Mats Dan Erling Corneliusson (born 2 October 1961) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He represented IFK Göteborg, VfB Stuttgart, Como, FC Wettingen, Malmö FF, Qviding FF, and Karlstad BK during a career that spanned between 1978 and 1995. A full international between 1982 and 1990, he won 22 caps and scored 12 goals for the Sweden national team.

Club career

Corneliusson is best remembered for his time with IFK Göteborg with which he won the UEFA Cup and was the 1982 Allsvenskan top scorer.

International career

A full international between 1982 and 1990, Corneliusson won 22 caps and scored 12 goals for the Sweden national team.

!National team

!Year

!Apps

!Goals

|-

| rowspan="9" |Sweden

|1982

|3

|1

|-

|1983

|8

|6

|-

|1984

|3

|1

|-

|1985

|3

|3

|-

|1986

|2

|0

|-

|1987

|1

|0

|-

|1988

|0

|0

|-

|1989

|0

|0

|-

|1990

|2

|1

|-

! colspan="2" |Total

!22

!12

|}

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

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|+List of international goals scored by Dan Corneliusson

! scope="col" |No.

! scope="col" |Date

! scope="col" |Venue

! scope="col" |Opponent

! scope="col" |Score

! scope="col" |Result

! scope="col" |Competition

! class="unsortable" scope="col" |

|-

| align="center" |1

|13 November 1982

|Makarios Athletic Center, Nicosia, Cyprus

|

| align="center" |1–0

| align="center" |1–0

|UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying

|

|-

| align="center" |2

| rowspan="2" |27 April 1983

| rowspan="2" |Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands

| rowspan="2" |

| align="center" |1–0

| rowspan="2" align="center" |3–0

| rowspan="2" |Friendly

| rowspan="2" |

|-

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |3–0

|-

| align="center" |4

|15 May 1983

|Malmö Stadium, Malmö, Sweden

|

| align="center" |2–0

| align="center" |5–0

|UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying

|

|-

| align="center" |5

| rowspan="2" |22 June 1983

| rowspan="2" |Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden

| rowspan="2" |

| align="center" |1–1

| rowspan="2" align="center" |3–3

| rowspan="2" |Friendly

| rowspan="2" |

|-

| align="center" |6

| align="center" |2–1

|-

| align="center" |7

|21 September 1983

|Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden

|

| align="center" |1–0

| align="center" |1–0

|UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying

|

|-

| align="center" |8

|23 May 1984

|Norrköpings Idrottspark, Norrköping, Sweden

|

| align="center" |2–0

| align="center" |4–0

|1986 FIFA World Cup qualifying

|

|-

| align="center" |9

|11 September 1985

|Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark

|

| align="center" |2–0

| align="center" |3–0

|Friendly

|

|-

| align="center" |10

|25 September 1985

|Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden

|

| align="center" |1–2

| align="center" |2–2

|1986 FIFA World Cup qualifying

|

|-

| align="center"|11

|16 October 1985

|Stadion Evžena Rošického, Prague, Czechoslovakia

|

| align="center"|1–0

| align="center"|1–2

|1986 FIFA World Cup qualifying

|

|-

| align="center"|12

|26 September 1990

|Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden

|

| align="center"|1–0

| align="center"|2–0

|Friendly

|

|}

Honours

;IFK Göteborg

  • UEFA Cup: 1981–82
  • Swedish Champion: 1982, 1983
  • Svenska Cupen: 1978–79, 1981–82, 1982–83

;VfB Stuttgart