Johan Mårtensson

Johan Mårtensson (born 16 February 1989) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Örebro SK in Allsvenskan.

Johan Mårtensson
Personal information
Full name Johan Mårtensson
Date of birth (1989-02-16) 16 February 1989
Place of birth Skövde, Sweden
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Örebro SK
Number 17
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Ulvåkers IF
2008 → Skövde AIK (loan) 9 (5)
2008–2011 GAIS 78 (1)
2011–2014 FC Utrecht 57 (2)
2014–2016 Helsingborgs IF 62 (0)
2017– Örebro SK 28 (2)
National team‡
2008 Sweden U19 5 (0)
2009–2010 Sweden U21 7 (0)
2015 Sweden 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 November 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 January 2015

Mårtensson played 7 matches for the Swedish national U21s. He prefer to play as a central midfielder.

GAIS

During his career at GAIS, he first came from the third-tier club Skövde AIK and, therefore, had some time to adapt to compete at a higher level. Mårtensson progressed pretty fast, and he shortly became a key player at GAIS's midfield. He showed that he was a great box to box player with good stamina, but also good vision for the game that worked out well with his capable technique. Although he's quite young and been capped several times for the Swedish U21 team, he is a bit underrated, maybe because GAIS isn't one of the biggest clubs in Allsvenskan. During the 2011 season of Allsvenskan, Mårtensson had improved even more since the season before and showed that on the pitch. A bunch of European clubs were following him, with especially some sharp eyes from the Dutch club of FC Utrecht.

FC Utrecht

On 9 July 2011, both GAIS and FC Utrecht confirmed that Mårtensson had signed a four-year contract with the Dutch side.[1] It was an undisclosed fee, but Mårtensson was valued at about 1.5 million Euros at that time.

International career

Mårtensson was included in the Sweden squad for their friendly against Ivory Coast on 15 January 2015, scoring on his debut.

International goal
Score and result list Sweden's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 January 2015Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi Ivory Coast1–02–0Friendly

References
  1. "Johan Mårtensson naar FC Utrecht (update)" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2011-07-10.
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