Marcus Danielson


Marcus Danielson is a Swedish footballer who plays for Dalian Professional of the Chinese Super League and the Sweden national team as a defender.

Club career

Early career

Marcus Danielson would play for fourth tier football club IFK Eskilstuna until he went on a successful trial for top tier club Helsingborgs IF in the summer of 2007. At Helsingborgs IF he would struggle to break into their first team and the club allowed him to leave for free to third tier club Västerås SK on 27 July 2009.

Västerås SK

He would gain considerably more playing time at Västerås SK and by the 2010 league season he would be an integral part of the team that won the division title and promotion into the Superettan. In the second tier the club would struggle to remain in the division and at the end of the 2011 league season they were relegated.

GIF Sundsvall

On 8 February 2012, Marcus would transfer to newly promoted top tier club GIF Sundsvall for the start of the 2012 Allsvenskan. He made his league debut on 31 March 2012 in a 1-0 defeat to Kalmar FF. At the end of the season the club would struggle within the league and they lost a relegation play-off to Halmstads BK. At the end of the 2014 Superettan Marcus would aid the club in promotion back into Allsvenskan by gaining a runners-up spot within the division.

Djurgårdens IF

On 12 February 2018, Marcus signed for top tier club Djurgårdens IF. He would make his league debut in the first game of the campaign on 1 April 2018 against Östersunds FK that ended in a 1-0 victory and a goal for Marcus.
On 10 May 2018 he played as Djurgården beat Malmo FF 3–0 in the Swedish Cup Final.
He played in 27 games and was selected as the league's Most Valuable Player when Djurgården won the 2019 Allsvenskan.

Dalian Professional

On 28 February 2020 Danielson became Djurgården's most expensive outbound transfer ever, when he was sold to the Chinese club Dalian Professional for more than 50 million SEK.
He made his debut for Dalian on 26 July 2020, scoring a goal in a 2-3 loss to Shandon Luneng. In his second game for the club, he picked up a red card when causing a penalty kick in a 1-1 draw against Henan Jianye.

International career

On 7 October 2019, Danielson was called up by to the Sweden national team squad for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying games against Malta and Spain as a replacement for the injured central defender Pontus Jansson. He scored from a corner ten minutes into his debut, in what ended up as a 4–0 victory for Sweden over Malta.

Career statistics

Club statistics

International

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.12 October 2019National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta1–04–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

Honours

Club

;Västerås SK
;Djurgårdens IF