Daniel Larsson (footballer)

Daniel Alexander Larsson (born 25 January 1987) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a winger. Beginning his career with BK Häcken in 2002, he went on to play professionally in Spain, Denmark, Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus before retiring with Akropolis IF in 2021. A full international between 2010 and 2011, he won five caps for the Sweden national team.

Daniel Larsson
Larsson playing for Malmö FF in 2010
Personal information
Full name Daniel Alexander Larsson
Date of birth (1987-01-25) 25 January 1987
Place of birth Gothenburg, Sweden
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1992–1994 IFK Göteborg
1994–2002 IK Zenith
2002–2004 BK Häcken
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2008 BK Häcken 73 (17)
2009–2012 Malmö FF 113 (31)
2013–2014 Valladolid 46 (3)
2014–2015 Granada 1 (0)
2015 → Esbjerg (loan) 14 (2)
2015–2016 Gaziantepspor 46 (4)
2017–2019 Akhisar Belediyespor 39 (3)
2019–2020 Aris 39 (6)
2020–2021 Apollon Limassol 4 (1)
2021 Akropolis IF 14 (2)
Total 389 (69)
International career
2002–2004 Sweden U17 23 (11)
2005–2006 Sweden U19 8 (2)
2010–2011 Sweden 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

BK Häcken

Larsson started his professional career in 2002 with BK Häcken in the Superettan, the second tier of professional football in Sweden. His twelve goals during his final season with Häcken helped the club win promotion to the Allsvenskan. In 2009, he left Häcken for Malmö FF.

Malmö

He scored his first goal for Malmö FF on 19 April 2009 in the second home game of the season against Trelleborgs FF. For the 2009 season he was the club's top scorer with 11 goals, finishing third in the league overall. Larsson formed a partnership in attack with Edward Ofere, who himself scored 10 goals, many of them assisted by Larsson. During 2010 Allsvenskan, Larsson became one of the most important players in Malmö FF's title-winning squad. He once again scored 10 goals, and assisted on 10 as well, which was the highest number of assists in the league that year. Many credit Larsson with improving his game in terms of vision, teamwork, passing skill and pace, all of which were considered his key assets.[1]

Larsson scored the only goal in the first leg of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round for Malmö to win the game 1–0 against Rangers at Ibrox Stadium. He finished as Malmö FF's top scorer for the 2011 season with 6 goals and 9 assists. During the 2012 season Larsson managed only 4 goals in 30 matches, his lowest tally for Malmö. On 7 November 2012 it was announced that Larsson would go on a free transfer to Spanish club Real Valladolid when his contract with Malmö FF ended on 1 January 2013.[2]

Real Valladolid

On 7 November 2012, Malmö FF confirmed that Larsson would transfer to Real Valladolid on 1 January 2013.[2] On 25 October 2013 he scored his first goal for the club in a 3-0 away victory against Rayo Vallecano.

Granada

In June 2014 it was confirmed that Larsson would transfer to Granada CF on a three-year contract.[3] He signed on for about €525,000 per season on 10 June 2014.

On 30 January 2015, after appearing in only one match with the Andalusians, Larsson was loaned to Esbjerg until June.[4]

Gaziantepspor

On 7 August 2015, Larsson was transferred to Turkish Süper Lig club Gaziantepspor.[5] He went on to score 4 goals in 46 appearances for the club before ending his contract by mutual agreement on 20 December 2016.[6]

Akhisar Belediyespor

After ending his contract with Gaziantepspor early, Larsson completed a move to fellow Süper Lig side Akhisar Belediyespor. He signed a 2+1⁄2-year contract on 22 December 2016.[7] On 10 May 2018, Hasan Ali helped Akhisar Belediyespor win their first professional trophy, the 2017–18 Turkish Cup.[8]

Aris

On 24 January 2019, following his release from Akhisar Belediyespor, he signed a 1+1⁄2-year contract with Aris.[9] His first goal came after 4 appearances in an emphatic 3-0 away win against Asteras Tripolis, on 11 February 2019.[10] On 3 March 2019, Larsson scored in a 2-0 home win against title holders AEK Athens.[11]

On 24 November 2019, he scored against AEK Athens, opening the score in an eventual 1-1 away draw.[12] This was his first goal after 265 days.[13] He then scored an equalizer at home against Lamia on 1 December 2019[14] and on 4 January 2020, he scored in a massive 4-2 home win against PAOK, at the Derby of Thessaloniki.[15] On 13 February 2020, Swedish midfielder Daniel Larsson found himself in a great position after escaping the attention of the Atromitos defence, and he subsequently calmly slotted the ball beyond Balazs Megyeri, sealing a vital 1-0 Greek Cup away win against Atromitos, helping his club qualify for the semi-finals.[16] On 22 February 2020, he scored in a 2-2 away draw against Lamia.[17]

International career

Larsson made his debut for Sweden against Oman as a part of Sweden's winter tour on 20 January 2010.[18] On 17 May 2010 he was once again included in the national squad.[19]

Personal life

Larsson's younger brother is Dalian Professional player Sam Larsson.

