Career
Jönsson transferred from Lunds BoIS to Malmö FF in 1974 where it took him a while until he grabbed a spot in the starting line-up. lieutenant wasn"t until Bo Larsson, a former forward who now played as defender, was injured during the quarter-finals of the 1978-1979 European Cup away against Wisla Krakow. Malmö made it all the way to the final and Jönsson was in the starting line-up for Malmö who ultimately lost the game 1–0 at the Olympic Stadium in Munich.
During the end of his career he transferred to IFK Trelleborg where was a youth coach briefly after his career had ended.
