Marcus Andreas Danielson (born 8 April 1989) is a Swedish professional

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who plays as a defender for

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club

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Djurgårdens IF is an s ...

. A full international between 2019 and 2022, he won 19

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for the Sweden national team and represented his country at

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Club career

Early career

Danielson played for the fourth tier football club

IFK Eskilstuna Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Eskilstuna, commonly known as IFK Eskilstuna, or, especially earlier, Eskilstuna-Kamraterna, is a Swedish Association football, football club located in Eskilstuna, Södermanland County. In their early seasons, IFK ...

until he successfully trialed for top tier club

Helsingborgs IF Helsingborgs Idrottsförening, commonly referred to as Helsingborgs IF, Helsingborg or (especially locally) HIF (), is a Swedish professional football club located in Helsingborg. They play in the Swedish second tier, Superettan, following releg ...

in the summer of 2007. At Helsingborgs IF he struggled to break into the first team and the club allowed him a free transfer to third tier club Västerås SK on 27 July 2009.

Västerås SK

Danielson gained considerably more playing time at Västerås SK and by the 2010 league season he was integral part of the team that won the division title and promotion into the

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. The club struggled in the second tier and at the end of the 2011 league season they were relegated. While at Västerås, Danielson played center back alongside his future Sweden international teammate Victor Nilsson Lindelöf.

GIF Sundsvall

On 8 February 2012, Danielson transferred to newly promoted top tier club

GIF Sundsvall Gymnastik- och Idrottsföreningen Sundsvall, more commonly known as GIF Sundsvall (), Giffarna or simply Sundsvall, is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Sundsvall. The club is affiliated with Medelpads Fotbollf� ...

for the start of the

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. He made his league debut on 31 March 2012 in a 1–0 defeat to

Kalmar FF Kalmar Fotbollförening, more commonly known as Kalmar FF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Kalmar, Sweden. The club is affiliated to Smålands Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Guldfågeln Arena. Formed on 15 June 1 ...

. The club were relegated at the end of the season after losing a relegation play-off to

Halmstads BK Halmstads Bollklubb, also known simply as Halmstad () or (especially locally) HBK or Bollklubben, is a Swedish professional Association football, football club located in Halmstad in the county of Halland. The club, formed 7 February 1914 and app ...

. Danielson remained at the club, which finished runners-up in the 2014 Superettan and were promoted back into Allsvenskan.

Djurgårdens IF

On 12 February 2018, Danielson signed for top tier club

. He made his league debut in the first game of the campaign on 1 April 2018 against

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, scoring the only goal of the game. On 10 May 2018, Danielson played as Djurgården beat

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3–0 in the Swedish Cup Final. He played in 27 games and was selected as the league's

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when Djurgården won the

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Dalian Professional

On 28 February 2020 Danielson became Djurgården's most expensive outbound transfer ever, when he was sold to the Chinese club Dalian Professional for more than 50 million SEK. He made his debut for Dalian on 26 July 2020, scoring a goal in a 2–3 loss to Shandon Luneng. In his second game for the club, he picked up a red card when conceding a penalty in a 1–1 draw against

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International career

Youth

Danielson represented the Sweden U17 and U19 teams a total of 5 times between 2006 and 2007.

Senior

On 7 October 2019, Danielson was called up by to the Sweden national team squad for the

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games against

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and

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as a replacement for the injured central defender Pontus Jansson. He scored from a corner ten minutes into his debut, in what ended up as a 4–0 victory for Sweden over Malta. On 14 November 2020, he scored his second international goal in a 2–1 win against

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in the

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, though he also scored an own goal against the same opponent, which contributed to Sweden's eventual relegation. He scored his third international goal in a friendly with

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on 5 June 2021.

UEFA Euro 2020

He was named in Sweden's

squad in May 2021, and started in all three group stage games alongside

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as a centre back. On 29 June 2021, Danielson was sent off in the

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game against

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following a foul on Artem Besyedin as Sweden was eliminated in extra-time.

2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying and retirement

Danielson played in five 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying games as Sweden failed to qualify for the

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after losing to

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in the UEFA second round Path A final on 29 March 2022. On 12 May 2022, Danielson announced his retirement from the national team. He won a total of 19

and scored 3 goals for Sweden.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals ''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first.''

Honours

;Västerås SK *

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;Djurgårdens IF *

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: 2017–18 Individual *

Most valuable player:

Defender of the year:

Player of the Month: July 2019

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Danielson, Marcus 1989 births Living people Footballers from Eskilstuna Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers Sweden men's international footballers Men's association football defenders GIF Sundsvall players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players Dalian Professional F.C. players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Ettan Fotboll players Chinese Super League players UEFA Euro 2020 players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate men's footballers in China 21st-century Swedish sportsmen