Peter Karl-Johan Larsson (born 30 April 1984) is a Swedish former professional
footballer who played as a
centre back.
Club career
Starting his football career in IF Centern, alongside Swedish tennis player
Sofia Arvidsson, he then in 1999 moved to local rivals
Halmstads BK's youth squad in which he played until 2002, he played his first league match against
Hammarby IF
Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differe ...
(1–1), in August 2004, started during 2006 to take over Lithuanian national player
Tomas Žvirgždauskas
Tomas Žvirgždauskas (born 18 March 1975) is a retired football defender from Lithuania, who last played as defender for Halmstads BK.
Career
His career started in Zalgiris Vilnius, where he won the Lithuanian league title twice. In 1995, h ...
position in the team, placing Žvirgždauskas more and more on the bench as a substitute.
In 2007, when
Brazil was in Sweden for a game against
Chile and
Ghana, Larsson was one of four Swedish league players that were allowed to do one training pass with the Brazilian squad, the other players where
Samuel Holmén
Samuel Tobias Holmén (born 28 June 1984) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Holmén's favourite position was in the central midfield, and his style of play was that of a box-to-box player, being a good def ...
,
Johan Karlsson and
Ari Da Silva.
On 25 July 2008, Larsson and Halmstad agreed a deal with
Copenhagen, where he signed a five-year long contract.
On 5 September 2019, 35-year old Larsson announced that he would retire at the end of the season.
International career
He earned his first caps for the
Sweden men's national football team in January 2008 when he played against
Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
and the
United States. In the game against Costa Rica, he became the 1000th player to represent Sweden at top level.
Honours
FC Copenhagen
*Danish Superliga:
2008–09,
2009–10
*Danish Cup:
2008–09,
2011–12
References
External links
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Halmstads BK Profile
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1984 births
Living people
Swedish men's footballers
Swedish expatriate men's footballers
Sweden men's international footballers
Sweden men's under-21 international footballers
Halmstads BK players
F.C. Copenhagen players
Helsingborgs IF players
Allsvenskan players
Superettan players
Danish Superliga players
Men's association football defenders
Footballers from Halmstad
Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark