Pontus Jansson
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pontus Sven Gustav Jansson | ||
| Date of birth | 13 February 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Arlöv, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Malmö FF | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2006 | Arlövs BI | ||
| 2006–2009 | Malmö FF | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2009– | Malmö FF | 89 | (5) |
| 2009 | → IFK Malmö (loan) | 8 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007–2008 | Sweden U17 | 13 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Sweden U19 | 9 | (3) |
| 2011–2012 | Sweden U21 | 15 | (1) |
| 2012– | Sweden | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 November 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Pontus Sven Gustav Jansson (born 13 February 1991 in Arlöv) is a Swedish footballer. He is currently playing for Malmö FF in Allsvenskan.
Career
Club career
Malmö FF
Jansson started his career at local club Arlövs BI. In 2006 at age 15 he transferred to Malmö FF. He played in youth teams until he made his first team debut in 2009. Jansson played in a variety of positions in the early stages of his career until deciding on centre back in the start of the 2010 season. He had made his first team debut as forward the year before. When teammate Jasmin Sudić was long term injured in the beginning of the year the manager decided that Jansson would take Sudić's place in the starting eleven. Jansson played in 18 games in the 2010 league winning season for Malmö. He missed the latter part of the season due to injury problems.
Starting out the 2011 season on the bench, Jansson gained new manager Rikard Norling's trust and once again took a spot in the starting eleven. Jansson finished the season with 15 played league matches and nine matches in Europe. Many considered Jansson to be the club's best player of 2011 even though he only played for half of the season. Jansson was also mentioned as a potential candidate for becoming the club's new captain as Daniel Andersson announced that he would step down during the 2012 season. The 2012 season was Jansson's big breakthrough season as he played all 30 league matches for Malmö FF, playing the first part of the season with Daniel Andersson and the latter part with newcomer Filip Helander by his side in the defensive line.
Jansson continued to be one of the club's most important players during the league title winning 2013 season where he played 24 matches and scored one goal. The goal was an important equalizer against title contender IFK Göteborg in the home fixture on 25 August 2013, Malmö FF went on to win the match 3–1. He was nominated as defender of the year for the 2013 Allsvenskan for his overall performance during the season. Jansson also played all of Malmö FF's matches in the qualification stage for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.
International career
Sweden U21
Jansson made his debut for the Sweden U21 national team in a friendly game against Portugal on 9 February 2011. On 2 June 2011 he captained the team in a match against Norway where he also scored the first goal in a 4–1 win for Sweden U21.[1]
Sweden
Jansson was selected for the annual training camp for the Sweden national team in January 2012. The squad selection for the camp traditionally feature the best Swedish players in domestic and other Scandinavian leagues.[2] He made his senior debut for Sweden in the training match against Bahrain on 18 January 2012.[3] He was selected for the friendly against England on the 14th of November where he was used as a substitute, and was then again selected for the winter tour in 2013.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 3 November 2013.[4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Malmö FF | 2009 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| IFK Malmö | 2009 | 8 | 4 | — | — | 8 | 4 | ||
| Total | 8 | 4 | — | — | 8 | 4 | |||
| Malmö FF | 2010 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 28 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 30 | 1 | ||
| 2013 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 89 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 113 | 6 | |
| Career total | 97 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 121 | 10 | |
International
- As of 21 January 2014.[4]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 2012 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 0 | |
Honours
Club
- Malmö FF
Footnotes
- ↑ "Matchinformation: Norge - Sverige" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
- ↑ "Landslaget blir himmelsblågult: "Vi är stolta"" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ↑ "Herr: 2-0 mot Bahrain i Doha" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Pontus Jansson". soccerway.com (in Swedish). Soccerway. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
External links
- Malmö FF profile (Swedish)
- SvFF profile (Swedish)
- Pontus Jansson profile at Soccerway
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