Jesper Karlsson
Karlsson with Sweden in 2023
Personal information
Full name Karl Jesper Karlsson
Date of birth (1998-07-25) 25 July 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Falkenberg, Sweden
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, left winger
Team information
Current team
 Bologna
Number 10
Youth career
2003–2014 IF Böljan
2015 Falkenbergs FF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 IF Böljan 22 (12)
2016 Falkenbergs FF 26 (7)
2017–2020 IF Elfsborg 83 (19)
2020–2023 AZ 89 (35)
2023– Bologna 5 (0)
International career‡
2015–2017 Sweden U19 15 (6)
2020 Sweden U21 5 (6)
2020– Sweden 14 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:20, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:36, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Karl Jesper Karlsson (born 25 July 1998) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or left winger for Serie A club Bologna and the Sweden national team.

Club career

Early career

Karlsson started playing in IF Böljan from the age of four. At the age of 14, he received his first-team debut for the club in Division 4.[2] Before the 2015 season, he moved to Falkenbergs FF, and he was offered a first-team contract in the autumn.[3] In November 2015, Karlsson signed a first team contract that extends over the season 2018 with Falkenberg FF.[4] Before he signed the contract, he had also served and trained with English Brighton & Hove Albion.[5]

Falkenbergs FF

The premiere of the headlines in 2016 were about Karlsson making his Allsvenskan debut. In the 79th minute he was replaced in instead of Akseli Pelvas, in the match Falkenbergs FF lost 2–0 to IFK Göteborg.[6][7] On 17 July 2016, Karlsson scored his first two Allsvenskan goals in a 3–3 win against Hammarby IF.[8] In total, he scored seven goals and made two assists during the 2016 season.[9]

IF Elfsborg

Karlsson transferred from Falkenbergs FF to Swedish top flight IF Elfsborg on 2 December 2016 for a fee of €450,000.[9]

AZ

On 11 September 2020, Karlsson signed a five-year contract with Dutch Eredivisie club AZ Alkmaar. However, the teams agreed that he stayed at Elfsborg until 28 September.[10][11] After arriving in Alkmaar, he made his debut on 4 October 2020 in a 4–4 draw against Sparta Rotterdam, in which he provided two assists.[12]

Bologna

On 23 August 2023, it was announced that Karlsson had joined Italian Serie A club Bologna FC 1909.[13]

International career

In September 2015, Karlsson made his debut in the Sweden national under-19.[2] He has also represented the Sweden U21 team.[14]

He made his full international debut for Sweden on 9 January 2020 in a friendly game against Moldova.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 May 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Falkenbergs FF 2016[15] Allsvenskan 26 7 3 0 — — 29 7
IF Elfsborg 2017[15] Allsvenskan 14 0 3 1 — — 17 1
2018[15] Allsvenskan 22 0 4 1 — — 26 1
2019[15] Allsvenskan 25 8 1 1 — — 26 9
2020[15] Allsvenskan 22 11 4 1 — — 26 12
Total 83 19 12 4 — 0 0 95 23
AZ 2020–21[16] Eredivisie 32 11 1 0 6 1 – 39 12
2021–22[16] Eredivisie 34 15 4 3 9 1 4[a] 2 51 21
2022–23[16] Eredivisie 23 9 2 2 8 2 – 33 13
Total 89 35 7 5 23 4 4 2 123 46
Career total 198 61 22 9 23 4 4 2 247 76
  1. ^ Appearances in Eredivisie European play-offs

International

As of match played 12 October 2023[17]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 2020 2 0
2021 4 0
2022 2 0
2023 6 5
Total 14 5
Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Karlsson goal.
List of international goals scored by Jesper Karlsson
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 27 March 2023 Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden  Azerbaijan 4–0 5–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
2 16 June 2023 Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden  New Zealand 1–1 4–1 Friendly
3 3–1
4 12 October 2023 Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden  Moldova 1–0 3–1 Friendly
5 3–1

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Jesper Karlsson — svenskfotboll.se". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b Velagic, Johan. "FD SERIE – DEL 3: Jesper Karlsson" (in Swedish). www.fotbolldirekt.se. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  3. ^ "FFF erbjuder Jesper Karlsson kontrakt". Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Jesper Karlsson har skrivit på". www.falkenbergsff.se. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Karlsson valde Elfsborg före utländska klubbar". www.hn.se. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Jesper om sin debut: "En dröm"". Hallands Nyheter. 3 April 2016. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  7. ^ "www.whoscored.com/Matches/1037570/Live". www.whoscored.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  8. ^ P4, Nyheter (18 July 2016). "17-åring gjorde sina första allsvenska mål för Falkenberg". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 September 2020.((cite news)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ a b Otterhall, Emanuel (17 July 2016). "Karlsson: "Jag har väntat på det länge"". www.expressen.se. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  10. ^ "Karlsson lämnar Elfsborg – klar för AZ Alkmaar". SVT Sport (in Swedish). 11 September 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  11. ^ "IF ELFSBORG OCH AZ ALKMAAR ÖVERENS OM EN ÖVERGÅNG FÖR JESPER KARLSSON". elfsborg.se. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  12. ^ Pearson, Sebastian (4 October 2020). "Jesper Karlssons succédebut - två framspelningar på 14 minuter". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  13. ^ "Jesper Karlsson joins the Rossoblù". bolognafc.it. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  14. ^ a b "Jesper Karlsson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  15. ^ a b c d e "Jesper Karlsson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll".
  16. ^ a b c "Jesper Karlsson » Club matches". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  17. ^ "Jesper Karlsson". Svensk Fotboll.
  18. ^ "Allsvenskans Stora Pris". Allsvenskan. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  19. ^ a b "Ajax still provides most players for team of the month". Eredivisie. 14 January 2022.
  20. ^ "FC Twente is the main provider for the Eredivisie team of the month". Eredivisie. 1 April 2022.
  21. ^ "Sparta and AZ dominate Eredivisie team of the month in march". Eredivisie. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

External links

Bologna FC 1909 – current squad
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