Johan Mårtensson

Johan Daniel Mårtensson (born 16 February 1989) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Allsvenskan club Degerfors.

Johan Mårtensson
Personal information
Full name Johan Daniel Mårtensson
Date of birth (1989-02-16) 16 February 1989
Place of birth Skövde, Sweden
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Degerfors
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Ulvåkers IF
2008 → Skövde AIK (loan) 9 (5)
2008–2011 GAIS 78 (1)
2011–2014 FC Utrecht 64 (2)
2014–2016 Helsingborgs IF 73 (0)
2017–2021 Örebro SK 113 (6)
2022–2023 Panetolikos 42 (0)
2023– Degerfors 3 (0)
International career‡
2008 Sweden U19 5 (0)
2009–2010 Sweden U21 7 (0)
2015 Sweden 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 January 2015

Club career

GAIS

During his career at GAIS, he first came from the third-tier club Skövde AIK and, therefore, had some time to adapt to compete at a higher level. Mårtensson progressed pretty fast, and he shortly became a key player at GAIS's midfield. He showed that he was a great box to box player with good stamina, but also good vision for the game that worked out well with his capable technique. Although he's quite young and been capped several times for the Swedish U21 team, he is a bit underrated, maybe because GAIS isn't one of the biggest clubs in Allsvenskan. During the 2011 season of Allsvenskan, Mårtensson had improved even more since the season before and showed that on the pitch. A bunch of European clubs were following him, with especially some sharp eyes from the Dutch club of FC Utrecht.

FC Utrecht

On 9 July 2011, both GAIS and FC Utrecht confirmed that Mårtensson had signed a four-year contract with the Dutch side.[1] It was an undisclosed fee, but Mårtensson was valued at about 1.5 million Euros at that time.

International career

Mårtensson was included in the Sweden squad for their friendly against Ivory Coast on 15 January 2015, scoring on his debut.[2]

Career statistics

International

International goals

Score and result list Sweden's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 January 2015Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Ivory Coast1–02–0Friendly

References
  1. "Johan Mårtensson naar FC Utrecht (update)" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
  2. "Johan Mårtensson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-03-16.
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