Marcus Olsson
{{short description|Swedish footballer}}
{{for-multi|the Swedish ice hockey player|Marcus Olsson (ice hockey)|the Swedish handball player|Markus Olsson}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Marcus Olsson
| image = Marcus Olsson (Halmstad vs Elfsborg, 25 September 2023).jpg
| upright = 1.1
| caption = Olsson in the colours of Halmstads BK in 2023
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|5|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Gävle, Sweden
| height = 1.80 m
| position = Left-back
| currentclub = Halmstad
| clubnumber = 21
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2006 | youthclubs1 = Högaborgs BK
| years1 = 2006–2007 | clubs1 = Högaborgs BK | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2008–2011 | clubs2 = Halmstad | caps2 = 100 | goals2 = 12
| years3 = 2012–2016 | clubs3 = Blackburn Rovers | caps3 = 104 | goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2016–2019 | clubs4 = Derby County | caps4 = 61 | goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2020 | clubs5 = Helsingborg | caps5 = 2 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2022– | clubs6 = Halmstad | caps6 = 59 | goals6 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2009 | nationalteam1 = Sweden U21 | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2012 | nationalteam2 = Sweden | nationalcaps2 = 2 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| club-update = 7 May 2025
| nationalteam-update =
}}
Marcus Jonas Munuhe Olsson (born 17 May 1988) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and a left-back for Halmstad.
Club career
=Halmstads BK=
Born in Gävle, Sweden, Olsson started his career at Högaborgs BK. In 2008, he signed a contract with Halmstad,{{cite web|url=http://www.hbk.se/extra/news/?module_instance=1&id=2617|title=Från HBK till HBK|date=12 April 2008|access-date=31 January 2012|publisher=hbk.se|language=sv|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613193203/http://www.hbk.se/extra/news/?module_instance=1&id=2617|archive-date=13 June 2008}} replacing Martin Fribrock as left winger as Fribrock departed for Esbjerg fB in the summer of 2008. Mainly featured as left winger, he also used as a forward in several games, during Josep Clotet Ruiz time at Halmstad and the lack of a natural left side defender, Olsson and Kujtim Bala took turns on playing on the position.{{cite web|url=http://hallandsposten.se/sport/hbk/1.1224319-olsson-vill-radera-halmstads-0-13|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710021610/http://hallandsposten.se/sport/hbk/1.1224319-olsson-vill-radera-halmstads-0-13|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 July 2012|title=Olsson vill radera Halmstads 0–13|date=23 May 2011|access-date=31 January 2012|publisher=hallandsposten.se|language=sv}} As Halmstads BK was relegated from Allsvenskan in 2011, Marcus announced that he would not sign a new contract with the club and that he would start searching for a new club to play for.{{cite web|url=http://www.fotbolltransfers.com/site/news/12562.html|title=Spelarflykt hotar Halmstads BK: "Superettan lockar inte"|date=25 September 2011|access-date=31 January 2012|publisher=fotbolltransfers.com|language=sv}}
=Blackburn Rovers=
After rejecting a contract from Djurgårdens IF,{{cite web|url=http://www.fotbolltransfers.com/site/news/13511.html|title=Uppgifter: "Marcus Olsson nobbar Djurgårdens IF"|date=2 November 2011|access-date=31 January 2012|publisher=fotbolltransfers.com|language=sv}} and being linked to Standard Liège and Viking FK,{{cite web|url=http://www.fotbolltransfers.com/site/news/16073.html|title=Marcus Olsson bekräftar: "Standard Liege intresserat"|date=22 January 2012|access-date=31 January 2012|publisher=fotbolltransfers.com|language=sv}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fotbolltransfers.com/site/news/16196.html|title=Viking Stavanger bekräftar sitt intresse för Marcus Olsson|date=25 January 2012|access-date=31 January 2012|publisher=fotbolltransfers.com|language=sv}} Blackburn Rovers confirmed on 31 January that Olsson had signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with the club, joining his twin brother there.{{cite web|url=http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10303~2594567,00.html |title=Marcus make Rovers move |date=31 January 2012 |access-date=31 January 2012 |publisher=Blackburn Rovers F.C |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202203710/http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10303~2594567%2C00.html |archive-date=2 February 2012 }}
