Emil Hansson

Emil Hansson (born 15 June 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Eredivisie club Heracles Almelo.[1][2] Born in Norway, he is a former youth international for both Norway and Sweden.

For the handball players, see Emil Hansson (handballer, born 1996) and Emil Hansson (handballer, born 1997).
Emil Hansson
Hansson with Feyenoord in 2019 during training
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-06-15) 15 June 1998
Place of birth Bergen, Norway
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
 Heracles Almelo
Number 29
Youth career
0000–2012 Brann
2013 Kalmar FF
2013–2014 Brann
2015–2017 Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Brann 3 9 (4)
2014–2015 Brann 2 29 (5)
2015 Brann 2 (0)
2017–2019 Feyenoord 3 (0)
2018–2019 → RKC Waalwijk (loan) 35 (12)
2019–2020 Hannover 96 14 (0)
2019 Hannover 96 II 1 (0)
2020 → RKC Waalwijk (loan) 7 (1)
2020–2022 Fortuna Sittard 43 (2)
2022– Heracles Almelo 49 (16)
International career
2013 Sweden U17 4 (0)
2014 Norway U16 10 (1)
2015 Norway U17 10 (1)
2016 Norway U18 9 (2)
2017 Norway U19 3 (0)
2019–2020 Sweden U21 10 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 June 2023

Hansson is the son of former Swedish footballer Patrik Hansson. The brother of Emil Hansson's grandfather is Tommy Svensson.

Club career

Brann

Hansson, son of a Norwegian mother,[3] and the former Swedish professional footballer Patrik Hansson, began playing football in his hometown Bergen for Brann before moving to the youth academy of Swedish Allsvenskan club Kalmar FF prior the 2013 season, where his father worked as assistant coach. After six months, he returned to Brann.

There, he was promoted to the first team for the 2015 season, where he made his first two senior appearances in April 2015, one in the cup and one in the league. In total he got two league appearances and four in the 2015 Norwegian Football Cup.[4]

Feyenoord

Hansson joined the youth academy of Dutch Eredivisie club Feyenoord in August 2015.[5] He initially played for the U21 team but made his debut in the Eredivisie on 12 March 2017 in a 5–2 home win over AZ, coming on as an 83rd-minute substitute for Steven Berghuis.[6] For the first team he made a total of two appearances during the 2016–17 season, while continuing as a part of the U21 side and reserves; the first team won the Dutch championship at the end of the season, after an 18-year title drought.[7] The following season, Hansson made 11 appearances for the reserves and two total appearances for the first team, in the KNVB Beker and in the league, respectively.[2] Feyenoord finished third in the Eredivisie that season and won the cup; the 100th edition of the tournament.[8]

In July 2018, Hansson moved to the second-tier Eerste Divisie on loan to RKC Waalwijk.[9] With twelve goals from Hansson in 35 league appearances, the club reached ninth place in the league table and qualified for the first round of the promotion and relegation play-offs. By scoring one goal in six appearances, Hansson contributed to helping RKC achieve promotion to the Eredivisie.[2][10] He returned to Feyenoord after his loan deal expired.

Hannover 96

In August 2019, Hansson moved to German 2. Bundesliga club Hannover 96 on a three-year contract.[11][12] The Swede made 14 2. Bundesliga appearances as well as one in the Regionalliga Nord for the reserve team before being loaned out to RKC Waalwijk once again for the second half of the season.[13] Hansson made seven league appearances for RKC, in which he scored one goal, before the season was cancelled after the 26th match-day due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At this point, RKC was bottom of the table, but was able to remain in the Eredivisie due to a suspension of relegations.[14]

Fortuna Sittard

At the beginning of June 2020, Hannover 96 announced that Hansson would not return to the team, but would move on a permanent deal to Eredivisie side Fortuna Sittard for the 2020–21 season.[15]

Heracles Almelo

On 29 January 2022, Hansson moved to another Eredivisie club Heracles Almelo on a 2.5-year contract.[16]

International career

Hansson gained four caps for the Sweden national under-17 team,[17] but later decided to play for Norway. As a result, he appeared in 10 matches each for Norway U16s and U17s, nine for the U18s and three for the U19s.[4]

In December 2018, Hansson finally decided on representing Sweden,[18] and on 22 March 2019, he appeared in a friendly against Russia in Marbella, Spain, for the first time for the Sweden national under-21 team.

