Gustav Svensson

Karl Gustav Johan Svensson (born 7 February 1987) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Sweden national team. Starting off his footballing career in Sweden with IFK Göteborg, Svensson has gone on to play professionally in Turkey, Ukraine, China, and the United States. A full international since 2009, he represented Sweden at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Gustav Svensson
Svensson with Sweden at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Karl Gustav Johan Svensson
Date of birth (1987-02-07) 7 February 1987
Place of birth Gothenburg, Sweden
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1999–2000 Azalea BK
2000–2001 ES Le Cannet-Rocheville
2001–2005 IFK Göteborg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2010 IFK Göteborg 101 (8)
2010–2012 Bursaspor 25 (0)
2012–2014 Tavriya Simferopol 21 (0)
2014–2015 IFK Göteborg 52 (1)
2016 Guangzhou R&F 28 (0)
2017–2020 Seattle Sounders FC 90 (4)
National team‡
2007–2009 Sweden U21 24 (1)
2009– Sweden 30 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2020

Club career

IFK Göteborg

He played for a local team in Gothenburg as well as a French team in his youth but joined IFK Göteborg at the age of 14. He played there until 2010 and won the Swedish Championship with the club in 2007. Gustav was nominated as the Newcomer of the year in Swedish football the same season but lost out to Johan Oremo.

Bursaspor

On 1 September 2010, he signed a three-year contract with 2009–10 Süper Lig champions Bursaspor.[2]

Tavriya Simferopol

On 7 July 2012, he signed a three-year contract with Ukrainian club Tavriya Simferopol.[3]

Return to IFK Göteborg

On 23 March 2014, he signed a four-year contract with his former club IFK Göteborg.[4]

Guangzhou R&F

On 14 January 2016, he signed a three-year contract with Chinese club Guangzhou R&F.[5]

Seattle Sounders FC

On 30 January 2017, Svensson joined MLS side Seattle Sounders FC.[6] Svensson made his Sounders debut in the opening game of the 2017 season, starting at right back in a 2–1 loss to Houston.[7] While he has also played as a center back, Svensson primarily plays as a defensive midfielder for the Sounders.[8]

International career

Making his debut in 2007, Svensson played 24 caps for the Sweden under-21 team and was a part of the U21 team that reached the semi-finals of the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

In May 2018, he was named in Sweden's 23 man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[9] At the 2018 World Cup, Svensson played in three games for Sweden as they were eliminated by England in the quarter-final.[10] He started and played the full 90 minutes in the second-round game against Switzerland.[11]

On 8 September 2020, Svensson was sent off for the first time in his senior international career in the first half after two yellow cards in Sweden's game against Portugal in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League.[12]

He served as Sweden's team captain for the first time in a friendly game against Denmark on 11 November 2020, in his 30th international appearance.[13]

Career statistics

Club
As of 8 March 2020
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
IFK Göteborg 2005 000020—20
2006 510000—51
2007 22160——281
2008 2733030—333
2009 2924020—352
2010 1812020—221
Total 101815090—1258
Bursaspor 2010–11 1603050—240
2011–12 90102030150
Total 250407030390
Tavriya Simferopol 2012–13 11020——130
2013–14 10000——100
Total 2102000—230
IFK Göteborg 2014 2400050—290
2015 2815040—371
Total 5215090—661
Guangzhou R&F 2016 28050——330
Seattle Sounders 2017 32151——372
2018 2432040—303
2019 22041——261
2020 1000000010
Total 7941124000946
Career total 306134222903038015

International
As of 11 November 2020[14]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden 200920
201520
201620
201740
2018100
201970
202030
Total300

Honours

Club

IFK Göteborg

Seattle Sounders FC

References
  1. "2018 FIFA World Cup: List of players" (PDF). FIFA. 30 June 2018. p. 29.
  2. "Bursaspor'a İsveçli orta saha". NTV Spor. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  3. "Ofitsial'no: Gustav Svensson — igrok Tavrii". Football. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  4. "Gustav tillbaka i Blåvitt". IFK Göteborg. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  5. "Gustav till Guangzhou". IFK Göteborg. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  6. Krasnoo, Ryan (30 January 2017). "Seattle Sounders sign Gustav Svensson, strengthen midfield crop". soundersfc.com. Seattle Sounders FC. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  7. Sounders FC Communications (4 March 2017). "Sounders FC falls 2–1 in Houston to open 2017 MLS season". SoundersFC.com. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  8. "Taking a deep dive into Sounders organizational depth chart". sounderatheart.com. Vox Media. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  9. "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". goal.com. Goal. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  10. FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ - Teams - Sweden - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  11. "Sweden, Gustav Svensson advance to quarterfinals with win over Switzerland".
  12. "Här är situationerna som ledde till Svenssons utvisning". SVT Sport (in Swedish). 8 September 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  13. "Ny - och stolt - kapten för Blågult: "Inte ens försökt tänka tanken på det här"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  14. "Gustav Svensson". National Football Teams. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  15. "Seattle Sounders are 2019 MLS Cup champions: Rave Green win second MLS title". Major League Soccer. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
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