Pontus Jansson

Pontus Jansson

Personal information
Full name	Pontus Sven Gustav Jansson
Date of birth	13 February 1991
Place of birth	Arlöv, Sweden
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current team	Torino
Number	18
Youth career
2004–2006	Arlövs BI
2006–2009	Malmö FF
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2009–2014	Malmö FF	98	(6)
2009	→ IFK Malmö (loan)	8	(4)
2014–	Torino	14	(1)
National team^‡
2007–2008	Sweden U17	13	(0)
2008–2009	Sweden U19	9	(3)
2011–2012	Sweden U21	15	(1)
2012–	Sweden	7	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:03, 15 February 2016 (UTC). † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2014

Pontus Sven Gustav Jansson (born 13 February 1991) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Italian club Torino and the Sweden national team.

Club career

Malmö FF

Jansson started his career at local club Arlövs BI. In 2006 at age 15 he transferred to Malmö FF. He played in youth teams until he made his first team debut in 2009. Jansson played in a variety of positions in the early stages of his career until deciding on centre back in the start of the 2010 season. He had made his first team debut as forward the year before. When teammate Jasmin Sudić was long term injured in the beginning of the year the manager decided that Jansson would take Sudić's place in the starting eleven. Jansson played in 18 games in the 2010 league winning season for Malmö. He missed the latter part of the season due to injury problems.

Starting out the 2011 season on the bench, Jansson gained new manager Rikard Norling's trust and once again took a spot in the starting eleven. Jansson finished the season with 15 played league matches and nine matches in Europe. Many considered Jansson to be the club's best player of 2011 even though he only played for half of the season. Jansson was also mentioned as a potential candidate for becoming the club's new captain as Daniel Andersson announced that he would step down during the 2012 season. The 2012 season was Jansson's big breakthrough season as he played all 30 league matches for Malmö FF, playing the first part of the season with Daniel Andersson and the latter part with newcomer Filip Helander by his side in the defensive line.

Jansson continued to be one of the club's most important players during the league title winning 2013 season where he played 24 matches and scored one goal. The goal was an important equalizer against title contender IFK Göteborg in the home fixture on 25 August 2013, Malmö FF went on to win the match 3–1. He was nominated as defender of the year for the 2013 Allsvenskan for his overall performance during the season. Jansson also played all of Malmö FF's matches in the qualification stage for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.

During the 2014 season Jansson played nine out of twelve possible matches before his transfer to Torino. He also played all of the matches for the club in the 2013–14 Svenska Cupen campaign where the club progressed to the semi-finals. He started the 2014 season in the starting eleven but was replaced by Erik Johansson when it was clear that Jansson would leave the club during the summer transfer window.

Torino

On 24 April 2014 Torino announced they had signed Jansson on a free transfer.^[1] He officially joined the Italian side on 1 July 2014.^[2][3]

On 30 April 2016 he scored his first goal in Serie A, opening the score in a 5–1 defeat of Udinese.

International career

Sweden U21

Jansson made his debut for the Sweden U21 national team in a friendly game against Portugal on 9 February 2011. On 2 June 2011 he captained the team in a match against Norway where he also scored the first goal in a 4–1 win for Sweden U21.^[4]

Sweden

Jansson was selected for the annual training camp for the Sweden national team in January 2012. The squad selection for the camp traditionally feature the best Swedish players in domestic and other Scandinavian leagues.^[5] He made his senior debut for Sweden in the training match against Bahrain on 18 January 2012.^[6] He was selected for the friendly against England on the 14th of November where he was used as a substitute, and was then again selected for the winter tour in 2013.

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 June 2014.^[7]

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Malmö FF	2009	2	0	0	0	—		2	0
IFK Malmö	2009	8	4	—		—		8	4
	Total	8	4	—		—		8	4
Malmö FF	2010	18	1	2	0	—		20	1
	2011	15	2	2	0	11	1	28	3
	2012	30	1	0	0	—		30	1
	2013	24	1	3	0	6	0	33	1
	2014	9	1	5	0	0	0	14	1
	Total	98	6	12	0	17	1	127	7
Torino	2014–15	7	0	1	0	6	0	14	0
	Total	7	0	1	0	6	0	14	0
Career total		111	10	13	0	22	1	146	11

International

As of 18 November 2014.^[7]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Sweden	2012	2	0
	2013	2	0
	2014	3	0
Total		7	0

Honours

Club

• Allsvenskan (3):

Malmö FF: 2010, 2013, 2014

• Svenska Supercupen (1):

Malmö FF: 2013

References

1. "Jansson al Toro". torinofc.it (in Italian). Torino Football Club. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
2. "Official: Torino sign Jansson". football-italia.net. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
3. "Pontus Jansson klar för Torino FC per den 1 juli". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
4. "Matchinformation: Norge - Sverige" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
5. "Landslaget blir himmelsblågult: "Vi är stolta"" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
6. "Herr: 2-0 mot Bahrain i Doha" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
7. "Pontus Jansson". soccerway.com (in Swedish). Soccerway. Retrieved 13 January 2013.

External links

• Malmö FF profile (Swedish)
• SvFF profile (Swedish)
• Pontus Jansson profile at Soccerway