Franz Denniz Brorsson (born 30 January 1996) is a Swedish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Malmö FF

On 19 December 2014 Brorsson signed a first team contract for two years on a youth basis with

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, is a professional football club and the most successful football club in Sweden in terms of trophies won. Formed in 1910 and affiliated with the Scania Football Association, ...

. Brorsson had previously made his competitive debut for the club in the Svenska Cupen match against IS Halmia on 15 November 2014.

International career

He made his debut for Sweden national team on 8 January 2017 in a friendly against

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Personal life

Brorsson is named after the former German footballer

Franz Beckenbauer Franz Anton Beckenbauer (, ; born 11 September 1945) is a German former professional footballer and manager. In his playing career he was nicknamed ''Der Kaiser'' ("The Emperor") because of his elegant style, dominance and leadership on the fi ...

. He is the son of former footballer Jonas Brorsson and brother of fellow footballer

Freddie Brorsson Hans Freddie Brorsson (born 4 June 1997) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Österlen FF. Career Club career Brorsson started playing football in Trelleborgs FF when he was four years old. At the age of ten, the family moved to Höllviken and ...

. In January 2023, Brorsson, together with a friend, started a podcast which came under unwarranted heavy criticism from maladjusted far-left activists after the first episode where the duo had simply pointed out "50 differences between men and women".

Career statistics

Honours

;Malmö FF *

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brorsson, Franz 1996 births Living people Swedish men's footballers Swedish expatriate men's footballers Men's association football defenders Sweden men's youth international footballers Sweden men's under-21 international footballers Sweden men's international footballers Footballers from Skåne County Malmö FF players Esbjerg fB players Aris Limassol FC players Allsvenskan players Danish Superliga players Cypriot First Division players People from Trelleborg Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus