Martin Lorentzson

Martin Lorentzson
	Lorentzson in 2013 with AIK
Personal information
Full name	Martin Olof Lorentzson
Date of birth	21 July 1984 (age 38)
Place of birth	Östertälje, Sweden
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Youth career
	Östertälje
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2007	Sleipner
2007–2009	Assyriska Föreningen
2010–2014	AIK
2015	Åtvidabergs FF
2015–2016	Coventry City
2016–2019	Örebro SK
Total
International career
2013	Sweden
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Last updated July 10, 2023

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.

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
Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
IK Sleipner	2006 ^[4]	Division 2 Norra Götaland	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	2
Assyriska	2007 ^[4]	Division 1 Norra	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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	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^{[lower-alpha 2]}	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^{[lower-alpha 2]}	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^{[lower-alpha 2]}	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
1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Europa League

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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.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "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) (archived)

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[5] Appearances in 2009 Allsvenskan relegation play-offs

[statsUEFA-6] 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Europa League

[1] "EFL: Free Transfers: 2015/16" (PDF). English Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

[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.

[elitefootball-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Martin Lorentzson Swedish Football Stats". elitefootball. Retrieved 31 January 2016.

[7] "Games played by Martin Lorentzson in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 January 2016.

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Personal information
Lorentzson in 2013 with AIK
Full name	Martin Olof Lorentzson^[1]
Date of birth	(1984-07-21) 21 July 1984 (age 38)
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