Per Karlsson (footballer, born 1986)

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Per Karlsson
Personal information
Full name Per Jonas Karlsson
Date of birth (1986-01-02) 2 January 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1991–1997 Vasalund
1998–2003 AIK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2022 AIK 349 (2)
2006 → Väsby United (loan) 0 (0)
2007 → Åtvidabergs FF (loan) 27 (1)
Total 376 (3)
International career
2001–2003 Sweden U17 8 (0)
2004–2005 Sweden U19 13 (0)
2007–2009 Sweden U21 15 (0)
2010–2015 Sweden 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Per Jonas Karlsson (born 2 January 1986) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Making his senior debut for AIK in 2003, he made a club record 455 appearances for the club and helped the team win the 2009 and 2018 Allsvenskan titles. He won two caps for the Sweden national team between 2010 and 2015.

Club career[edit]

He came through the ranks of Solna club Vasalunds IF and was picked up by AIK as a teenager. After coming through the academy at AIK he secured a regular starting-spot at AIK in late 2004, but broke his leg in beginning of 2005 against Väsby United which ruled him out for much of that season.[1] When he became fit again he was loaned out to Väsby United, a feeder club to AIK, for the 2006 season. However, he broke his arm this time and wasn't able to play any matches for them.[2] During the 2007 season he was loaned out to Åtvidabergs FF in Superettan and was finally able to play a whole season.[3] During 2008 he once again became a member of the regular starting eleven at AIK, which he had lost after his leg fracture in 2005.

He played in 26 Allsvenskan games as AIK won the 2009 Allsvenskan. 9 years later, he played in all 30 games as AIK won the 2018 Allsvenskan.[4]

On 15 July 2020 he made his 396th appearance for AIK in a 2020 Allsvenskan 1-0 win against IK Sirius, surpassing Daniel Tjernström at 395 games and setting a club record.[5] On 28 September 2020, Karlsson made his 322nd Allsvenskan appearance, breaking Gustav Sjöberg's record for most Allsvenskan appearances for AIK.[6]

Karlsson retired from professional football after the 2022 Allsvenskan season.[7]

International career[edit]

Karlsson was a part of the Sweden U21 squad that advanced to the semifinals of the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship that took place on Swedish home soil, but did not play.[8]

Karlsson made his senior Sweden debut in January 2010 in a friendly game against Oman.[8] He was called up to a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Germany as a replacement for Jonas Olsson, but did not play.[9][8] He won his second cap in a friendly against the Ivory Coast in January 2015.[8]

In May 2019, Karlsson was called up to Sweden's UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers against Malta and Spain, but did not play.[10][8]

Personal life[edit]

He goes by the nickname "Pertan" (pronounced [ˈpæ̂ʈːan]).[5]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

Club Season Division League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
AIK 2003 Allsvenskan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2004 Allsvenskan 12 0 0 0 — 12 0
2005 Superettan 3 0 0 0 — 3 0
Väsby United (loan) 2006 Superettan 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Åtvidabergs FF (loan) 2007 Allsvenskan 27 1 0 0 — 27 1
AIK 2008 Allsvenskan 25 0 0 0 — 25 0
2009 Allsvenskan 26 0 5 0 — 31 0
2010 Allsvenskan 21 0 3 0 6 0 30 0
2011 Allsvenskan 6 0 1 0 — 7 0
2012 Allsvenskan 23 0 0 0 11 0 34 0
2013 Allsvenskan 30 0 3 0 — 33 0
2014 Allsvenskan 26 0 1 0 4 0 31 0
2015 Allsvenskan 24 0 1 0 3 0 28 0
2016 Allsvenskan 26 0 1 0 4 0 31 0
2017 Allsvenskan 27 1 4 1 5 0 36 2
2018 Allsvenskan 30 0 4 0 4 0 38 0
2019 Allsvenskan 28 0 4 0 7 1 39 1
2020 Allsvenskan 26 1 4 0 — 30 1
2021 Allsvenskan 8 0 2 0 — 10 0
2022 Allsvenskan 7 0 2 0 — 9 0
Career Total 376 3 35 1 44 1 455 5

International[edit]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[8]

National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 2010 1 0
2011 0 0
2012 0 0
2013 0 0
2014 0 0
2015 1 0
Total 2 0

Honours[edit]

AIK

Individual

Records[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Per Karlsson borta hela säsongen Archived 2008-11-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Swedish)
  2. ^ Per Karlsson bröt armen (in Swedish)
  3. ^ Per Karlsson till Åtvidaberg (in Swedish)
  4. ^ "Per Karlsson". AIK Fotboll (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  5. ^ a b "Per Karlsson historisk: "Ska fira med whisky"". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  6. ^ a b c "Karlsson tror på fortsättning i AIK - hyllas av sportchefen: "Genuint ledsen över att han jubilerat utan publik"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  7. ^ "Profilen i tårar efter fansens hyllning". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "Per Karlsson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  9. ^ "AIK:s Per Karlsson i landslaget – nu på riktigt - FotbollDirekt". AIK:s Per Karlsson i landslaget – nu på riktigt - FotbollDirekt. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
  10. ^ Lindblad, Anders (2019-05-27). "Kan en bänkad spelare vara given i landslaget?". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 2020-07-15.

External links[edit]

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