Marcus Olsson made his debut for Blackburn Rovers in the 3–0 away defeat to Manchester City in the Premier League on 25 February 2012, playing on the left wing, in front of his twin Martin who played at left back, with both completing a full 90 minutes.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17093495|title=Manchester City 3–0 Blackburn|date=25 February 2012|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=7 December 2016}} He scored his first goal for Blackburn in a 3–3 draw with Leeds United on 1 September 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19377904|title=Leeds 3–3 Blackburn|publisher=BBC|date=1 September 2012 |access-date=5 January 2013}}
Olsson was released by Rovers following the conclusion of his contract with the club on 1 July 2014, but after lengthy negotiations signed a new contract for the club on 11 July.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/blackburn-rovers/transfer-talk/news/olsson-signs-one-year-blackburn-extension_164603.html|title=Olsson signs one-year Blackburn extension|date=11 July 2014 |access-date=7 December 2016}}
He was voted Blackburn Rovers player of the season for the 2014–15 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.rovers.co.uk/news/article/markus-olsson-blackburn-rovers-player-of-the-year-2434824.aspx|title=Rovers star Markus Olsson has been named Player of the Year for 2014–15|publisher=Blackburn Rovers F.C.|access-date=7 December 2016|archive-date=2 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502151928/http://www.rovers.co.uk/news/article/markus-olsson-blackburn-rovers-player-of-the-year-2434824.aspx|url-status=dead}}
=Derby County=
On 26 January 2016, Olsson was transferred from Blackburn to Derby County for an undisclosed fee, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract.{{cite news|title=Marcus Olsson: Derby County sign Blackburn Rovers defender|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35412588|access-date=26 January 2016|work=BBC Sport|date=26 January 2016}}
Olsson played his full debut on 6 February 2016 against Fulham, scoring an own goal after 17 minutes.{{cite web|title=Match at Craven Cottage, London|url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/first-team/2015_2016/league/home/derby-county|website=Fulham FC|access-date=6 February 2016}} He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 win over Nottingham Forest on 19 March 2016.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35791346|title=Derby 1–0 Nottm Forest|date=19 March 2016|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|access-date=20 March 2016}}
He was released by Derby County at the end of the 2018–19 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48503980|title=Ashley Cole: Former England left-back set to retire after Derby exit|date=3 June 2019|access-date=4 June 2019|publisher=BBC Sport}}
=Return to Halmstads BK=
Olsson missed most of the 2020 season and all of 2021 season due to cruciate ligament injury. Upon recovering, on 28 January 2022 he returned to Halmstad.{{cite press release|publisher=Halmstad|url=https://www.hbk.se/nyheter/2022/januari/marcus-tillbaka-i-hbk|title=Marcus tillbaka i HBK|date=28 January 2022|access-date=12 April 2022|language=sv}}
International career
Marcus Olsson was called up to the annual January tour of the Sweden national team in 2012, facing Bahrain and Qatar U23.{{cite web|url=http://www.hbk.se/extra/news/?module_instance=1&id=9259|title=Med A-landslaget till Qatar|date=14 December 2011|access-date=31 January 2012|publisher=hbk.se|language=sv|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922190245/http://www.hbk.se/extra/news/?module_instance=1&id=9259|archive-date=22 September 2013}} He made his national team debut against Bahrain when he came on as a substitute for Tobias Hysén at half-time,{{cite web|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/landslag/herrar/arkiv/landslag/2012/01/herr-mot-bahrain-i-doha/|title=Herr: 2–0 mot Bahrain i Doha|date=18 January 2012|access-date=31 January 2012|publisher = svenskfotboll.se|language=sv}} he made his second appearance against Qatar in the following match, again coming on as a substitute at half-time, this time replacing Jiloan Hamad.{{cite web|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/landslag/herrar/arkiv/landslag/2012/01/qatar-sverige/|title=Storseger mot Qatar|date=23 January 2012|access-date=31 January 2012|publisher = svenskfotboll.se|language=sv}}
Personal life
