to have worn the l'OM jersey.

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