Pontus Jansson
Pontus Jansson playing for Malmö FF
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Pontus Sven Gustav Jansson | ||
| Date of birth | 13 February 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Arlöv, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
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Current team
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Leeds United (on loan from Torino) |
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| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2006 | Arlövs BI | ||
| 2006–2009 | Malmö FF | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2014 | Malmö FF | 98 | (6) |
| 2009 | → IFK Malmö (loan) | 8 | (4) |
| 2014– | Torino | 16 | (1) |
| 2016– | → Leeds United (loan) | 22 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007–2008 | Sweden U17 | 13 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Sweden U19 | 9 | (3) |
| 2011–2012 | Sweden U21 | 15 | (1) |
| 2012– | Sweden | 10 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2016 |
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Pontus Sven Gustav Jansson (born 13 February 1991) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for English side Leeds United, on loan from Italian club Torino and the Swedish national team.
Jansson started his career at local club Arlövs BI. In 2006 at age 15 he transferred to Malmö FF. He played in youth teams until he made his first team debut in 2009. Jansson played in a variety of positions in the early stages of his career until deciding on centre back in the start of the 2010 season. He had made his first team debut as forward the year before. When teammate Jasmin Sudić was long term injured in the beginning of the year the manager decided that Jansson would take Sudić's place in the starting eleven. Jansson played in 18 games in the 2010 league winning season for Malmö. He missed the latter part of the season due to injury problems.
Starting out the 2011 season on the bench, Jansson gained new manager Rikard Norling's trust and once again took a spot in the starting eleven. Jansson finished the season with 15 league matches and nine matches in Europe played. Many considered Jansson to be the club's best player of 2011 even though he only played for half of the season. Jansson was also mentioned as a potential candidate for becoming the club's new captain as Daniel Andersson announced that he would step down during the 2012 season. The 2012 season was Jansson's big breakthrough season as he played all 30 league matches for Malmö FF, playing the first part of the season with Daniel Andersson and the latter part with newcomer Filip Helander by his side in the defensive line.
Jansson continued to be one of the club's most important players during the league title winning 2013 season where he played 24 matches and scored one goal. The goal was an important equalizer against title contender IFK Göteborg in the home fixture on 25 August 2013, Malmö FF went on to win the match 3–1. He was nominated as defender of the year for the 2013 Allsvenskan for his overall performance during the season. Jansson also played all of Malmö FF's matches in the qualification stage for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League.
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