Johan MÃ¥rtensson

Johan Mårtensson (* February 16, 1989 in Skövde ) is a Swedish football player. Since summer 2011, the defensive midfielder is at FC Utrecht in the Dutch Eredivisie under contract.

Career

Start your career in Sweden

Mårtensson played in youth when Ulvåkers IF, before he aufrückte in the squad of the competition team at Tibro AIK at the age of 18 years. In early 2008 gave him the Ulvåkers IF to the third division Skövde AIK in the Division 1, where he moved into the focus of those responsible for the U-19 national team and participated with the national team in the qualifiers for the U-19 European Championship in 2008, in he failed with the team. However, he had also made ​​higher class attention. Even prior to the taking place in Switzerland in May 2008 qualifying tournament announced the Gothenburg club GAIS the obligation of the force as a perspective player's defensive specialist.

Coach Magnus Pehrsson sat Mårtensson immediately after the result of the 2008 European Championship held a summer break, in the 0:2 home defeat against GIF Sundsvall end of July of the year debuted the young player as a substitute for Andreas Tobiasson. Two weeks later he was the first time in the starting lineup, until the end of the 2008 he had completed 15 league games, and with the team on the side of Dime Jankulovski, Bobbie Friberg Da Cruz and Wanderson do Carmo held as Tabellenelfter the class. In the 4-2 win at Hammarby IF in mid-August he had thereby achieved his first goal in the Allsvenskan. Then took over Alexander Axén for the exchanged to Denmark Pehrsson as coach, already in preparation for the season of 2009, Mårtensson established as a regular force and stood in the subsequent season in his 25 league inserts each in the starting lineup. In parallel, he played himself in the care of Tommy Söderberg and Jörgen Lennartsson Swedish U- 21 team, with which he took in qualifying for the U-21 European Championship 2011. In the decisive play-off games in the fall of 2010 against Switzerland, but he just sat on the bench and could not prevent the withdrawal.

Mårtensson had already established in his early years as a regular force in the defensive midfield of Gothenburg clubs. Consequently, the club has sought to renew his contract. In the course of preparing for the season 2011, the club, the player and his advisors Stefan Pettersson agreed in February to an extension of the contract until the end of 2012.

Move abroad

Despite the extension of the contract in the spring of 2011 Mårtensson left Sweden in the summer. On July 9, reported the Dutch club FC Utrecht to have reached an agreement with the players and the club vormaligem. With his new club, he signed a valid until the summer of 2015 four- year contract.