Alexander Fransson

Alexander Fransson (born 2 April 1994) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for IFK Norrköping

Alexander Fransson
Personal information
Full name Alexander Martin Fransson
Date of birth (1994-04-02) 2 April 1994
Place of birth Norrköping, Sweden
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 IFK Norrköping
Number 7
Youth career
0000–2008 Lindö FF
2008–2012 IFK Norrköping
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 IFK Norrköping 73 (7)
2016–2018 Basel 51 (2)
2018 → Lausanne-Sport (loan) 12 (0)
2018– IFK Norrköping 71 (9)
National team‡
2012–2013 Sweden U19 9 (0)
2014–2017 Sweden U21 19 (1)
2016 Sweden Oympic 3 (0)
2016– Sweden 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 January 2019

Club career

IFK Norrköping

Born in Norrköping, Fransson joined IFK Norrköping as a 14-year-old from Lindö FF in 2008, and played in the club's academy until 2012. He made his Allsvenskan debut on the opening game of the 2013 season, in their away win against Mjällby AIF, the day before his 19th birthday.[1] He made in total 20 appearances in 2013, 18 in the league and two cup games.

His first Allsvenskan goal came also away at Mjällby, scoring the team's only goal in their 3–1 defeat on 14 August 2014. For IFK Norrköping he played as a midfielder.[2]

In the last round of 2015 Allsvenskan, on 31 October 2015, Fransson won his first senior title as IFK Norrköping won the Swedish championship for the first time in 26 years.[3] Eight days later, Fransson and IFK Norrköping took their second title for the season when they defeated 2014–15 Svenska Cupen winners IFK Göteborg in 2015 Svenska Supercupen.[4]

Basel

On 2 January 2016, FC Basel announced that they had signed Fransson on a four and a half year contract up until 30 June 2020.[5] He made his league debut for Basel on 14 February 2016 in the 4–0 away win against Grasshopper Club coming in as substitute in the 90 minute.[6] He scored his first league goal for Basel on 21 February during the 5–1 home win against Vaduz.[7] Under trainer Urs Fischer Fransson won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2015–16 Super League season[8] and at the end of the 2016–17 Super League season. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total.[9] They also won the Swiss Cup for the twelfth time, which meant they had won the double for the sixth time in the club's history.[10]

On 26 December 2017 FC Basel announced that Fransson would be loaned to Lausanne-Sport to gain more first-team playing experience.[11]

IFK Norrköping

On 4 July 2018, IFK Norrköping announced that they had signed Fransson on a three-year contract until 30 June 2021.[12]

International career

Fransson represented the Sweden U19 national team nine times between 2012 and 2013. In November 2014, Fransson played his first game for Sweden U21.

Fransson made his debut for the Swedish national team in an unofficial friendly against Estonia on 6 January 2016, played in the Armed Forces Stadium in Abu Dhabi. He started the match and played 55 minutes before being substituted in the 1–1 draw.[13] His second cap followed on 10 January in a 3–0 win against Finland played at the same venue. This match was also an unofficial friendly and he came on as a substitute in the 62nd minute.[14]

Career statistics
As of match played 19 April 2018[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
IFK Norrköping 2013 Allsvenskan 18021—–—–201
2014 26240—–—–302
2015 29550—–1[lower-alpha 1]1356
Total 7371110011859
Basel 2015–16 Super League 161003[lower-alpha 2]0—191
2016–17 251412[lower-alpha 3]0—312
2017–18 100303[lower-alpha 3]0—160
Total 5127180—663
Lausanne-Sport (loan) 2017–18 Super League 8000——80
Career total 1329182801115912
  1. Appearance in the Svenska Supercupen
  2. Appearances in the Europa League
  3. Appearances in the Champions League

International
As of 15 November 2017.[15]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden 201620
201730
Total50

Honours

Club
IFK Norrköping[1]
FC Basel

Notes

    References
    1. "A. Fransson". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
    2. "Alexander Fransson". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
    3. "IFK Norrköping är svenska mästare". aftonbladet.se. Sportbladet. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
    4. "IFK Norrköping tog hem supercup-titeln". expressen.se. Expressen. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
    5. "Alexander Fransson wechselt zum FC Basel 1893". fcb.ch. FC Basel 1893. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
    6. Marti, Caspar (2016). "4:0-Erfolg bei GC: souveräner Sieg im Spitzenspiel". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
    7. Marti, Caspar (2016). "Der FCB dreht das Spiel and gewinnt gegen Vaduz 5:1". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
    8. Marti, Casper (2016). "Es ist vollbracht ! Der FCB ist zum 19. Mal Meister". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
    9. Marti, Casper (2017). "Der Saisonabschluss im Zeitraffer". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
    10. "Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3–0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game". allaboutgeneva.com. 25 May 2017. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
    11. FC Basel 1893 (2017). "Alexander Fransson leihweise zum FC Lausanne Sport". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
    12. Norrköping, IFK. "Välkommen hem, Alexander "Alle" Fransson! · IFK Norrköping". ifknorrkoping.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
    13. "Oavgjort mot Estland". svenskfotboll.se. Swedish Football Association. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
    14. "Enkel seger mot Finland". svenskfotboll.se. Swedish Football Association. 10 January 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
    15. "Schweden – A. Fransson – Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
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