Martin Lorentzson

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Martin Lorentzson
Martin Lorentzson (vs. Malmo FF in 2013, cropped).jpg
Lorentzson in 2013 with AIK
Personal information
Full name Martin Olof Lorentzson [1]
Date of birth (1984-07-21) 21 July 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Östertälje, Sweden
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
Östertälje
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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)
Total332(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 footballer who played as a right-back. He earned one international cap for Sweden.

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Career

Lorentzson started his professional football career in Norrköping with IK Sleipner. In 2007, he left Sleipner and joined Södertälje side Assyriska Föreningen.

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 Coventry City on 30 January 2016 against Scunthorpe United at the Ricoh Arena. At the conclusion of the season, the Sky Blues announced that he would not be retained upon the conclusion of his contract. [3]

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 Assyriska Föreningen he operated as a right-forward and right wing back and he has played in the centre back and defensive midfield positions for AIK. The latter being a position he expressed a desire to adapt his game to as he gets older.[ citation needed ]

Career statistics

As of 18 April 2016
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
IK Sleipner 2006 [4] Division 2 Norra Götaland 202000000202
Assyriska 2007 [4] Division 1 Norra 210000000210
2008 [4] Superettan 294000000294
2009 [4] Superettan27100002 [a] 0271
Total775000020775
AIK 2010 [4] Allsvenskan 14031002 [b] 0191
2011 [4] Allsvenskan291100000301
2012 [4] Allsvenskan294100012 [b] 3427
2013 [4] Allsvenskan273300000303
2014 [4] Allsvenskan28310004 [b] 0333
Total12711910018315415
Åtvidabergs FF 2015 [4] Allsvenskan170000000170
Coventry City 2015–16 [5] League One 7000000070
Career total24818910020327722

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References

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  2. ↑ "Jag måste prestera i Allsvenskan". Aftonbladet . Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Crowley, Kieran. "NEWS: Coventry City release ten players including Reda Johnson, Aaron Martin and Conor Thomas". www.ccfc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Martin Lorentzson Swedish Football Stats". elitefootball. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Games played by Martin Lorentzson in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 January 2016.


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