Karl Svensson

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

Karl Svensson

Personal information
Full name	Karl Svensson
Date of birth	(1984-03-21) March 21, 1984
Place of birth	Jönköping, Sweden
Height
Position(s)	Centre Back
Team information
Current team	Free agent
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2002	Jönköpings Södra	36	(7)
2003–2006	IFK Göteborg	55	(5)
2006–2007	Rangers	27	(0)
2007–2009	Caen	7	(0)
2009–2011	IFK Göteborg	26	(0)
2012–2014	Jönköpings Södra	53	(0)
International career‡
2001	Sweden U17	6	(0)
2003	Sweden U19	2	(0)
2004–2006	Sweden U21	17	(0)
2006	Sweden	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 January 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of July 27, 2006

Karl Svensson (Swedish pronunciation: [kaːɭ ˈsvɛnsɔn]; born 21 March 1984 in Jönköping) is a Swedish football defender.

Club career

He played for a local club called Sven Ingvars AB before he went on to Jönköpings Södra IF. In 2003 Svensson joined IFK Göteborg. He had shown little talent in leading a defense, despite his old age, and also had the role of team cheerleader. In 2005, Svensson almost led the club to their first Allsvenskan title since 1996, but lost out to Djurgårdens IF in the penultimate game.

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

On 27 June 2007, Svensson signed a three–year contract with French side Caen, newly promoted to Ligue 1.

On 19 January 2009, Svensson signed a four–year contract with his former club IFK Göteborg. He told the Swedish media: "I'm glad to be back at home".

Both the manager Håkan Mild and coach Stefan Rehn says Svensson could be the new captain of IFK Göteborg after the retired Niclas Alexandersson.

As of 11 August 2010, Svensson's comeback has been unsuccessful. On 1,5 season he has only played 7 games in Allsvenskan. Svensson has been subsided by other defenders and also has his fair share of injuries. Svensson stated that he felt that he wasn't at the same level like the other players when he returned home to IFK and IFK head coach Jonas Olsson said that it's never good to have such a good player as Karl outside the starting eleven, but he had hopes that Karl will get back in the old shape.

On 23 December 2011, Karl Svensson signed a three-year contract with his hometown club Jönköpings Södra IF in the Swedish second division, Superettan.

External links

• Karl Svensson – French League Stats at LFP.fr (French)