Michael Svensson

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Michael Svensson
Personal information
Full name Michael Svensson
Date of birth November 25, 1975 (age 31)
Place of birth    Värnamo , Sweden
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Nickname Killer
Playing position Centre Back
Club information
Current club Southampton
Number 11
Youth clubs
1993-1995 Skillingaryds IS
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1995-1998
1998-2001
2001-2002
2002-		 IFK Värnamo
Halmstads BK
Troyes
Southampton
78 (5)
23 (1)
67 (4)   
National team
1999- Sweden 25 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 06:08, 21 December 2006 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Michael Svensson (born 25 November 1975) is a Swedish professional football player who currently plays as a central defender for Southampton, and played in the F.A. Cup final in 2003, losing 1-0 to Arsenal.

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[edit] Early career

Svensson started his career in his home country, playing for various Swedish clubs including IFK Värnamo and Halmstads BK. He began to be noticed by bigger clubs when Halmstads BK won the Swedish championship in 2000.

He was transferred to Troyes in 2001 and then moved to Southampton in 2002.

[edit] Southampton

Svensson arrived at Southampton just after being a member of Sweden's squad at the 2002 World Cup. He immediately struck up a rapport with Claus Lundekvam at the centre of the Saints' defence. He is a tough tackling, no nonsense centre-half but likes to play the ball out of defence and get forward to help out in attack.

Svensson holds the honour of scoring the last ever competitive goal at Maine Road on 11 May 2003, won by Southampton 1-0.

Despite relegation from the Premiership in 2005, Svensson still plays for Southampton in the Football League Championship.

Due to a serious knee injury he has not been a regular in the Southampton line up for around 2 years. Killer as he is nicknamed by the fans, failed to return to full fitness in time for the start of the 2006-07 championship season due to a kick in the knee during an Aldershot reserves game in the 2006 pre-season. Since then, he has flown to Germany to continue treatment with FC Bayern Munich doctor Hans Muller-Wolfhart[1].

[edit] International career

He made his debut in the Swedish national team on August 17 1999 against Austria. He was a member of the Swedish squad for the 2002 World Cup, where he was not played. He has 25 caps for his country.

[edit] Honours

Halmstads BK

Southampton

[edit] References

  1. ^ Killer question. saintsfc.co.uk. Retrieved on December 21, 2006.

[edit] External links


Flag of Sweden Sweden squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Flag of Sweden

1 Hedman | 2 Mellberg | 3 P. Andersson | 4 Mjällby | 5 Michael Svensson | 6 Linderoth | 7 Alexandersson | 8 A. Svensson | 9 Ljungberg | 10 Allbäck | 11 Larsson | 12 Kihlstedt | 13 Antonelius | 14 Edman | 15 Jakobsson | 16 Lučić | 17 Magnus Svensson | 18 Jonson | 19 Farnerud | 20 D. Andersson | 21 Ibrahimović | 22 A. Andersson | 23 Isaksson | Coach: Lagerbäck / Söderberg
Southampton F.C. - Current Squad

1 Davis | 2 Östlund | 3 Pelé | 4 Saganowski | 5 Lundekvam | 6 Powell | 7 Skácel | 8 Wright-Phillips | 9 Rasiak | 10 Wright | 11 Svensson | 12 Lička | 15 Jones | 17 Belmadi | 18 Dyer | 19 Makin | 21 Baird | 22 Bale | 23 Viáfara | 24 Guthrie | 25 Poke | 26 Miller | 27 Best | 28 Białkowski | 29 Surman | 34 James | 41 Lallana | Manager: Burley
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