Rasmus Jönsson (; born 27 January 1990) is a Swedish professional

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who is normally deployed as a

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Career

Helsingborgs IF

He plays as a striker and got his breakthrough in 2008, scoring four goals in

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alongside

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Helsingborgs IF Helsingborgs Idrottsförening, commonly referred to as Helsingborgs IF, Helsingborg or (especially locally) HIF (), is a Swedish professional football club located in Helsingborg. They play in the Swedish second tier, Superettan, following releg ...

. Jönsson is commonly called "Sugröret", meaning ''the drinking straw'', among his teammates. During the season 2010 in Allsvenskan, Helsingborgs IF Finished in second place just two points short of

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. Helsingborg however didn't allow this to let them down after a good season and finished it off on a high winning the

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in a final against

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with Rasmus scoring the only goal in the game late on. On 29 August 2011, Helsingborgs IF confirmed that a deal had been agreed for Jönsson to join

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side

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on a four-year deal. Jönsson said that he was sad to leave Helsingborg but happy to take an important step forward in his career.

VfL Wolfsburg

On 11 September 2011, Rasmus Jönsson made his Bundesliga debut from start against

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and he assisted for

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's second goal. Jönsson played 90 minutes before being substituted.

Loan to FSV Frankfurt

On 29 January 2013, it was announced that Jönsson would join

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on loan for the rest of the season.

AaB

On 9 August 2013, it was announced that Jönsson would join the Danish Superliga club AaB on a loan spell for the 2013/2014 season. On Sunday 6 October he scored twice against Viborg. On 21 July 2014, it was announced that Jönsson joined AaB on a permanent two-year basis. Jönsson got shirt number 10.

OB

In the Summer of 2016, Jönsson signed with the Danish club OB. In OB he was reunited with head coach

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. Nielsen was head coach in AaB when Jönsson joined the club before the 2013-14 season.

Buriram United

On 2 July 2019 it was announced he had signed a deal with

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until 30 November 2022. On the same day he traveled with his new teammates to their away fixture against

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in the

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. His team won 2–1 and Jönsson provided an assist.

Honours

;Helsingborgs IF *

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;AaB *

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: 2013–14 *

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: 2013–14

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* * 1990 births Living people Men's association football forwards Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers Sweden men's under-21 international footballers Sweden men's international footballers Footballers from Skåne County Helsingborgs IF players VfL Wolfsburg players FSV Frankfurt players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Allsvenskan players Superettan players AaB Fodbold players Danish Superliga players 21st-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-footy-forward-stub