Franz Brorsson
{{Short description|Swedish footballer (born 1996)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Franz Brorsson
| caption = Franz Brorsson playing for Malmö FF in a friendly match
| image = Franz_Brorsson.jpg
| full_name = Franz Denniz Brorsson
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|1|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = Trelleborg, Sweden
| position = Centre-back
| currentclub = Atromitos
| clubnumber = 31
| youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Trelleborgs FF
| youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–2010 |youthclubs2 = BK Näset
| youthyears3 = 2010–2014 |youthclubs3 = Malmö FF
| years1 = 2015–2021 | clubs1 = Malmö FF | caps1= 118 | goals1= 2
| years2 = 2020 | clubs2 = → Esbjerg fB (loan) | caps2= 7 | goals2= 1
| years3 = 2022–2024 | clubs3 = Aris Limassol | caps3= 74 | goals3= 1
| years4 = 2024– | clubs4 = Atromitos | caps4= 29 | goals4= 0
| nationalyears1 = 2011 | nationalteam1 = Sweden U17 | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2013–2015 | nationalteam2 = Sweden U19 | nationalcaps2 = 3 | nationalgoals2 = 2
| nationalyears3 = 2016–2018 | nationalteam3 = Sweden U21 | nationalcaps3 = 15 | nationalgoals3 = 1
| nationalyears4 = 2017–2018 | nationalteam4 = Sweden | nationalcaps4 = 2 | nationalgoals4 = 0
| club-update = 18 June 2025
| nationalteam-update = 16 October 2018
}}
Franz Denniz Brorsson (born 30 January 1996) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Greek Super League club Atromitos
Club career
=Malmö FF=
On 19 December 2014 Brorsson signed a first team contract for two years on a youth basis with Malmö FF.{{cite web | url=http://europa.mff.se/Aktuellt/Nyheter/2014-12-19_franz_brorsson_larlingskontrakt | title=Franz Brorsson skriver lärlingskontrakt med MFF | publisher=Malmö FF | work=mff.se | date=19 December 2014 | accessdate=20 January 2015 | language=Swedish | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221213754/http://europa.mff.se/Aktuellt/Nyheter/2014-12-19_franz_brorsson_larlingskontrakt | archivedate=21 December 2014 }} Brorsson had previously made his competitive debut for the club in the Svenska Cupen match against IS Halmia on 15 November 2014.{{cite web | url=https://svenskfotboll.se/cuper-och-serier/svenska-cupen-herrar/spelprogram-omg-1-2-2014/?scr=result&fmid=2895320 | title=IS Halmia 1–2 Malmö FF | publisher=The Swedish Football Association | work=svenskfotboll.se | date=15 November 2014 | accessdate=20 January 2015 | language=Swedish}}
International career
He made his debut for Sweden national team on 8 January 2017 in a friendly against Ivory Coast.{{cite web|publisher=ESPN|url=http://www.espn.com/soccer/lineups?gameId=469147|title=Sweden v Ivory Coast game report|date=8 January 2017}}
Personal life
Brorsson is named after the former German footballer Franz Beckenbauer.{{cite web|date=2 March 2017|title=Trots två år kvar - Brorsson kan förlänga med MFF: "Är inte typen som väntar ut kontrakt"|url=http://www.fotbollskanalen.se/allsvenskan/trots-tva-ar-kvar---brorsson-kan-forlanga-med-mff-ar-inte-typen-som-vantar-ut-/|work=fotbollskanalen.se|publisher=Fotbollskanalen|language=Swedish|accessdate=2 March 2017}} He is the son of former footballer Jonas Brorsson and brother of fellow footballer Freddie Brorsson.{{Cite news|title="Spelar CL vid 19 – då är man rätt bra"|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/4dx4ja|access-date=22 February 2022|work=Aftonbladet|language=sv}}
In January 2023, Brorsson, together with a friend, started a podcast which came under heavy criticism after the first episode featured the duo discussing "50 differences between men and women".{{Cite web |title=Franz Brorsson försvarar kritiserad podd: "Man kan inte säga att en kvinna är en kvinna i dag" |url=https://www.fotbollskanalen.se/cypern/franz-brorsson-forsvarar-kritiserad-podd-man-kan-inte-saga-att-en-kvinna-ar-en/ |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=fotbollskanalen |language=sv}}
Career statistics
{{Updated|13 May 2023}}{{cite web | url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/franz-brorsson/377441/ | title=Franz Brorsson | website=Soccerway | accessdate=4 June 2019 | language=Swedish}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="9"|Malmö FF
|2014 |rowspan="8"|Allsvenskan |0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2015
|8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2016
|18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 22 | 0 | |||
| 2017
|23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 2 | ||
| 2018
|23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 36 | 0 | ||
| 2019
|9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 1 | ||
| 2020
|13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 17 | 2 | ||
| 2021
|24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10{{efn|name=UCL}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 37 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!118 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 32 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | 163 | 5 | ||
| Esbjerg fB (loan)
|7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 1 | |||
| rowspan="4"|Aris Limassol
|rowspan="3"|Cypriot First Division |16 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23
|32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24
|26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!74 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 1 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!199 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 263 | 7 |
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Honours
;Malmö FF
- Allsvenskan: 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222113200/http://www.mff.se/Personer/A_truppen/Larling/Franz_Brorsson |date=20150222 |title=Malmö FF profile}} {{in lang|sv}}
- {{Soccerway|franz-brorsson/377441}}
- {{NFT player|66164}}
- {{SvFF player|id=9d86a058-7085-486e-9b1e-c8e2a1c282bf|fid=544531}}
{{Atromitos F.C. squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brorsson, Franz}}
Category:Swedish men's footballers
Category:Swedish expatriate men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Sweden men's youth international footballers
Category:Sweden men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Sweden men's international footballers
Category:Footballers from Skåne County
Category:Aris Limassol FC players
Category:Danish Superliga players
Category:Cypriot First Division players
Category:Sportspeople from Trelleborg
Category:Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
Category:Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus