Peter Karl-Johan Larsson (born 30 April 1984) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Starting his football career in IF Centern, alongside Swedish tennis player

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, he then in 1999 moved to local rivals

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's youth squad in which he played until 2002, he played his first league match against

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(1–1), in August 2004, started during 2006 to take over Lithuanian national player Tomas Žvirgždauskas position in the team, placing Žvirgždauskas more and more on the bench as a substitute. In 2007, when

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was in Sweden for a game against

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and

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, Larsson was one of four Swedish league players that were allowed to do one training pass with the Brazilian squad, the other players where Samuel Holmén, Johan Karlsson and Ari Da Silva. On 25 July 2008, Larsson and Halmstad agreed a deal with

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, where he signed a five-year long contract. On 5 September 2019, 35-year old Larsson announced that he would retire at the end of the season.

International career

He earned his first caps for the

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in January 2008 when he played against

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and the

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. In the game against Costa Rica, he became the 1000th player to represent Sweden at top level.

Honours

FC Copenhagen *

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: 2008–09, 2009–10 *

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: 2008–09, 2011–12

References

External links

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Halmstads BK Profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Larsson, Peter 1984 births Living people Swedish men's footballers Swedish expatriate men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers Sweden men's under-21 international footballers Halmstads BK players F.C. Copenhagen players Helsingborgs IF players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Danish Superliga players Men's association football defenders Footballers from Halmstad Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark 21st-century Swedish sportsmen