Alexander Fransson
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexander Martin Fransson | ||
| Date of birth | 2 April 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Norrköping, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Basel | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2008 | Lindö FF | ||
| 2008–2012 | IFK Norrköping | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2013–2015 | IFK Norrköping | 73 | (7) |
| 2016– | Basel | 11 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012–2013 | Sweden U19 | 9 | (0) |
| 2014– | Sweden U21 | 12 | (1) |
| 2016– | Sweden | 2[upper-alpha 1] | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 April 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.
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 20 March 2016[1]
| 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 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Career total | 78 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 93 | 10 | ||
- ↑ Includes Svenska Cupen and Swiss Cup matches.
- ↑ Includes Svenska Supercupen matches.
Honours
Club
- IFK Norrköping[1]
- FC Basel
Notes
- ↑ 2 of the caps are from unofficial friendlies not recognized by FIFA.
References
- 1 2 3 "A. Fransson". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ↑ "Alexander Fransson". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ↑ "IFK Norrköping är svenska mästare". aftonbladet.se. Sportbladet. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ↑ "IFK Norrköping tog hem supercup-titeln". expressen.se. Expressen. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ↑ "Alexander Fransson wechselt zum FC Basel 1893". fcb.ch. FC Basel 1893. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ↑ Marti, Caspar (2016). "4:0-Erfolg bei GC: souveräner Sieg im Spitzenspiel". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- ↑ Marti, Caspar (2016). "Der FCB dreht das Spiel and gewinnt gegen Vaduz 5:1". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
- ↑ Marti, Casper (2016). "Es ist vollbracht ! Der FCB ist zum 19. Mal Meister". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
- ↑ "Oavgjort mot Estland". svenskfotboll.se. Swedish Football Association. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ↑ "Enkel seger mot Finland". svenskfotboll.se. Swedish Football Association. 10 January 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
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