Marcus Olsson

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Marcus Olsson
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Olsson in the colours of Halmstads BK in 2008
Personal information
Full name Marcus Jonas Munuhe Olsson[1]
Date of birth (1988-05-17) 17 May 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Gävle, Sweden
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Position(s) Left back/Left Winger
Team information
Current team
 Blackburn Rovers
Number 14
Youth career
0000–2006 Högaborgs BK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Högaborgs BK
2008–2011 Halmstads BK 100 (12)
2012– Blackburn Rovers 104 (1)
International career‡
2009 Sweden U21 1 (0)
2012– Sweden 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:21, 8 November 2015 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:47, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Marcus Jonas Munuhe Olsson (born 17 May 1988) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers as a midfielder and left back.

Club career

Halmstads BK

Born in Gävle, Sweden, Olsson started his career at Högaborgs BK. In 2008 he signed a contract with Halmstad,[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

Blackburn Rovers

After rejecting a contract from Djurgårdens IF,[5] and being linked to Standard Liège and Viking FK,[6][7] Blackburn Rovers confirmed on 31 January that Olsson had signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with the club, joining his twin brother at the club.[8]

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.[9] He scored his first goal for Blackburn in a 3–3 draw with Leeds United on 1 September 2012.[10]

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.[11]

He was voted Blackburn Rovers player of the season for the 2014/15 season.[12]

National team

Marcus Olsson was called up to the annual January tour of the Swedish national team in 2012, facing Bahrain and Qatar U23.[13] Marcus made his national team debut against Bahrain when he came on as a substitute for Tobias Hysén at half-time,[14] 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.[15]

Personal life

His twin brother Martin Olsson plays for Norwich City in the Premier League. Their brother-in-law is Dallas Mavericks basketball player Dirk Nowitzki, who married their older sister Jessica.[16]

References

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  9. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17093495
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  11. ↑ http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/blackburn-rovers/transfer-talk/news/olsson-signs-one-year-blackburn-extension_164603.html
  12. ↑ http://www.rovers.co.uk/news/article/markus-olsson-blackburn-rovers-player-of-the-year-2434824.aspx
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  16. ↑ http://munaluchibridal.com/nba-star-dirk-nowitzki-weds-fiancee-jessica-olsson-in-kenyan-traditional-ceremony

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