Johan Mårtensson

Johan Mårtensson

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Personal information
Full name	Johan Mårtensson
Date of birth	(1989-02-16) 16 February 1989
Place of birth	Skövde, Sweden
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Helsingborgs IF
Number	5
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	57	(2)
2014–	Helsingborgs IF	41	(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 18 May 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 January 2015

Johan Mårtensson (born 16 February 1989) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Helsingborgs IF.

Mårtensson has played 7 matches for Sweden U21. He likes to play as a central midfielder.

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. 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.

International goal

Score and result list Sweden's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	15 January 2015	Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi	Ivory Coast	1–0	2–0	Friendly

External links

• Voetbal International profile (Dutch)
• Profile at Svenskfotboll.se