Alexander Fransson

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Alexander Fransson
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Personal information
Full name Alexander Martin Fransson
Date of birth (1994-04-02) 2 April 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Norrköping, Sweden
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Basel
Number 15
Youth career
0000–2008 Lindö FF
2008–2012 IFK Norrköping
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 IFK Norrköping 73 (7)
2016– Basel 16 (1)
International career‡
2012–2013 Sweden U19 9 (0)
2014– Sweden U21 12 (1)
2016– Sweden 2[upper-alpha 1] (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of end of season 2015/16
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2016

Alexander Fransson (born 2 April 1994 in Norrköping) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Basel in the Swiss Super League.

Club career

IFK Norrköping

Fransson joined IFK Norrköping as a 14-year-old from Lindö FF in 2008, and played in the club's academy until 2012. He made his Allsvenskan debut on the opening game of the 2013 season, in their away win against Mjällby AIF, the day before his 19th birthday.[1] He made in total 20 appearances in 2013, 18 in the league and two cup games.

The first Allsvenskan goal came also away at Mjällby, scoring the team's only goal in their 3-1-defeat, on August 14, 2014. For IFK Norrköping he played as a midfielder.[2]

In the last round of 2015 Allsvenskan, on 31 October 2015, Fransson won his first senior title as IFK Norrköping won the Swedish championship for the first time in 26 years.[3] Eight days later, Fransson and IFK Norrköping took their second title for the season when they defeated 2014–15 Svenska Cupen winners IFK Göteborg in 2015 Svenska Supercupen.[4]

Basel

On 2 January 2016 FC Basel announced that they had signed Fransson on a four and a half year contract up until 30 June 2020.[5] He made his league debut for Basel on 14 February 2016 in the 4–0 away win against Grasshopper Club coming in as substitute in the 90 minute.[6] He scored his first league goal for Basel on 21 February during the 5–1 home win against Vaduz.[7] Under trainer Urs Fischer Fransson won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2015–16 Super League season. For the club it was the seventh titel in a row and their 19th championship titel in total.[8]

International career

Fransson represented the Sweden U19 national team nine times between 2012 and 2013. In November 2014, Fransson played his first game for Sweden U21.[citation needed]

Fransson made his debut for the Swedish national team in an unofficial friendly against Estonia on 6 January 2016, played in the Armed Forces Stadium in Abu Dhabi. He started the match and played 55 minutes before being substituted in the 1–1 draw.[9] His second cap followed on 10 January in a 3–0 win against Finland played at the same venue. This match was also an unofficial friendly and he came on as a substitute in the 62nd minute.[10]

Career statistics

As of 26 May 2016[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Other[lower-alpha 2] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
IFK Norrköping 2013 Allsvenskan 18 0 2 1 —– —– 20 1
2014 Allsvenskan 26 2 4 0 —– —– 30 2
2015 Allsvenskan 29 5 5 0 —– 1 1 35 6
Total 73 7 11 1 0 0 1 1 85 9
Basel 2015–16 Super League 15 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 18 1
Career total 88 8 11 1 3 0 1 1 103 10
  1. ↑ Includes Svenska Cupen and Swiss Cup matches.
  2. ↑ Includes Svenska Supercupen matches.

Honours

Club

IFK Norrköping[1]
FC Basel

Notes

  1. ↑ 2 of the caps are from unofficial friendlies not recognized by FIFA.

References

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