His twin brother Martin Olsson is also a professional footballer and plays for Malmö FF. Their brother-in-law is former Dallas Mavericks basketball player Dirk Nowitzki, who married their older sister Jessica.{{cite web|date=31 July 2012|title=NBA Star, Dirk Nowitzki, Weds Fiancee Jessica Olsson in Kenyan Traditional Ceremony -Munaluchi Bride|url=http://munaluchibridal.com/nba-star-dirk-nowitzki-weds-fiancee-jessica-olsson-in-kenyan-traditional-ceremony|access-date=7 December 2016}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 19 September 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/marcus-olsson/57508/|title=M.Olsson|access-date=19 September 2023}}
| 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" |National Cup ! colspan="2" |League Cup ! colspan="2" |Other ! colspan="2" |Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="5" |Halmstad
|2008{{cite web|title=M. Olsson|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/marcus-olsson/57508/|publisher=Soccerway|access-date=22 May 2018}} |21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 21 | 1 | |||
| 2009
|Allsvenskan |20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 22 | 4 | |||
| 2010
|Allsvenskan |30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 31 | 4 | |||
| 2011
|Allsvenskan |29 | 2 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 31 | 3 | |||
| colspan="2" |Total
!100 | 11 | 5 | 1 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 105 | 12 | |||
| rowspan="6" |Blackburn Rovers
|2011–12{{soccerbase season|58892|2012|accessdate=22 May 2018}} |12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13{{soccerbase season|58892|2013|accessdate=22 May 2018}}
|Championship |23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 28 | 1 | ||
| 2013–14{{soccerbase season|58892|2014|accessdate=22 May 2018}}
|Championship |8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15{{soccerbase season|58892|2015|accessdate=22 May 2018}}
|Championship |41 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 45 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16{{soccerbase season|58892|2016|accessdate=22 May 2018}}
|Championship |20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 20 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2" |Total
!104 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 114 | 1 | ||
| rowspan="5" |Derby County
|Championship |16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|Appearances in Promotion Play-offs|name=PPO}} | 0 | 18 | 1 | |
| 2016–17{{soccerbase season|58892|2017|accessdate=22 May 2018}}
|Championship | 30 |0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2{{efn|Appearances with Derby County U23|name=DCU23}}
|0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18{{soccerbase season|58892|2018|accessdate=22 May 2018}}
|Championship |15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19
|Championship |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1{{efn|name=DCU23}} |0 |1 |0 | ||||||||||
| colspan="2" |Total
!61 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 70 | 1 | |
| rowspan="3" |Helsingborg
|2020 |Allsvenskan |11 |0 |1 |0 | colspan="2" |— |0 |0 |12 |0 | ||||||||||
| 2021
|0 |0 |2 |0 | colspan="2" |— |0 |0 |2 |0 | ||||||||||
| colspan="2" |Total
!11 !0 !3 !0 ! colspan="2" |— ! colspan="2" |— !14 !0 | ||||||||||
| rowspan="3" |Halmstad
|2022 |Superettan |10 |0 |1 |0 | colspan="2" |— |0 |0 |11 |0 | ||||||||||
| 2023
|Allsvenskan |17 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— |0 |0 |17 |0 | ||||||||||
| colspan="2" |Total
!27 !0 !1 !0 ! colspan="2" |— ! colspan="2" |— !28 !0 | ||||||||||
| colspan="3" |Career total
!303 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 318 | 14 |
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Honours
Individual
- Blackburn Rovers Player of the Year: 2014–15{{cite news|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/14113985.player-year-markus-olsson-opens-contract-talks-blackburn-rovers/ |title=Player of the year Markus Olsson opens contract talks with Blackburn Rovers |author=Paul Wheelock |publisher=Lancashire Telegraph |date=1 December 2015 |access-date=27 October 2023}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerbase|58892}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080401054710/http://www.hbk.se/extra/link/?module_instance=1&action=link_show&id=45&nav_id=71 HBK Profile] {{in lang|sv}}
{{Halmstads BK squad}}
{{Blackburn Rovers F.C. Player of the Season}}
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Category:Footballers from Gävle
Category:Swedish men's footballers
Category:Sweden men's international footballers
Category:Sweden men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
Category:Derby County F.C. players
Category:Premier League players
Category:English Football League players
Category:Swedish expatriate men's footballers
Category:Swedish expatriate sportspeople in England
Category:Swedish people of Kenyan descent