Jake Larsson
{{short description|Swedish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jake Larsson
| fullname = Jake Mikael Larsson
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|1|9}}
| birth_place = Sweden
| height = 176 cm
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2006–2010
| youthclubs1 = Adolfsbergs IK
| youthyears2 = 2011–2015
| youthclubs2 = Karlslunds IF
| youthyears3 = 2018
| youthclubs3 = Hammarby IF
| years1 = 2016–2017
| clubs1 = Karlslunds IF
| caps1 = 41
| goals1 = 7
| years2 = 2019–2023
| clubs2 = Örebro SK
| caps2 = 117
| goals2 = 16
| years3 = 2024
| clubs3 = Žalgiris
| caps3 = 8
| goals3 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2019
| nationalteam1 = Sweden U21
| nationalcaps1 = 6
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| pcupdate = 5 March 2025
| ntupdate = 19 November 2019
}}
Jake Mikael Larsson (born 9 January 1999) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a midfielder.{{soccerway|jake-larsson/595498|access-date=26 February 2023}}
Career
Beginning his career in Adolfsbergs IK at the age of 7, he moved to Karlslunds IF at the age of 12 and joined the first team at the age of 17.{{cite news|url=https://idrottonline.se/KarlslundsIFHFK-Fotboll/A-laget/Nyheter/TvatalangerskriverA-lagskontrakt|title= Två talanger skriver A-lagskontrakt|date=2016-02-11|publisher=Karlslunds IF|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402125214/https://idrottonline.se/KarlslundsIFHFK-Fotboll/A-laget/Nyheter/TvatalangerskriverA-lagskontrakt|archive-date=2019-04-02|language=sv}} He managed 41 league games and 7 league goals there.{{cite web|url=https://fotbolltransfers.com/spelare/jake-larsson/8521|title=Jake Larsson|publisher=Fotbolltransfers|access-date=26 February 2023}} Following one year with Hammarby IF's U19 and U21, he signed for the first team of Örebro SK in 2019.{{cite news|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/a/zLpe29/orebro-varvar-ung-malskytt-fran-seriekonkurrenten|title=Örebro värvar ung målskytt från seriekonkurrenten|author=Sörensen, Daniel|date=2019-02-06|work=Aftonbladet|language=sv|access-date=2023-02-26}}
Showing stellar form at Örebro SK, he made his debut for Sweden U21 and was seen as a transfer prospect. In September 2020, however, he suffered the death of his brother, and subsequently "collapsed" as a player. He spent the winter of 2021 in rehabilitation physically and mentally.{{cite news|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/a/aPvAV4/jake-larsson-kollapsade-efter-familjetragedin|title=Jake Larsson kollapsade efter familjetragedin|author=Karlsson, Mattias|date=2021-01-14|work=Aftonbladet|language=sv|access-date=2023-02-26}}
On 15 March 2024, Larsson signed with Lithuanian A Lyga club Žalgiris.{{cite web|url=https://fkzalgiris.lt/atvyko-svedas-j-larssonas/|trans-title=SWEDE J. LARSSON ARRIVED|title=ATVYKO ŠVEDAS J. LARSSONAS|language=Lithuanian|website=fkzalgiris.lt|date=15 March 2024|accessdate=15 March 2024}}
References
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Category:Swedish men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Karlslunds IF FK players
Category:Sweden men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Swedish expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania
Category:Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania
Category:21st-century Swedish sportsmen
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