Career statistics
As of 4 March 2020[20]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Häcken 2004Superettan20——20
2005Allsvenskan50——50
2006 Allsvenskan172——172
2007Superettan2133250295
2008 Superettan281210—2912
Total 73 17 4 2 5 0 82 19
Malmö 2009Allsvenskan271100—2711
2010 Allsvenskan291010—3010
2011 Allsvenskan27632122429
2012 Allsvenskan30410—314
Total 113 31 5 2 12 2 130 35
Real Valladolid 2012–13La Liga18000—180
2013–14 La Liga28320—303
Total 46 3 2 0 0 0 48 3
Granada CF (loan) 2014–15 La Liga1030—40
Esbjerg fB 2014–15Danish Superliga14230—172
Gaziantepspor 2015–16Süper Lig31451—365
2016–17 Süper Lig15010—160
Total 46 4 6 1 0 0 52 5
Akhisar Belediyespor 2016–17 Süper Lig9110—101
2017–18 Süper Lig27230—302
2018–19 Süper Lig3031—61
Total 39 3 7 1 0 0 46 4
Aris 2018–19Superleague Greece13200—132
2019–20 Superleague Greece2545140345
Total 38 6 5 1 4 0 47 7
Career total 3686635721242475

Honours

Malmö FF

Akhisarspor

References
  1. "Allsvensk statistik — svenskfotboll.se". svenskfotboll.se.
  2. "Hasta la vista, Larsson!" (in Swedish). mff.se. 7 November 2012. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  3. "Daniel Larsson nuevo fichaje rojiblanco" (in Spanish). granadacf.es. 10 June 2014. Archived from the original on 12 June 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  4. "Larsson cedido hasta final de temporada" [Larsson loaned until the end of the season] (in Spanish). Granada's official website. 30 January 2015. Archived from the original on 31 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  5. "Larsson traspasado al Gaziantepspor" [Larsson transferred to Gaziantepspor] (in Spanish). Granada's official website. 7 August 2015. Archived from the original on 9 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  6. "Daniel Larssonun Sözleşmesi Feshedildi" [Daniel Larsson's Contract Terminated] (in Turkish). Gaziantepspor's official website. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  7. "Daniel Larsson ile Sözleşme imzalandı" [Signed Contract with Daniel Larsson] (in Turkish). Akhisar Belediyespor's official website. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  8. "Kupa tarihinin 15. şampiyonu oldu!".
  9. Η ΠΑΕ Άρης ανακοίνωσε την απόκτηση του Λάρσον (in Greek). Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  10. "Αστέρας - Άρης 0-3: Κίτρινη "καταιγίδα" στην Τριπόλη". www.sport24.gr. 11 February 2019.
  11. "Άρης - ΑΕΚ 2-0: "Καμικάζι" οι γηπεδούχοι, "πάτησαν" τον Δικέφαλο". www.sport24.gr. 3 March 2019.
  12. "ΑΕΚ - Άρης 1-1: Ισοπαλία με VAR και γιούχα". www.sport24.gr. 24 November 2019.
  13. "Οι 265 ημέρες του Ντάνι Λάρσον" (in Greek). Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  14. "Άρης - Λαμία 1-1: Αήττητος και άστοχος". www.sport24.gr. 1 December 2019.
  15. "Άρης - ΠΑΟΚ 4-2: Του έσπασε το αήττητο με τεσσάρα". www.sport24.gr. 4 January 2020.
  16. "Ατρόμητος - Άρης 0-1: Στα ημιτελικά δέκα χρόνια μετά". www.sport24.gr. 13 February 2020.
  17. "Λαμία - Άρης 2-2: Άγγιξε ανατροπή και playoffs". www.sport24.gr. 22 February 2020.
  18. "Sju debutanter mot Oman". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  19. "Daniel Larsson uttagen till landslaget". sydsvenskan.se. Archived from the original on 20 May 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  20. "Daniel Larsson". Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Daniel Larsson (footballer).
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.