Ian Niklas Svantesson (born August 31, 1993) is an American soccer player.

Career

College career

Svantesson played four years of

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at the

University of Alabama at Birmingham The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is a public research university in Birmingham, Alabama. Developed from an academic extension center established in 1936, the institution became a four-year campus in 1966 and a fully autonomous univ ...

between 2012 and 2015. While at college, Svantesson also appeared for

Premier Development League USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league syste ...

side

Orlando City U-23 Orlando City U-23 was an American soccer team based in Lake Mary, Florida, United States. Founded in 1998, the team played in the Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southeast Division of the S ...

Professional career

Svantesson signed with North American Soccer League side

Rayo OKC Rayo OKC, also known as Rayo Oklahoma City, was an American professional soccer team based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. They joined the North American Soccer League (NASL) – the second tier of the American soccer pyramid – beginning ...

on February 3, 2016, for their inaugural season in 2016. On December 12, 2017, Svantesson signed with

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Personal life

His father is the retired professional tennis player

Tobias Svantesson Tobias Svantesson (born 1 April 1963), is a former professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a ...

References

1993 births Living people American soccer players Association football forwards Charleston Battery players North American Soccer League players Orlando City U-23 players Rayo OKC players Soccer players from Orlando, Florida FC Tulsa players UAB Blazers men's soccer players USL Championship players USL League Two players {{US-footy-forward-stub