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My Take
Olsson is the unglamorous backbone every good team needs, and those are exactly the players I value. A Swede from Gävle, he covers the left flank as both a left-back and a midfielder, the kind of two-way grind that rarely makes highlight reels but always shows up in results. At 180 cm he wins with positioning and stamina rather than flash. There is something honest about a footballer who started under the cold Gävleborg sky and simply kept showing up, season after season. I have a soft spot for craftsmen who do the quiet, essential work, and he reads like one of them.
Overview
Marcus Jonas Munuhe Olsson (born 17 May 1988) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and a left-back for Halmstad.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Marcus Olsson
- Name (Japanese)
- マルクス・オルソン
- Reading
- まるくす・おるそん
- Born
- May 17, 1988 (age 38)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Dragon
- Origin
- Gävle, Gävleborg County, Sweden
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 180 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Sweden →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.