In Malmö FF he played with legends such as Bo Larsson and Krister Kristensson.
After realising that he would not make it to the first team he accepted an offer to start a table tennis section at the club in 1975.
[4] He announced his decision to not seek re-election as chairman another year and thus his resignation on 14 January 2010.
[7] The club won one Swedish championship during Madsen's time as chairman; this happened in 2004.
Outside Malmö FF, Madsen has had a successful business career until his retirement in later years.