Daniel Larsson (footballer)

Daniel Larsson

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Larsson
Date of birth	January 25, 1987 (1987-01-25) (age 24)
Place of birth	Gothenburg, Sweden
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Malmö FF
Number	7
Youth career
1992–1994	IFK Göteborg
1994–2002	IK Zenith
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2008	Häcken	73	(17)
2009–	Malmö FF	83	(27)
National team‡
2010–	Sweden	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 October 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 January 2011

Daniel Larsson (born January 25, 1987 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish professional football striker who currently plays for Allsvenskan club Malmö FF.

Club career

BK Häcken

Larsson started his professional career at Häcken. Bigger clubs noticed Larsson after several impressing performances while playing in Superettan and in 2009 he left Häcken for Malmö FF. In his last season at Häcken he was a contributing factor to their promotion to Allsvenskan by scoring 12 league goals.

Malmö FF

He scored his first goal for Malmö FF on April 19, 2009 in the second home game of the season against Trelleborgs FF. For the 2009 season he was the clubs top scorer in the league with 11 goals, finishing third in the goalscoring league. 10 of these goals were scored in the latter part of the season together with Edward Ofere who himself scored 10 goals, many of them assisted by Larsson.

During 2010 Allsvenskan Larsson became one of the most important players in Malmö FF's title winning squad. Yet again, he scored 10 goals, assisting to 10 as well (winning the assist league). Many plaudit Larsson for developing his game even more where vision, teamwork, passing skill and huge pace were his key assets.^[1]

Larsson scored the only goal in the first leg of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round for Malmö to win the game 1–0 against Rangers at Ibrox Stadium.

International career

Larsson made his debut for Sweden against Oman as a part of Swedens winter tour on January 20, 2010.^[2] On May 17, 2010 he was once again included in the national squad.^[3]

Career statistics

As of 3 November 2011^[4]

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sweden			League		Svenska Cupen		Europe		Total
2004	Häcken	Superettan	2	0	–		–		2	0
2005		Allsvenskan	5	0	–		–		5	0
2006			17	2	–		–		17	2
2007		Superettan	21	3	–		–		21	3
2008			28	12	–		–		28	12
2009	Malmö FF	Allsvenskan	27	11	0	0	–		27	11
2010			29	10	1	0	–		30	10
2011			27	6	3	2	10	2	40	9
Total	Sweden		156	44	4	2	10	2	170	48
Career total			156	44	4	2	10	2	170	48

Honours

Club

Malmö FF

• Allsvenskan: 2010

Footnotes

1. ^ http://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/statistikligor/
2. ^ "Sju debutanter mot Oman". svenskfotboll.se. http://svenskfotboll.se/landslag/herrar/arkiv/landslag/2010/01/sju-debutanter-mot-oman/. Retrieved 2010-05-17. 
3. ^ "Daniel Larsson uttagen till landslaget". sydsvenskan.se. http://www.sydsvenskan.se/sport/fotboll/mff/article875565/Daniel-Larsson-uttagen-i-landslaget.html. Retrieved 2010-05-17. 
4. ^ "Daniel Larsson". Swedish Football Association. http://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/person/?playerid=3952. Retrieved 16 August 2011. 

External links

• (Swedish) Malmö FF Profile
• (Swedish) SvFF profile

Persondata
Name	Larsson, Daniel
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Date of birth	1987-01-25
Place of birth	Gothenburg, Sweden
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