Marcus Andreas Danielson (born 8 April 1989) is a Swedish professional

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who plays as a defender for

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club

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is named ...

. A full international between 2019 and 2022, he won 19

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for the Sweden national team and represented his country at

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Club career

Early career

Danielson played for the fourth tier football club

IFK Eskilstuna IFK Eskilstuna is a Swedish football club located in Eskilstuna in Södermanland County. In their early seasons IFK had a proud record as an Allsvenskan club but they now play in Division 2 Västra Svealand, which is the fourth tier of Swedish f ...

until he successfully trialled for top tier club

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in the summer of 2007. At Helsingborgs IF he struggled to break into the first team and the club allowed him a free transfer to third tier club Västerås SK on 27 July 2009.

Västerås SK

Danielson gained considerably more playing time at Västerås SK and by the 2010 league season he was integral part of the team that won the division title and promotion into the

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. The club struggled in the second tier and at the end of the 2011 league season they were relegated. While at Västerås, Danielson played center back alongside his future Sweden international teammate Victor Nilsson Lindelöf.

GIF Sundsvall

On 8 February 2012, Danielson transferred to newly promoted top tier club

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for the start of the

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. He made his league debut on 31 March 2012 in a 1–0 defeat to

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. The club were relegated at the end of the season after losing a relegation play-off to

Halmstads BK Halmstads Bollklubb, also known simply as Halmstad () or (especially locally) HBK or Bollklubben, is a Swedish Association football, football club located in Halmstad in the county of Halland. The club, formed 7 February 1914 and approved members ...

. Danielson remained at the club, which finished runners-up in the

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and were promoted back into Allsvenskan.

Djurgårdens IF

On 12 February 2018, Danielson signed for top tier club

. He made his league debut in the first game of the campaign on 1 April 2018 against

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, scoring the only goal of the game. On 10 May 2018, Danielson played as Djurgården beat

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3–0 in the Swedish Cup Final. He played in 27 games and was selected as the league's

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when Djurgården won the

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Dalian Professional

On 28 February 2020 Danielson became Djurgården's most expensive outbound transfer ever, when he was sold to the Chinese club Dalian Professional based in

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for more than 50 million SEK. He made his debut for Dalian on 26 July 2020, scoring a goal in a 2–3 loss to Shandon Luneng. In his second game for the club, he picked up a red card when conceding a penalty in a 1–1 draw against

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International career

Youth

Danielson represented the Sweden U17 and U19 teams a total of 5 times between 2006 and 2007.

Senior

On 7 October 2019, Danielson was called up by to the Sweden national team squad for the

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games against

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and

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as a replacement for the injured central defender

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. He scored from a corner ten minutes into his debut, in what ended up as a 4–0 victory for Sweden over Malta. On 14 November 2020, he scored his second international goal in a 2–1 win against

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in the

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, though he also scored an own goal against the same opponent, which contributed to Sweden's eventual relegation. He scored his third international goal in a friendly with

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on 5 June 2021.

UEFA Euro 2020

He was named in Sweden's

squad in May 2021, and started in all three group stage games alongside Victor Lindelöf as a centre back. On 29 June 2021, Danielson was sent off in the

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game against

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following a foul on

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as Sweden was eliminated in extra-time.

2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying and retirement

Danielson played in five 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying games as Sweden failed to qualify for the

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after losing to

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in the UEFA second round Path A final on 29 March 2022. On 12 May 2022, Danielson announced his retirement from the national team. He won a total of 19

and scored 3 goals for Sweden.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals ''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first.''

Honours

;Västerås SK *

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;Djurgårdens IF *

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: 2017–18 Individual *

Most valuable player:

Defender of the year:

Player of the Month: July 2019

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Danielson, Marcus 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Eskilstuna Swedish footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers Sweden men's international footballers Men's association football defenders GIF Sundsvall players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players Dalian Professional F.C. players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Ettan Fotboll players Chinese Super League players UEFA Euro 2020 players Swedish expatriate footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate footballers in China