Robin Jansson

Per Tony Robin Jansson (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈrɔ̌bːɪn ˈjɑ̌ːnsɔn]; born 15 November 1991) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Orlando City in Major League Soccer.

Robin Jansson
Jansson with AIK in 2018
Personal information
Full name Per Tony Robin Jansson
Date of birth (1991-11-15) 15 November 1991
Place of birth Trollhättan, Sweden
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Orlando City
Number 6
Youth career
1997–2005 Bengtsfors IF
2005–2006 Dals Långeds IK
2007 Melleruds IF
2008–2010 BK Häcken
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 BK Häcken 0 (0)
2011 → FC Trollhättan (loan) 1 (0)
2012–2015 Bengtsfors IF
2016–2018 IK Oddevold 46 (2)
2018–2019 AIK 25 (2)
2019– Orlando City 109 (4)
International career‡
2019 Sweden 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 April 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 January 2019

Professional career

Early career

Jansson began his career with BK Häcken, starting in their youth academy and making his professional debut on 19 May 2010 in a Svenska Cupen third round game against Östersunds FK, his only appearance of the season. He went on loan to Division 1 Södra side FC Trollhättan for the 2011 season before leaving Häcken at the end of the year.

He spent several seasons in the fifth tier with semi-professional outfit Bengtsfors IF before returning to the third tier with IK Oddevold. During this time, Jansson also had to work a second job in a horseshoe factory.[2]

AIK

Jansson signed for Allsvenskan team AIK in April 2018[3] and made his debut against Örebro SK on 18 April 2018.[4][5] Having joined from the Swedish third division as emergency injury cover, Jansson was a surprise success at AIK, featuring as a regular starter in one of the league's best defensive teams. On 11 November 2018, he scored the decisive goal in a 1–0 win over Kalmar FF as the team secured the Allsvenskan title for the first time in nine years.[6]

Orlando City

On 12 March 2019 it was announced Jansson had signed with MLS side Orlando City.[7] He made his debut on 23 March in a 1–0 win away to New York Red Bulls. He scored his first goal for the team on June 13 in a 3–1 U.S. Open Cup win over Memphis 901. On 27 October 2021, Jansson surpassed 7,693 minutes played for Orlando City, breaking the previous club record for minutes played by an outfield player set by Cristian Higuita in 2019. He marked the occasion with a stoppage-time goal during Orlando's 3–2 defeat to Columbus Crew.[8]

International career

Having never played for Sweden at youth level, Jansson's league-winning form with AIK caught the eye of Janne Andersson who called him up in December 2018. He made his international debut on 8 January 2019, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 friendly defeat to Finland.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 29 April 2023[10]
Club Season League Cup Continental Playoffs Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
IK Oddevold 2016 Division 1 Södra 23220–––252
2017 Division 1 Södra 23030–––260
Total 46250000000512
AIK 2018 Allsvenskan 252313[lower-alpha 1]0––313
Orlando City 2019 MLS 28041–––321
2020 MLS 220––204[lower-alpha 2]0280
2021 MLS 283––101[lower-alpha 3]0303
2022 MLS 22150–00–271
2023 MLS 900020–00110
Total 1094912030501285
Career total 180817250305021010
  1. Europa League qualifying round
  2. MLS is Back Tournament knockout stage.
  3. Leagues Cup

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 2019 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

AIK

Orlando City

References
  1. "Robin Jansson". Orlando City SC. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. "Horseshoe factory lucky for title-winning Jansson". ESPN.com. 2018-11-12. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  3. "Officiellt: AIK värvar Robin Jansson" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  4. "Robin Jansson profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  5. "24. Robin Jansson" (in Swedish). Fotbolltransfers.com. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  6. "Robin Jansson nickade SM-guldet till Solna" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  7. "Orlando City SC Signs Center Back Robin Jansson". Orlando City. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  8. "Lions Mount Late Rally but Fall to Columbus on the Road". Orlando City.
  9. "Sweden v Finland game report". Eurosport. 8 January 2019.
  10. "Sweden – R. Jansson – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
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