Jordan Larsson

Jordan Larsson

Personal information
Full name	Carl Henrik Jordan Larsson
Date of birth	(1997-06-20) 20 June 1997
Place of birth	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Helsingborgs IF
Number	18
Youth career
	FC Barcelona
	Högaborgs BK
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2014	Högaborgs BK	43	(12)
2014–	Helsingborgs IF	44	(7)
International career‡
2012–2014	Sweden U17	15	(2)
2014–	Sweden U19	15	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2016

Jordan Larsson (born 20 June 1997) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Helsingborgs IF in Allsvenskan as a forward. He is the son of Henrik Larsson, who is also his team's manager.

Personal life

He is the son of Henrik Larsson, who played in the same position for Högaborg, Helsingborg, Feyenoord, Celtic, Barcelona, Manchester United and the Sweden national team. The elder Larsson won trophies in the Netherlands, Scotland, Spain and England, totalling 242 goals for Celtic alone. Larsson was born in Rotterdam, while his father played for Feyenoord. He is named after basketball player Michael Jordan. He is one quarter Cape Verdean Swedish, through his paternal grandfather. Jordan Larsson was regularly seen at Celtic Park when his father played there, and accompanied him on the pitch in trophy celebrations.

Club career

While his father played for FC Barcelona between 2004 and 2006, Larsson played for the team's La Masia academy. He began his senior career at Helsingborg-based club Högaborgs BK in the Swedish Football Division 2, the fourth level of the sport in the country, and aged 16 in January 2014 he was tracked by another of his father's former employers, Manchester United. Instead, he signed a four-year deal for the city's main club Helsingborgs IF, the same transfer that his father had made 22 years prior.

He made his first team debut on 27 July 2014, coming on as a substitute for Mattias Lindström in the 73rd minute of a 1–1 home draw against Örebro SK. On 26 August, he made his first start away to Division 2 team Torslanda IK in the second round of the Svenska Cupen, scoring in each half of a 4–1 away win. That November, his father took over as the team's manager, and assured the public that he would not practise nepotism. The following 4 March in the group stage of the competition, Larsson opened a 2–2 draw against Superettan team Syrianska FC with a goal that received attention abroad for the quality of its technique, reminiscent of his father.

Larsson scored his first league goal for Helsingborg on 6 June 2015 in the second minute of a 3–0 win against Åtvidaberg, two weeks before his 18th birthday. On 19 July, he added two more in a 3–1 win over AIK at Olympia, and a further two on 20 August in an 8–1 win at fifth-tier Lunden ÖBK in the second round of the cup, which led to interest from IFK Göteborg.

International career

On 7 October 2015, in the first game of 2016 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, Larsson assisted and then was assisted by Gustaf Nilsson as Sweden won 2–0 against Belarus. They advanced from the qualifying round but were eliminated in the elite round. He is also eligible to represent the Netherlands, where he was born; Scotland, where he grew up as a child; and Cape Verde Islands, through his paternal grandfather.

External links

• SvFF profile
• Helsingborgs IF profile
• Soccerway profile