Jonas Svensson (born 6 March 1993) is a Norwegian professional

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who plays for Turkish

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club

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and the Norway national team. Originally a

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, Svensson was converted to

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in 2014.

Club career

As a 15- and 16-year-old, Svensson played several games in the

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for

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. In August 2009, Svensson moved to Rosenborg. His debut came on 10 March 2011 in Rosenborg's 4–4 draw against

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. He then made his first league start against Haugesund, replacing the injured Michael Jamtfall. He signed a professional contract with Rosenborg in June 2011 until the end of the 2013 season. In Rosenborg's 4–0 win over Sarpsborg 08 on 3 June 2011, Svensson scored two goals. On 13 July 2011, he made his European debut against

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ic side Breiðablik in the Champions League Second qualifying round. During the 2014 season, with Cristian Gamboa struggling with injury and later attending the

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, Svensson stepped in as a right-back for Rosenborg, and he did so with success. After Gamboa's move to

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after an impressive world cup with Costa Rica, he continued to play right-back throughout the rest of the season. After the season, he made the decision to switch from midfield to right-back permanently. On 20 April 2016, Svensson reached 200 games for Rosenborg at the age of 23 years and 45 days, making him the youngest player for the club to do so and beating

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's record by 14 days. On 30 January 2017, Svensson signed for AZ. On 10 July 2021, Svensson signed a three-year deal with the newly promoted

side

International career

Svensson made his senior team debut for

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, after a few matches as non-playing sub, on 1 June 2016, in a 3–2 win over

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Svensson goal''.

Honours

Rosenborg *

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: 2015,

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: 2015,

Individual * Eliteserien Defender of the Year: 2015,

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: January 2018

References

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at Voetbal International * {{DEFAULTSORT:Svensson, Jonas 1993 births Living people People from Verdal Men's association football midfielders Norwegian men's footballers Rosenborg BK players AZ Alkmaar players Adana Demirspor footballers Eliteserien players Norwegian Second Division players Eredivisie players Süper Lig players Norway men's international footballers Norway men's youth international footballers Norway men's under-21 international footballers Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Norwegian people of Swedish descent Footballers from Trøndelag