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My Take
I have always admired goalkeepers, and Hansson is the unglamorous archetype I respect most. A Skåne-born Swede at 185cm, he kept goal for Helsingborgs and the famous Feyenoord, earning six caps and a spot in Sweden's Euro 2012 squad. Six caps may read modestly, but simply being called up amid Europe's depth of talent is no small feat. Keepers rarely get the headlines strikers chase; they just hold the line and let others shine. That quiet, unrewarded craft is exactly the kind of professionalism I want to applaud. He is the steady hand behind a team's success.
Overview
Pär Johan Åke Hansson (born 22 June 1986) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He represented Helsingborgs IF, Ängelholms FF, and Feyenoord during a professional career that spanned between 2005 and 2019. A full international between 2011 and 2014, he won six caps for the Sweden national team and was a squad member at UEFA Euro 2012.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Pär Hansson
- Name (Japanese)
- ペール・ハンソン
- Reading
- ぺーる・はんそん
- Born
- June 22, 1986 (age 39)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Tiger
- Origin
- Vejbystrand, Skåne County, Sweden
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 185 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
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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.