Robert Åhman Persson (born 26 March 1987) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Born in

Uppsala Uppsala ( ; ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the capital of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inhabitants in 2019. Loc ...

, Robert Åhman Persson, a

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and

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, was with Bälinge from childhood in 1991 until the age of 16 in 2003. He spent three years (2004–07) with AIK (including a 2006 loan to

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), then moved to Viborg for a year and, subsequently, to

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö, Scania. They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda S ...

from 2008 to 2010. He was a part of the team that won the championship, although he only belonged to the team for the half season. In the summer of 2010 he returned to AIK. In the autumn 2013 it was official that AIK would not offer him a new contract. Later he was attached by newly promoted

Örebro SK Örebro Sportklubb, more commonly known as Örebro SK, Örebro or (especially locally) ÖSK, is a Swedish professional football club based in Örebro. The club are affiliated to Örebro Läns Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Behrn ...

on a free transfer. He moved to Belenenses in January 2017, but returned to his native country in June 2018 after playing 24 games in the

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, signing a long term-deal with

IK Sirius Idrottsklubben Sirius, commonly known as IK Sirius or Sirius, is a Swedish Sport, sports club located in Uppsala. Today IK Sirius is active in bandy, floorball, and association football, football as an . History The sports club that became IK Sir ...

from his birth city Uppsala. He announced his retirement from professional football on 20 May 2020, following a knee injury.

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Honours

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2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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* * * 1987 births Living people Footballers from Uppsala Men's association football midfielders Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers Sweden men's under-21 international footballers AFC Eskilstuna players AIK Fotboll players Malmö FF players Viborg FF players Örebro SK players C.F. Os Belenenses players IK Sirius Fotboll players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Danish Superliga players Primeira Liga players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal 21st-century Swedish sportsmen {{sweden-footy-midfielder-stub