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Sebastian Larsson
Personal information
Full name: Bengt Ulf Sebastian Larsson
Date of birth: 6 June 1985 (1985-06-06) (age 39)
Place of birth:    Eskilstuna, Flag of Sweden Sweden
Height: 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position: Winger / Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club Flag of Sweden AIK
Number: 7
Youth clubs
0000–2001
2001–2004
Flag of Sweden IFK Eskilstuna
Flag of England Arsenal
Senior clubs
Years Club App (Gls)
2004–2007
2006–2007
2007–2011
2011–2017
2017–2018
2018–
Flag of England Arsenal
Flag of England → Birmingham City (loan)
Flag of England Birmingham City
Flag of England Sunderland
Flag of England Hull City
Flag of Sweden AIK
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National team
2000–2002
2003
2004–2006
2008–2021
Flag of Sweden Sweden U16/U17
Flag of Sweden Sweden U19
Flag of Sweden Sweden U21
Flag of Sweden Sweden
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Bengt Ulf Sebastian Larsson (born 6 June 1985) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Allsvenskan club AIK.

After beginning his career at hometown club IFK Eskilstuna, Larsson was signed by Arsenal. He made three league appearances for the Gunners, before joining Birmingham City, initially on loan for the 2006–07 season, before a permanent transfer in the summer of 2007. Larsson spent five years at Birmingham, experiencing promotion to, and relegation from, the Premier League on two occasions. He joined Sunderland on 1 July 2011 upon the expiry of his contract, after Birmingham suffered relegation. Larsson is renowned for being a set-piece specialist.

A full international since 2008, Larsson played for Sweden at the European Championship in 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020, as well as the FIFA World Cup in 2018.

Honours[]

Birmingham City

Sunderland

AIK

Individual

  • Birmingham City Player of the Year: 2007–08
  • Birmingham City Players' Player of the Year: 2007–08
  • Birmingham City Goal of the Season: 2007–08
  • Sunderland Supporters' Player of the Year: 2014–15

External links[]

Sweden
Flag of Sweden Sweden
Sweden
Sweden – UEFA Euro 2008 – Group stage

Manager:  Flag of Sweden [[]]

Sweden
Sweden – UEFA Euro 2012 – Group stage

1. Isaksson 2. Lustig 3. Mellberg 4. Granqvist 5. M. Olsson 6. Elm 7. Larsson 8. Svensson 9. Källström 10. Ibrahimović (c) 11. Elmander 12. Wiland 13. J. Olsson 14. Hysén 15. Antonsson 16. Wernbloom 17. Safari 18. Holmén 19. Bajrami 20. Toivonen 21. Wilhelmsson 22. Rosenberg 23. Hansson Manager:  Flag of Sweden Erik Hamrén

Sweden
Sweden – UEFA Euro 2016 – Group stage

1. Isaksson 2. Lustig 3. Johansson 4. Granqvist 5. Olsson 6. Forsberg 7. Larsson 8. Ekdal 9. Källström 10. Ibrahimović 11. Berg 12. Olsen 13. Jansson 14. Lindelöf 15. Hiljemark 16. Wernbloom 17. Augustinsson 18. Lewicki 19. Kujović 20. Guidetti 21. Durmaz 22. Zengin 23. Carlgren Manager:  Flag of Sweden Erik Hamrén

Sweden
Sweden – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Quarter-finals

1. Olsen 2. Lustig 3. Lindelöf 4. Granqvist (c) 5. Olsson 6. Augustinsson 7. Larsson 8. Ekdal 9. Berg 10. Forsberg 11. Guidetti 12. Johnsson 13. Svensson 14. Helander 15. Hiljemark 16. Krafth 17. Claesson 18. Jansson 19. Rohdén 20. Toivonen 21. Durmaz 22. Kiese Thelin 23. Nordfeldt Manager:  Flag of Sweden Janne Andersson

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Sweden – UEFA Euro 2020 – Round of 16

1. Olsen 2. Lustig 3. Lindelöf 4. Granqvist (c) 5. Bengtsson 6. Augustinsson 7. S. Larsson 8. Ekdal 9. Berg 10. Forsberg 11. Isak 12. Johnsson 13. Svensson 14. Helander 15. Sema 16. Krafth 17. Claesson 18. Jansson 19. Svanberg 20. Olsson 21. Kulusevski 22. Quaison 23. Nordfeldt 24. Danielson 25. J. Larsson 26. Cajuste Manager:  Flag of Sweden Janne Andersson

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