Alexander Fransson

Alexander Martin Fransson (born 2 April 1994) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cypriot First Division club Omonia.

Alexander Fransson
Fransson in 2013
Personal information
Full name Alexander Martin Fransson
Date of birth (1994-04-02) 2 April 1994
Place of birth Norrköping, Sweden
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Omonia
Number 16
Youth career
0000–2008 Lindö FF
2008–2012 IFK Norrköping
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Norrköping 73 (7)
2016–2018 Basel 51 (2)
2018 → Lausanne-Sport (loan) 12 (0)
2018–2021 Norrköping 101 (9)
2022–2023 AEK Athens 3 (0)
2023– Omonia 3 (0)
International career‡
2012–2013 Sweden U19 9 (0)
2014–2017 Sweden U21/O 22 (1)
2016–2019 Sweden 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:28, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

Club career

IFK Norrköping

Born in Norrköping, Fransson joined Norrköping as a 14-year-old from Lindö FF in 2008, and played in the club's academy until 2012. He made his Allsvenskan debut on the opening game of the 2013 season, in their away win against Mjällby AIF, the day before his 19th birthday.[1] He made in total 20 appearances in 2013, 18 in the league and two cup games.

His first Allsvenskan goal came also away at Mjällby, scoring the team's only goal in their 3–1 defeat on 14 August 2014. For Norrköping he played as a midfielder.[2]

In the last round of 2015 Allsvenskan, on 31 October 2015, Fransson won his first senior title as Norrköping won the Swedish championship for the first time in 26 years.[3] Eight days later, Fransson and IFK Norrköping took their second title for the season when they defeated 2014–15 Svenska Cupen winners IFK Göteborg in 2015 Svenska Supercupen.[4]

Basel

On 2 January 2016, Basel announced that they had signed Fransson on a four and a half year contract up until 30 June 2020.[5] He joined Basel's first team for their 2015–16 season under head coach Urs Fischer. After playing in three test games, Fransson played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the Letzigrund on 14 February 2016 as Basel won 4–0 against Grasshopper, coming in as substitute in the 90 minute.[6] He scored his first league goal for the club on 21 February in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park as Basel won 5–1 against Vaduz.[7][8]

Under trainer Urs Fischer Fransson won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2015–16 Super League season. Fransson played in 16 of the 18 league matches.[9] At the end of the 2016–17 Super League season the team won the championship again. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total. Fransson played in 25 league games.[10] They also won the Swiss Cup for the twelfth time, which meant they had won the double for the sixth time in the club's history. Frannsson played in four of the sic cup games.[11]

On 26 December 2017 Basel announced that Fransson would be loaned to Lausanne-Sport to gain more first-team opportunities.[12]

After the loan period, Fransson returned to the team, but a few days later it was announced that he would leave the club. In his three seasons with the club, Fransson played a total of 81 games for Basel scoring three goals. 51 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, seven in the Swiss Cup, seven in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and Europa League) and 16 were friendly games. He scored two goala in the domestic league and the other was scored during the cup.[13]

Return to IFK Norrköping

On 4 July 2018, Norrköping announced that they had signed Fransson on a three-year contract until 30 June 2021.[14]

AEK Athens

On 2 February 2022, AEK Athens announced that they had signed Fransson on a one-and-a-half-year contract. He didn't had the chance to play regular football for them. He played only in 3 Superleague matches and 4 in the Greek Cup. He won the double for the 2022-23 season and he was released when his contract expired.

International career

Fransson represented the Sweden U19 national team nine times between 2012 and 2013. In November 2014, Fransson played his first game for Sweden U21.

Fransson made his debut for the Swedish national team in an unofficial friendly against Estonia on 6 January 2016, played in the Armed Forces Stadium in Abu Dhabi. He started the match and played 55 minutes before being substituted in the 1–1 draw.[15] His second cap followed on 10 January in a 3–0 win against Finland played at the same venue. This match was also an unofficial friendly and he came on as a substitute in the 62nd minute.[16]

Career statistics
As of match played 15 May 2023[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Norrköping 2013 Allsvenskan 18021—–—–201
2014 26240—–—–302
2015 29550—–1[lower-alpha 1]1356
Total 7371110011859
Basel 2015–16 Super League 161003[lower-alpha 2]0—191
2016–17 251412[lower-alpha 3]0—312
2017–18 100303[lower-alpha 3]0—160
Total 5127180—663
Lausanne-Sport (loan) 2017–18 Super League 12000——120
Norrköping 2018 Allsvenskan 18212—–—–194
2019 285306[lower-alpha 2]0—375
2020 25220—–—–272
2021 30040—–—–340
Total 1019102600011711
AEK Athens 2021–22 Superleague Greece 1000——10
2022–23 2040——60
Total 3040——70
Career total 240183241401128723
  1. Appearance in the Svenska Supercupen
  2. Appearances in the Europa League
  3. Appearances in the Champions League

International
As of 11 January 2019.[17]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden 201650
2017 0 0
201810
201920
Total80

Honours
IFK Norrköping[1]
Basel
AEK Athens

References
  1. "A. Fransson". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  2. "Alexander Fransson". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  3. "IFK Norrköping är svenska mästare". aftonbladet.se. Sportbladet. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  4. "IFK Norrköping tog hem supercup-titeln". expressen.se. Expressen. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  5. "Alexander Fransson wechselt zum FC Basel 1893". fcb.ch. FC Basel 1893. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  6. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (14 February 2016). "Grasshopper Club - FC Basel 0:4 (0:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  7. Marti, Caspar (2016). "Der FCB dreht das Spiel and gewinnt gegen Vaduz 5:1". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  8. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (21 February 2016). "FC Basel - FC Vaduz 5:1 (0:1)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  9. Marti, Casper (2016). "Es ist vollbracht ! Der FCB ist zum 19. Mal Meister". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  10. Marti, Casper (2017). "Der Saisonabschluss im Zeitraffer". FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  11. "Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3–0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game". allaboutgeneva.com. 25 May 2017. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  12. FC Basel 1893 (2017). "Alexander Fransson leihweise zum FC Lausanne Sport". FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  13. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (2022). "Alexander Fransson - FCB statistic". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  14. Norrköping, IFK. "Välkommen hem, Alexander "Alle" Fransson! · IFK Norrköping". ifknorrkoping.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  15. "Oavgjort mot Estland". svenskfotboll.se. Swedish Football Association. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  16. "Enkel seger mot Finland". svenskfotboll.se. Swedish Football Association. 10 January 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  17. "Schweden – A. Fransson – Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
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