Martin Lorentzson
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Martin Olof Lorentzson[1] | ||
Date of birth | 21 July 1984 | ||
Place of birth | Östertälje, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Right-back | ||
Youth career | |||
Östertälje | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2007 | Sleipner | 20 | (2) |
2007–2009 |
Assyriska Föreningen | 77 | (5) |
2010–2014 | AIK | 127 | (11) |
2015 | Åtvidabergs FF | 17 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Coventry City | 7 | (0) |
2016–2019 | Örebro SK | 84 | (1) |
Total | 332 | (19) | |
International career | |||
2013 |
Sweden | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Martin Olof Lorentzson (born 21 July 1984) is a Swedish former professional
Career
Lorentzson started his professional football career in
In the summer of 2009, AIK, Swedish champions of 2009, announced that Lorentzson would join them in 2010. He enjoyed a successful career at AIK and was fan favourite known as 'Lorenzo' and 'The Swedish Zanetti'. He was also vice captain in his final season. In October 2014 AIK announced that they were not extending Lorentzson's contract even though he himself wanted to stay.[2]
Lorentzson made his debut for
Style of play
Lorentzson is known for his pace, stamina, crossing and aerial prowess from set pieces. [2] During match against Malmö in 2011 he broke the Allsvenskan's all-time record of kilometres covered in a game. In his earlier career whilst playing for
Career statistics
- As of 18 April 2016
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
IK Sleipner | 2006[4] | Division 2 Norra Götaland
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20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
Assyriska | 2007[4] | Division 1 Norra
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21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
2008[4] | Superettan | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | |
2009[4] | Superettan | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
Total | 77 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 5 | ||
AIK | 2010[4] | Allsvenskan | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 19 | 1 |
2011[4] | Allsvenskan | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | |
2012[4] | Allsvenskan | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12[b] | 3 | 42 | 7 | |
2013[4] | Allsvenskan | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | |
2014[4] | Allsvenskan | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 33 | 3 | |
Total | 127 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 154 | 15 | ||
Åtvidabergs FF | 2015[4] | Allsvenskan | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
Coventry City | 2015–16[5] | League One
|
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Career total | 248 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 277 | 22 |
- ^ Appearances in 2009 Allsvenskan relegation play-offs
- ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
References
- ^ "EFL: Free Transfers: 2015/16" (PDF). English Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ "Jag måste prestera i Allsvenskan". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ^ Crowley, Kieran. "NEWS: Coventry City release ten players including Reda Johnson, Aaron Martin and Conor Thomas". www.ccfc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Martin Lorentzson Swedish Football Stats". elitefootball. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "Games played by Martin Lorentzson in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
External links
- Martin Lorentzson at AIK at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 September 2011) (in Swedish)
- Martin Lorentzson at Assyriska at the Wayback Machine (archived 28 April 2009) (in Swedish)
- Martin Lorentzson at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)