Franz Denniz Brorsson (born 30 January 1996) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Aris Limassol in the Cypriot First Division.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Franz Denniz Brorsson | ||
| Date of birth | 30 January 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Trelleborg, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Aris Limassol | ||
| Number | 31 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Trelleborgs FF | |||
| –2010 | BK Näset | ||
| 2010–2014 | Malmö FF | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2021 | Malmö FF | 118 | (2) |
| 2020 | → Esbjerg fB (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2022– | Aris Limassol | 69 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | Sweden U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Sweden U19 | 3 | (2) |
| 2016–2018 | Sweden U21 | 15 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Sweden | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 February 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2018 | |||
Club career edit
Malmö FF edit
On 19 December 2014 Brorsson signed a first team contract for two years on a youth basis with Malmö FF.[2] Brorsson had previously made his competitive debut for the club in the Svenska Cupen match against IS Halmia on 15 November 2014.[3]
International career edit
He made his debut for Sweden national team on 8 January 2017 in a friendly against Ivory Coast.[4]
Personal life edit
Brorsson is named after the former German footballer Franz Beckenbauer.[5] He is the son of former footballer Jonas Brorsson and brother of fellow footballer Freddie Brorsson.[6]
In January 2023, Brorsson, together with a friend, started a podcast which came under heavy criticism after the first episode where the duo detailed "50 differences between men and women".[7]
Career statistics edit
- As of 2 August 2023[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Malmö FF | 2014 | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2016 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 26 | 2 | |||
| 2018 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 14 | 1 | |||
| 2020 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 17 | 2 | |||
| 2021 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10[a] | 0 | — | 37 | 0 | |||
| Total | 118 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 32 | 2 | — | 163 | 5 | |||
| Esbjerg fB (loan) | 2019–20 | Danish Superliga | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 1 | ||
| Aris Limassol | 2021–22 | Cypriot First Division | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 35 | 1 | |||
| 2023–24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 48 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 173 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 225 | 7 | ||
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
Honours edit
- Malmö FF
- Allsvenskan: 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021
References edit
- ^ "Franz Brorsson". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ "Franz Brorsson skriver lärlingskontrakt med MFF". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 19 December 2014. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ "IS Halmia 1–2 Malmö FF". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. 15 November 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ "Sweden v Ivory Coast game report". ESPN. 8 January 2017.
- ^ "Trots två år kvar - Brorsson kan förlänga med MFF: "Är inte typen som väntar ut kontrakt"". fotbollskanalen.se (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ ""Spelar CL vid 19 – då är man rätt bra"". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ "Franz Brorsson försvarar kritiserad podd: "Man kan inte säga att en kvinna är en kvinna i dag"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "Franz Brorsson". Soccerway (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 June 2019.
External links edit
- Malmö FF profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2015-02-22) (in Swedish)
- Franz Brorsson at Soccerway
- Franz Brorsson at National-Football-Teams.com
- Franz Brorsson at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
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