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Daniel Larsson
	Larsson playing for Malmö FF in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Alexander Larsson
Date of birth	25 January 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Gothenburg, Sweden
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
1992–1994	IFK Göteborg
1994–2002	IK Zenith
2002–2004	BK Häcken
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2008	BK Häcken
2009–2012	Malmö FF
2013–2014	Valladolid
2014–2015	Granada
2015	→ Esbjerg (loan)
2015–2016	Gaziantepspor
2017–2019	Akhisar Belediyespor
2019–2020	Aris
2020–2021	Apollon Limassol
2021	Akropolis IF
Total
International career
2002–2004	Sweden U17
2005–2006	Sweden U19
2010–2011	Sweden
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Alexander Larsson (born 25 January 1987) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a winger. Beginning his career with BK Häcken in 2002, he went on to play professionally in Spain, Denmark, Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus before retiring with Akropolis IF in 2021. A full international between 2010 and 2011, he won five caps for the Sweden national team.

Club career

BK Häcken

Larsson started his professional career in 2002 with BK Häcken in the Superettan, the second tier of professional football in Sweden. His twelve goals during his final season with Häcken helped the club win promotion to the Allsvenskan. In 2009, he left Häcken for Malmö FF.

Malmö

He scored his first goal for Malmö FF on 19 April 2009 in the second home game of the season against Trelleborgs FF. For the 2009 season he was the club's top scorer with 11 goals, finishing third in the league overall. Larsson formed a partnership in attack with Edward Ofere, who himself scored 10 goals, many of them assisted by Larsson. During 2010 Allsvenskan, Larsson became one of the most important players in Malmö FF's title-winning squad. He once again scored 10 goals, and assisted on 10 as well, which was the highest number of assists in the league that year. Many credit Larsson with improving his game in terms of vision, teamwork, passing skill and pace, all of which were considered his key assets.^[1]

Larsson scored the only goal in the first leg of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round for Malmö to win the game 1–0 against Rangers at Ibrox Stadium. He finished as Malmö FF's top scorer for the 2011 season with 6 goals and 9 assists. During the 2012 season Larsson managed only 4 goals in 30 matches, his lowest tally for Malmö. On 7 November 2012 it was announced that Larsson would go on a free transfer to Spanish club Real Valladolid when his contract with Malmö FF ended on 1 January 2013.^[2]

Real Valladolid

On 7 November 2012, Malmö FF confirmed that Larsson would transfer to Real Valladolid on 1 January 2013.^[2] On 25 October 2013 he scored his first goal for the club in a 3-0 away victory against Rayo Vallecano.

Granada

In June 2014 it was confirmed that Larsson would transfer to Granada CF on a three-year contract.^[3] He signed on for about €525,000 per season on 10 June 2014.

On 30 January 2015, after appearing in only one match with the Andalusians, Larsson was loaned to Esbjerg until June.^[4]

Gaziantepspor

On 7 August 2015, Larsson was transferred to Turkish Süper Lig club Gaziantepspor.^[5] He went on to score 4 goals in 46 appearances for the club before ending his contract by mutual agreement on 20 December 2016.^[6]

Akhisar Belediyespor

After ending his contract with Gaziantepspor early, Larsson completed a move to fellow Süper Lig side Akhisar Belediyespor. He signed a 2+1⁄2-year contract on 22 December 2016.^[7] On 10 May 2018, Hasan Ali helped Akhisar Belediyespor win their first professional trophy, the 2017–18 Turkish Cup.^[8]

Aris

On 24 January 2019, following his release from Akhisar Belediyespor, he signed a 1+1⁄2-year contract with Aris.^[9] His first goal came after 4 appearances in an emphatic 3-0 away win against Asteras Tripolis, on 11 February 2019.^[10] On 3 March 2019, Larsson scored in a 2-0 home win against title holders AEK Athens.^[11]

On 24 November 2019, he scored against AEK Athens, opening the score in an eventual 1-1 away draw.^[12] This was his first goal after 265 days.^[13] He then scored an equalizer at home against Lamia on 1 December 2019^[14] and on 4 January 2020, he scored in a massive 4-2 home win against PAOK, at the Derby of Thessaloniki.^[15] On 13 February 2020, Swedish midfielder Daniel Larsson found himself in a great position after escaping the attention of the Atromitos defence, and he subsequently calmly slotted the ball beyond Balazs Megyeri, sealing a vital 1-0 Greek Cup away win against Atromitos, helping his club qualify for the semi-finals.^[16] On 22 February 2020, he scored in a 2-2 away draw against Lamia.^[17]

International career

Larsson made his debut for Sweden against Oman as a part of Sweden's winter tour on 20 January 2010.^[18] On 17 May 2010 he was once again included in the national squad.^[19]

Personal life

Larsson's younger brother is Antalyaspor player Sam Larsson.

Career statistics

As of 4 March 2020^[20]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Häcken	2004	Superettan	2	0	—		—		2	0
	2005	Allsvenskan	5	0	—		—		5	0
	2006	Allsvenskan	17	2	—		—		17	2
	2007	Superettan	21	3	3	2	5	0	29	5
	2008	Superettan	28	12	1	0	—		29	12
	Total		73	17	4	2	5	0	82	19
Malmö	2009	Allsvenskan	27	11	0	0	—		27	11
	2010	Allsvenskan	29	10	1	0	—		30	10
	2011	Allsvenskan	27	6	3	2	12	2	42	9
	2012	Allsvenskan	30	4	1	0	—		31	4
	Total		113	31	5	2	12	2	130	35
Real Valladolid	2012–13	La Liga	18	0	0	0	—		18	0
	2013–14	La Liga	28	3	2	0	—		30	3
	Total		46	3	2	0	0	0	48	3
Granada CF (loan)	2014–15	La Liga	1	0	3	0	—		4	0
Esbjerg fB	2014–15	Danish Superliga	14	2	3	0	—		17	2
Gaziantepspor	2015–16	Süper Lig	31	4	5	1	—		36	5
	2016–17	Süper Lig	15	0	1	0	—		16	0
	Total		46	4	6	1	0	0	52	5
Akhisar Belediyespor	2016–17	Süper Lig	9	1	1	0	—		10	1
	2017–18	Süper Lig	27	2	3	0	—		30	2
	2018–19	Süper Lig	3	0	3	1	—		6	1
	Total		39	3	7	1	0	0	46	4
Aris	2018–19	Superleague Greece	13	2	0	0	—		13	2
	2019–20	Superleague Greece	25	4	5	1	4	0	34	5
	Total		38	6	5	1	4	0	47	7
Career total			368	66	35	7	21	2	424	75