Jesper Karlsson

Karl Jesper Karlsson (born 25 July 1998) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for AZ Alkmaar in the Eredivisie.[2]

Jesper Karlsson
Personal information
Full name Karl Jesper Karlsson
Date of birth (1998-07-25) 25 July 1998
Place of birth Falkenberg, Sweden
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 AZ
Number 11
Youth career
2003–2014 IF Böljan
2015 Falkenbergs FF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Falkenbergs FF 26 (7)
2017–2020 IF Elfsborg 83 (19)
2020– AZ 13 (5)
National team‡
2015–2017 Sweden U19 15 (6)
2020 Sweden U21 5 (6)
2020– Sweden 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2020

Club career

Early career

Karlsson started playing in IF Böljan from the age of four. At the age of 14, he received his first-team debut for the club in Division 4.[3] Before the 2015 season, he moved to Falkenbergs FF, and he was offered a first-team contract in the autumn.[4] In November 2015, Jesper Karlsson signed a first team contract that extends over the season 2018 with Falkenberg FF.[5] Before he signed the contract, he had also served and trained with English Brighton & Hove Albion.[6]

Falkenbergs FF

The premiere of the headlines in 2016 were about Jesper Karlsson making his Allsvenskan debut. In the 79th minute he was replaced in instead of Akseli Pelvas, in the match Falkenbergs FF lost 0–2 to IFK Göteborg.[7][8] On 17 July 2016 Karlsson scored his first two Allsvenskan goals in a 3–3 match against Hammarby IF.[9] In total, Karlsson scored 7 goals and made 2 assists during the 2016 season.[10]

IF Elfsborg

Karlsson transferred from Falkenbergs FF to Swedish top flight IF Elfsborg on 2 December 2016 for a fee of 450,000 €.[10]

AZ

On 11 September 2020, Karlsson signed a five-year contract with Dutch Eredivisie club AZ Alkmaar. However, the teams agreed that he stayed at Elfsborg until 28 September.[11] After arriving in Alkmaar, he made his debut on 4 October 2020 in a 4–4 draw against Sparta Rotterdam, in which he provided two assists.[12]

International career

In September 2015, Karlsson made his debut in the Sweden national under-19.[3] He has also represented the Sweden U21 team.[13]

He made his full international debut for Sweden on 9 January 2020 in a friendly game against Moldova.[13]

Career statistics
As of match played 2 October 2020[14][15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Falkenbergs FF 2016 Allsvenskan 26 7 3 0 – 29 7
IF Elfsborg 2017 Allsvenskan 14 0 3 1 – 17 1
2018 Allsvenskan 22 0 4 1 – 26 1
2019 Allsvenskan 25 8 5 2 – 30 10
2020 Allsvenskan 22 11 – – 22 11
Total 83 19 12 4 – 95 23
AZ Alkmaar 2020–21 Eredivisie 13 5 0 0 2 1 15 6
Career total 122 31 15 4 2 1 139 36

References
  1. "Jesper Karlsson — svenskfotboll.se". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  2. "IF ELFSBORG OCH AZ ALKMAAR ÖVERENS OM EN ÖVERGÅNG FÖR JESPER KARLSSON". elfsborg.se. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  3. Velagic, Johan. "FD SERIE – DEL 3: Jesper Karlsson" (in Swedish). www.fotbolldirekt.se. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  4. "FFF erbjuder Jesper Karlsson kontrakt". Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  5. "Jesper Karlsson har skrivit på". www.falkenbergsff.se. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  6. www.hn.se https://www.hn.se/cmlink/karlsson-valde-elfsborg-f%C3%B6re-utl%C3%A4ndska-klubbar-1.4010074?ajax=true&site=2.652&page=2.681. Retrieved 11 September 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. "Jesper om sin debut: "En dröm"". Hallands Nyheter. 3 April 2016. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  8. "www.whoscored.com/Matches/1037570/Live". www.whoscored.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  9. P4, Nyheter (18 July 2016). "17-åring gjorde sina första allsvenska mål för Falkenberg". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  10. Otterhall, Emanuel (17 July 2016). "Karlsson: "Jag har väntat på det länge"". www.expressen.se. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  11. "Karlsson lämnar Elfsborg – klar för AZ Alkmaar". SVT Sport (in Swedish). 11 September 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  12. Pearson, Sebastian (4 October 2020). "Jesper Karlssons succédebut - två framspelningar på 14 minuter". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  13. "Jesper Karlsson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  14. https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/jesper-karlsson/11c496b6-776a-4e75-ae47-0dc351039535/
  15. https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=90753
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