Johan Daniel Mårtensson (born 16 February 1989) is a Swedish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Panetolikos Panetolikos Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ Παναιτωλικός), or with its full name Panetolikós Yimnastikós Filekpedeftikós Síllogos ( el, Παναιτωλικός Γυμναστικός Φιλεκπαιδευτικός Σύλλογος'' ...

Club career

GAIS

During his career at

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, he first came from the third-tier club

Skövde AIK Skövde AIK is a Swedish football club from Skövde. It was founded on 21 June 1919. The club is currently in Superettan. Background Skövde AIK has played 14 seasons in second tier Swedish football, the last time being as recently as 1995 ...

and, therefore, had some time to adapt to compete at a higher level. Mårtensson progressed pretty fast, and he shortly became a key player at GAIS's midfield. He showed that he was a great box to box player with good stamina, but also good vision for the game that worked out well with his capable technique. Although he's quite young and been capped several times for the Swedish U21 team, he is a bit underrated, maybe because

isn't one of the biggest clubs in

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football le ...

. During the 2011 season of Allsvenskan, Mårtensson had improved even more since the season before and showed that on the pitch. A bunch of European clubs were following him, with especially some sharp eyes from the Dutch club of

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FC Utrecht

On 9 July 2011, both

and

confirmed that Mårtensson had signed a four-year contract with the Dutch side. It was an undisclosed fee, but Mårtensson was valued at about 1.5 million Euros at that time.

International career

Mårtensson was included in the Sweden squad for their friendly against

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on 15 January 2015, scoring on his debut.

Career statistics

International

International goals :''Score and result list Sweden's goal tally first.''

References

External links

Voetbal International profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martensson, Johan 1989 births Living people Swedish footballers Swedish expatriate footballers Ettan Fotboll players Allsvenskan players Super League Greece players Skövde AIK players GAIS players FC Utrecht players Helsingborgs IF players Örebro SK players Panetolikos F.C. players Eredivisie players Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Greece Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Sweden youth international footballers Sweden under-21 international footballers Sweden international footballers Association football midfielders People from Skövde Municipality Sportspeople from Västra Götaland County