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Martin Olsson
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Swedish association football player
OverviewAI-generated
Martin Tony Waikwa Olsson is a Swedish association football player born on May 17, 1988, in Gävle. He plays as a full-back and centre-back, wearing the number 13 shirt. His club career includes stints with Blackburn Rovers F.C., Norwich City F.C., and Malmo FF. He has competed in the Premier League.
Olsson represents Sweden at the international level. He has participated in UEFA Euro 2012, UEFA Euro 2016, and the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He also played for the Sweden national under-19 and under-21 football teams. He is the sibling of Marcus Olsson and is related to Dirk Nowitzki. He speaks Swedish.
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Key facts
- 2020
- Helsingborgs IF
- 2021
- BK Häcken
- Full name
- Martin Tony Waikwa Olsson
- Date of birth
- ( 1988-05-17 ) 17 May 1988 (age 38)
- Place of birth
- Gävle , Sweden
- Height
- 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
- Position
- Left-back
- 2005 2006
- Högaborgs BK
- 2006 2007
- Blackburn Rovers
- Years
- Team
- 2007 2013
- Blackburn Rovers
- 2013 2017
- Norwich City
- 2017 2019
- Swansea City
- 2021 2026
- Malmö FF
- 2007 2010
- Sweden U21
- 2010 2023
- Sweden
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Malmo FF
- Position
- Centre-Back
- Nationality
- Sweden
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tony
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Gävle
- Sibling
- Marcus Olsson
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 2016
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Högaborgs BK
- Position played
- full-back
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Sweden
- Mass
- 71
- Image
- Martin Olsson Euro 2012 vs France.jpg
- Height
- 178
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- Commons category
- Martin Olsson
- date of birth
- 1988-05-17
- sport number
- 13
- relative
- Dirk Nowitzki
- birth name
- Martin Tony Waikwa Olsson
- start of work period
- 2007-00-00
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Martin Tony Waikwa Olsson (born 17 May 1988) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a left-back.
Olsson signed for Blackburn Rovers from Högaborgs BK in January 2006. In 2013, Premier League side Norwich City signed him for an undisclosed fee. In January 2017, he left Norwich to join Swansea until 2019. In 2020, he signed with Allsvenskan club Helsingborgs IF in his native Sweden before moving on to represent both BK Häcken and Malmö FF.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Martin Olsson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.