Karl Svensson

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Personal information
Karl Svensson
Full name	Karl Svensson
Date of birth	March 21, 1984 (1984-03-21) (age 24)
Place of birth	Jönköping, Sweden
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Centre Back
Club information
Current club	Caen
Number	3
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000-2002 2003-2006 2006-2007 2007-present	Jönköpings Södra IF IFK Göteborg Rangers SM Caen	036 00(7) 054 00(5) 021 00(0) 003 00(0)
National team²
2004-2006 2006-Present	Sweden U21 Sweden	017 00(0) 003 00(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 2, 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of July 27, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

This article is about the Swedish football defender. For the Swedish goalkeeper, see Kalle Svensson. For the neo-nazi murderer, see Hampus Hellekant.

Karl Svensson [IPA: kaː(r)l 'svɛnsɔn] (born 21 March 1984 in Jönköping) is a Swedish football defender currently playing for Ligue 1 club Caen.

After playing for a local club and Jönköpings Södra IF, he joined IFK Göteborg in 2003. He had shown much talent in leading a defense, despite his young age, and he has also had the role of team captain. In 2005 he almost led the club to their first Allsvenskan title since 1996 but lost out to Djurgårdens IF in the penultimate game.

He signed on to Rangers on 26 May 2006 for an undisclosed fee on a 3 year contract. The fee was reported to have been in the region of £600,000. He made his Rangers debut in the first Scottish Premier League of that season, a 2-1 victory away to Motherwell.

On 27 June 2007 he signed a three year contract with French side Caen, newly promoted to Ligue 1.^[1]

[edit] References

^ "Svensson joins Caen from Rangers", BBC Sport website, June 27, 2007.

[edit] External links

(French) Karl Svensson French league stats at lfp.fr

v • d • e

SM Caen – current squad

1 Costil • 2 Seube • 3 Svensson • 4 Thiam • 5 Mazure • 7 Deroin • 8 Raineau • 9 Samson • 10 Gouffran • 12 Proment • 13 Boucansaud • 14 Toudic • 15 Zubar • 16 Planté • 17 Nivet • 18 Quellier • 19 Sorbon • 20 Lemaître • 21 Jemâa • 22 Hengbart • 23 Traoré • 24 Leca • 25 Compan • 26 N'Diaye • 27 Florentin • 28 Eluchans • 29 Gomis • 30 Thébaux • Manager: Parizon and Dumas

v • d • e Sweden squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 Isaksson • 2 Nilsson • 3 Mellberg • 4 Lučić • 5 Edman • 6 Linderoth • 7 Alexandersson • 8 A. Svensson • 9 Ljungberg • 10 Ibrahimović • 11 Larsson • 12 Alvbåge • 13 Hansson • 14 Stenman • 15 K. Svensson • 16 Källström • 17 Elmander • 18 Jonson • 19 Andersson • 20 Allbäck • 21 Wilhelmsson • 22 Rosenberg • 23 Shaaban • Coach: Lagerbäck