Karl Svensson ( Swede. Karl Svensson ; March 21, 1984, Jönköping , Sweden ) - Swedish footballer, defender.
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| Born | March 21 1984 (age 35) Jonkoping , Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 190 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | defender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club career
A pupil of the school "Egnachems BC." He began his professional career at the Jonkoping Sedra club.
In 2003 he moved to Gothenburg , where, despite his young age, he showed a confident game in defense, became one of the leaders of the club and wore a captain's armband in several matches. As part of Gothenburg, Svensson became the silver medalist of the 2005 Swedish Championship.
In May 2006, for 600 thousand euros, Svensson moved to the Rangers , as part of the Rangers he played in the UEFA Cup . [1] He did not gain a foothold in the Scottish club and a year later was sold to Caen , the debutant team of the French League 1 . In Kan, he did not become the main player; in the 2008/09 season he spent 5 matches for the club’s reserve team in the amateur league [2] . In January 2009 he returned to Gothenburg. In the 2009 season, he didn’t make it to the main staff of Gothenburg and only went on to replace [1] .
Team Career
Carl Svensson played for the junior (U-17) and youth (U-21) national teams of Sweden. He played his first match for the national team on January 18, 2006 against Saudi Arabia . He was part of the national team at the 2006 World Cup , but did not enter the field (he was the youngest of the Swedish footballers announced for this tournament).
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Links
- Profile on j-sodra.se (Swedish)
- Statistics on the website svenskfotboll.se (Swedish.)
- Player profile on Transfermarkt