Career statistics

Club
As of 1 July 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup European Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brann 2015 First Division 2040——60
Feyenoord 2016–17[19] Eredivisie 2000000020
2017–18[19] Eredivisie 1010000020
Total 3010000040
RKC Waalwijk (loan) 2018–19[19] Eerste Divisie 351230—614411
Hannover 96 2019–20[19] 2. Bundesliga 14000——140
Hannover 96 II 2019–20[19] Regionalliga Nord 10———10
RKC Waalwijk (loan) 2019–20[19] Eredivisie 7100——71
Fortuna Sittard 2020–21[19] Eredivisie 32220——342
2021–22[19] Eredivisie 11020——130
Total 432400000472
Heracles Almelo 2021–22[19] Eredivisie 13020—20170
Career total 11815140008114016

Honours

Feyenoord

Individual

References
  1. Emil Hansson at WorldFootball.net
  2. Emil Hansson at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  3. Aarts, Rob (18 August 2018). "Hansson laat zich meteen gelden bij RKC: 'Een lucky? Dat weet ik niet'" (in Dutch). Brabants Dagblad. Retrieved 23 September 2020. De eerste helft was halverwege toen Hansson - zoon van een Noorse moeder en een Zweedse vader - de bal op de punt van de zestien ineens voor zijn voeten kreeg.
  4. Emil Hansson at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  5. Wedervang, Mats (20 August 2015). "Brann selger stortalent til Feyenoord" (in Norwegian). TV 2. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  6. "Feyenoord vs. AZ - 12 March 2017". int.soccerway.com. Perform Group. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  7. "Nooit wachtte Feyenoord in eredivisie langer op landstitel". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 14 May 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  8. "2018: Feyenoord wint 100e TOTO KNVB bekerfinale" (in Dutch). KNVB. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  9. "Feyenoord verhuurt Emil Hansson aan RKC Waalwijk" (in Dutch). Feyenoord. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  10. "RKC promoveert na spektakelstuk in Deventer" (in Dutch). RTL Nieuws. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  11. "Emil Hansson maakt overstap naar Hannover 96" (in Dutch). Feyenoord. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  12. "Hannover 96: "Bringt die notwendige Coolness mit": Hansson kommt von Feyenoord zu 96" (in German). Hannover 96. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2020. Der siebte Neue ist da: Hannover 96 hat Emil Hansson verpflichtet. Der schwedische U21-Nationalspieler wechselt von Feyenoord Rotterdam aus der niederländischen Eredivisie an den Maschsee.
  13. "Hannover 96: Leihe bis Saisonende: Hansson kehrt zu Waalwijk zurück" (in German). Hannover 96. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020. Hannover 96 leiht Emil Hansson an seinen früheren Klub RKC Waalwijk aus. Der 21-jährige Schwede wird bis Ende der Saison für die Niederländer spielen und danach zu unseren Roten zurückkehren.
  14. Hack, Wilber (24 April 2020). "RKC blijft in de eredivisie: Wonder van Waalwijk krijgt nieuwe dimensie" (in Dutch). Brabants Dagblad. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  15. "Hannover 96: Hansson wechselt nach Sittard: "Sind Emils Wunsch nachgekommen"" (in German). Hannover 96. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  16. "HERACLES ALMELO NEEMT EMIL HANSSON OVER VAN FORTUNA SITTARD" (Press release) (in Dutch). Heracles Almelo. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  17. Emil Hansson at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
  18. "Emil Hansson kiest definitief voor Zweden" (in Dutch). Team Wass. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2020. De 20-jarige middenvelder, geboren in het Noorse Bergen, heeft er even over moeten nadenken alvorens hij zijn beslissing nam. ,,Ik denk dat het Zweedse voetbal toch beter bij me past. Uit de gesprekken die ik heb gehad bleek dat ze me er in Zweden graag bij willen hebben. Dat gaf mij vertrouwen, dat heeft mijn keuze uiteindelijk bepaald, laat Hansson weten.
  19. "Emil Hansson » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  20. Feyenoord wint KNVB-beker mede dankzij prachtgoal Van Persie - AD (in Dutch)
  21. "Johan Cruijff Schaal 2017 » Finale » Feyenoord - Vitesse 4-2". voetbal.com. 5 August 2017.
  22. "Team van het Jaar: PEC Zwolle hofleverancier; Armenteros rechtsbuiten". Keuken Kampioen Divisie (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
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