Simon Kroon (born 16 June 1993) is a

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who plays for

Östersunds FK Östersunds Fotbollsklubb, commonly known simply as Östersunds FK, Östersund () or (especially locally) ÖFK, is a Swedish professional football club located in Östersund, Sweden and since 2022 play in the Swedish second tier, Superettan. T ...

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. He is the son of the former athletes

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and Annika Lorentzon.

Club career

Kroon made his

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football le ...

debut in a match against

Kalmar FF Kalmar Fotbollförening, more commonly known as Kalmar FF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Kalmar. The club is affiliated to Smålands Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Guldfågeln Arena. Formed on 15 June 1910, the clu ...

on 20 June 2011. Seven days later he made his debut in the starting eleven in a match against

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. On 28 March 2013 Kroon signed a first team contract with Malmö FF until the end of the 2015 season. A few weeks later he scored his first league goal for Malmö FF in the home fixture against

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to seal a 2–0 win for Malmö. After having played 8 matches in his debut season at the club and then just one match during the 2012 season, Kroon was given a fair amount of playing time during the league title winning 2013 season. Although most his appearances was from the bench, Kroon played in 17 matches and scored 2 goals in the league. He also played in four matches and scored two goals for the club during qualification for the

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. In the

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season Kroon continued to make regular appearances for the club. In the group stage for the

2013–14 Svenska Cupen The 2013–14 Svenska Cupen was the 58th season of Svenska Cupen and the second season with the current format. The winners of the competition earned a place in the second qualifying round of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. If they had already q ...

he scored five goals in three matches. He also scored for the club in the final fixture of the group stage of the

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, an away loss 4–2 to

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

on 9 December 2014.

Career statistics

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:''As of 21 July 2018.''

Honours

Club

;Malmö FF *

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Svenska Supercupen Svenska Supercupen, ''Swedish Super Cup'', was a one-off fixture in Swedish football played between the Allsvenskan champions and the winners of Svenska Cupen. The fixture was played in November, after the Allsvenskan season. In the event of a ...

References

External links

Malmö FF profile
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