Oscar Jansson

Oscar Jansson (born 23 December 1990) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Örebro SK.

For the athlete, see Oscar Janson.

Oscar Jansson
Personal information
Full name Oscar Erik Jansson
Date of birth (1990-12-23) 23 December 1990
Place of birth Örebro, Sweden
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Örebro SK
Number 1
Youth career
Karlslunds IF
2007–2009 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
2009 → Exeter City (loan) 11 (0)
2010 → Northampton Town (loan) 4 (0)
2011 → Bradford City (loan) 1 (0)
2012 → Shamrock Rovers (loan) 16 (0)
2012 Shamrock Rovers 13 (0)
2013– Örebro SK 115 (0)
National team‡
2005–2007 Sweden U17 8 (0)
2008–2010 Sweden U19 7 (0)
2009–2011 Sweden U21 2 (0)
2014 Sweden 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 November 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 January 2014

Career

Jansson was born and raised in Örebro where he played for lower division locals Karlslunds IF HFK before joining Tottenham on 2 January 2007. He was spotted when playing Under-16 European qualifiers for Sweden.

At the beginning of September 2009, he joined Exeter City on a one-month loan deal.[1] He then went on to make his debut away at Gillingham where Exeter lost 3–0.[2] Exeter extended Jansson's loan till the end of October.[3] Exeter again extended Jansson's loan deal into a third and final month until 1 December 2009.[4] He returned to Tottenham Hotspur on 1 December after completing his three-month loan deal with Exeter City. In August 2010 Jansson joined Northampton Town on a short-term loan,[5] returning to Tottenham on 7 September 2010.

On 8 August 2011, Jansson signed a one-month loan deal with Bradford City.[6] After making one League appearance and two Cup appearances for Bradford, Jansson returned to Spurs on 7 September 2011.[7]

Jansson guested for Shamrock Rovers in a friendly at Glentoran in February 2012,[8] and signed until June 2012. After being released from Tottenham, Jansson signed a permanent contract for Rovers until the end of the season.[9]

On 26 December, it was confirmed that Jansson has signed a three-year contract with Örebro SK.[10]

In January 2013 Jansson was called up to the Sweden national football team for the King's Cup[11]

Honours

References
  1. "Exeter Announce New Signings". Exeter City F.C. exetercityfc.co.uk. 2 September 2009. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
  2. "Gillingham 3 – 0 Exeter". BBC Sport. 5 September 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
  3. "Oscar extends loan". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. tottenhamhotspur.com. 29 September 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
  4. "Oscar loan extended". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. tottenhamhotspur.com. 2 November 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
  5. "Oscar goes to Town". Tottenham Hotspur. 5 August 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  6. "Jansson joins City". Bradford City A.F.C. 8 August 2011. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012.
  7. "Jansson returns to Tottenham". Bradford City A.F.C. 7 September 2011.
  8. Glentoran 2:1 Rovers. Shamrockrovers.ie (14 February 2012).
  9. Jansson joins on loan from Spurs Archived 18 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Shamrockrovers.ie (18 February 2012).
  10. Oscar Jansson klar för ÖSK | ÖSK Archived 17 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Oskfotboll.se.
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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