Rony Jene Aleksi Jansson (born 10 January 2004) is a Finnish professional footballer playing for

Superettan Superettan (; ) is an association football league and the second highest league in the Swedish football league system, league system of Swedish football, Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and rel ...

club

Kalmar Kalmar (, , ) is a city in the southeast of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 41,388 inhabitants in 2020 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County, which comprises 12 municipalities with a total of ...

as a

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Early years

Born in

Espoo Espoo (, ; ) is a city in Finland. It is located to the west of the capital, Helsinki, in southern Uusimaa. The population is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. Espoo is part of the Helsi ...

, Jansson started to play football in a youth team of

Grankulla IFK Grankulla IFK, or GrIFK as the name is commonly abbreviated, is a Finnish sports club from the city of Kauniainen. The club was formed in 1925 and the main activities covered are football, ice-hockey, handball, floorball and alpine. Each sp ...

Kauniainen Kauniainen (; ) is a town in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Kauniainen is situated in the southern part of the Uusimaa region, and it is Enclave and exclave, enclaved by the City of Espoo. The population of Kauniainen ...

. He joined the youth sector of HJK in 2018, and spent one season with the reserve team

Klubi 04 Klubi 04 is a Finnish football club based in Helsinki. It is the reserve team of HJK Helsinki for whom a number of the players are also registered. History Klubi 04 was founded in 2004 when HJK bought FC Jokerit. Initially Klubi 04 played in K ...

in the second tier

Ykkönen ''Ykkönen'' (Finnish language, Finnish for 'Number One'; , previously I divisioona) is the third highest level of the Finnish football league system (after the Veikkausliiga and Ykkösliiga), managed by the Football Association of Finland. Until ...

in 2021.

Club career

Kalmar FF

Jansson signed with

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club Kalmar FF in the summer 2022, and was first registered to under-19 and under-21 academy squads. Jansson told later that he had turned down an offer from

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before moving to Sweden. Ahead of the 2023 season, Jansson was promoted to the Kalmar FF first team squad. He made his

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...

debut on 3 July 2023 from the bench, playing 30 minutes in a 1–1 away draw against

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. On 3 August 2023, Jansson debuted in the European competitions, as a late substitute to Robert Gojani, in a

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qualifying loss against Pyunik Yerevan. On 19 September 2023, Jansson renewed his contract with Kalmar, signing a new four-year deal.

International career

Jansson is a regular Finnish youth international. He got his first call-up to Finland U21 national team on 24 August 2023 for the matches in September but had to withdraw. On 29 September, he was called up to UEFA Under-21 Euro Championship qualifying matches against

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and

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on 13 and 17 October 2023, respectively.

Personal life

Despite his Swedish-sounding name, Jansson does not speak

as his mother tongue. His great-grandmother was half-Swedish.VÄLKOMMEN TILL KALMAR FF, RONY JANSSON!
kalmarff.se, 21 June 2022

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jansson, Rony 2004 births Living people Finnish men's footballers 21st-century Finnish sportsmen Men's association football defenders Allsvenskan players Superettan players Ykkönen players Klubi 04 players Kalmar FF players Grankulla IFK players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Finnish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Finland men's youth international footballers Finland men's under-21 international footballers