Peter Larsson (footballer born 1984)

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Personal information
Peter Larsson
Full name	Peter Larsson
Date of birth	April 30, 1984 (1984-04-30) (age 24)
Place of birth	Sweden
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Halmstads BK
Number	15
Youth clubs
1998 1999-2002	IF Centern Halmstads BK
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-	Halmstads BK	0076 (6)
National team
???? 2008-	Sweden U21 Sweden	002 (0) 002 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Peter Larsson (born 30 April 1984) is a Swedish professional footballer defender who is currently playing for Halmstads BK. Starting his football career in IF Centern, alongside Swedish tennis player Sofia Arvidsson, he then in 1999 moved to local rivals Halmstads BKs youth squad in wich he played until 2002, he played his league match against Hammarby IF, (1-1), in August 2004, started during 2006 to take over Lithuanian national player Tomas Žvirgždauskas position in the team, placing Žvirgždauskas more and more on the bench as a substitute.

He earned his first caps for the Sweden national football team in January 2008 when he played against Costa Rica and the United States. As of the game against Costa Rica he became the 1000'th player that have played for the national team while playing for Halmstads BK. In 2007 when Brazil was in Sweden for a game against Chile and Ghana, Peter was one of four Swedish league players that where allowed to do one training pass with the Brazilian squad, the other players where Samuel Holmén, Johan Karlsson and Ari Da Silva.