.jpg) Hansson withFeyenoord in 2019 during training | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1998-06-15)15 June 1998 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Bergen, Norway | ||
| Position(s) | Left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Birmingham City | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2012 | Brann | ||
| 2013 | Kalmar | ||
| 2013–2014 | Brann | ||
| 2015–2017 | Feyenoord | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2014 | Brann 3 | 9 | (4) |
| 2014–2015 | Brann 2 | 29 | (5) |
| 2015 | Brann | 2 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Feyenoord | 3 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | →RKC Waalwijk (loan) | 35 | (12) |
| 2019–2020 | Hannover 96 | 14 | (0) |
| 2019 | Hannover 96 II | 1 | (0) |
| 2020 | →RKC Waalwijk (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | Fortuna Sittard | 43 | (2) |
| 2022–2024 | Heracles | 73 | (21) |
| 2024– | Birmingham City | 20 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2013 | Sweden U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2014 | Norway U16 | 10 | (1) |
| 2015 | Norway U17 | 10 | (1) |
| 2016 | Norway U18 | 9 | (2) |
| 2017 | Norway U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Sweden U21 | 10 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:11, 29 March 2025 (UTC) | |||
Emil Hansson (born 15 June 1998) is a professionalfootballer who plays as aleft winger forEFL League One clubBirmingham City.[1][2] Born in Norway, he is a former youth international for both Norway and Sweden.
Hansson is the son of former Swedish footballerPatrik Hansson. The brother of Emil Hansson's grandfather isTommy Svensson.
Hansson, son of a Norwegian mother,[3] and the former Swedish professionalfootballerPatrik Hansson, began playing football in his hometownBergen forBrann, before moving to the youth academy of SwedishAllsvenskan clubKalmar prior the 2013 season, where his father worked as assistant coach. After six months, he returned to Brann.
There, he was promoted to the first team for the2015 season, where he made his first two senior appearances in April 2015, one in the cup and one in the league. In total he got two league appearances and four in the2015 Norwegian Football Cup.[4]
Hansson joined the youth academy of DutchEredivisie clubFeyenoord in August 2015.[5] He initially played for the U21 team but made his debut in the Eredivisie on 12 March 2017 in a 5–2 home win overAZ, coming on as an 83rd-minute substitute forSteven Berghuis.[6] For the first team he made a total of two appearances during the2016–17 season, while continuing as a part of the U21 side and reserves; the first team won theDutch championship at the end of the season, after an 18-year title drought.[7] The following season, Hansson made eleven appearances for the reserves and two total appearances for the first team, in the KNVB Beker and in the league, respectively.[2] Feyenoord finished third in the Eredivisie that season and won the cup; the 100th edition of the tournament.[8]
In July 2018, Hansson moved to the second-tierEerste Divisie on loan toRKC Waalwijk.[9] With twelve goals from Hansson in 35 league appearances, the club reached ninth place in the league table and qualified for the first round of thepromotion and relegation play-offs. By scoring one goal in six appearances, Hansson contributed to helping RKC achieve promotion to the Eredivisie.[2][10] He returned to Feyenoord after his loan deal expired.
In August 2019, Hansson moved to German2. Bundesliga clubHannover 96 on a three-year contract.[11][12] The Swede made 14 2. Bundesliga appearances as well as one in theRegionalliga Nord for thereserve team before being loaned out to RKC Waalwijk once again for the second half of the season.[13] Hansson made seven league appearances for RKC, in which he scored one goal, before the season was cancelled after the 26th match-day due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. At this point, RKC was bottom of the table, but was able to remain in the Eredivisie due to a suspension of relegations.[14]
At the beginning of June 2020, Hannover 96 announced that Hansson would not return to the team, but would move on a permanent deal to Eredivisie sideFortuna Sittard for the2020–21 season.[15]
On 29 January 2022, Hansson returned to the Dutch Eredivisie, where he signed a two-and-a-half-year contract withHeracles, with an option for an additional year.[16] He made his debut for the club on 11 February, replacingBilal Başacıkoğlu in the 88th minute of a 1–0 win overUtrecht.[17][18] On the last matchday of theseason, Heracles dropped to 16th in the league table following a 3–1 defeat toSparta Rotterdam, meaningpromotion and relegation play-offs.[19] In the semi-final, the club facedExcelsior and suffered losses in both the first leg (0–3)[20] and the second leg (1–3), leading to their relegation to the Eerste Divisie.[21]
During their single season in the Eerste Divisie, Hansson evolved into a crucial player for Heracles, netting 16 goals and providing 19 assists in 36 league starts as they clinched the second-tier title and secured promotion back to the Eredivisie on the final matchday.[22][23] His 19 assists from 1 March 2022, to 1 March 2023, were particularly noteworthy, surpassing the figures of prominent players such asKevin De Bruyne,Lionel Messi andOusmane Dembélé, among others.[24]
On 5 July 2024, recently relegated EnglishLeague One clubBirmingham City signed Hansson on a three-year contract. The fee was undisclosed.[25] He made his debut in the opening fixture of the season, replacingSiriki Dembélé at half-time with Birmingham 1–0 down at home toReading; with little time remaining, his cross was handled by an opponent andAlfie May tied the scores with the resultant penalty.[26]
Hansson gained fourcaps for theSweden national under-17 team,[27] but later decided to play forNorway. As a result, he appeared in 10 matches each for Norway U16s andU17s, nine for the U18s and three for theU19s.[4]
In December 2018, Hansson finally decided on representingSweden,[28] and on 22 March 2019, he appeared in a friendly againstRussia inMarbella, Spain, for the first time for theSweden national under-21 team.
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brann | 2015 | First Division | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Feyenoord | 2016–17 | Eredivisie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| RKC Waalwijk (loan) | 2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 35 | 12 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 6[c] | 1 | 44 | 11 | ||
| Hannover 96 | 2019–20 | 2. Bundesliga | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Hannover 96 II | 2019–20 | Regionalliga Nord | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| RKC Waalwijk (loan) | 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | |||
| Fortuna Sittard | 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 34 | 2 | |||
| 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 43 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 2 | |||
| Heracles | 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2[c] | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Eerste Divisie | 36 | 16 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 38 | 16 | ||||
| 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 25 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 73 | 21 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 78 | 21 | ||||
| Birmingham City | 2024–25[30] | League One | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 2[d] | 1 | 24 | 2 | |
| Career total | 198 | 37 | 15 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 226 | 38 | |||
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De eerste helft was halverwege toen Hansson – zoon van een Noorse moeder en een Zweedse vader – de bal op de punt van de zestien ineens voor zijn voeten kreeg.
Der siebte Neue ist da: Hannover 96 hat Emil Hansson verpflichtet. Der schwedische U21-Nationalspieler wechselt von Feyenoord Rotterdam aus der niederländischen Eredivisie an den Maschsee.
Hannover 96 leiht Emil Hansson an seinen früheren Klub RKC Waalwijk aus. Der 21-jährige Schwede wird bis Ende der Saison für die Niederländer spielen und danach zu unseren Roten zurückkehren.
De 20-jarige middenvelder, geboren in het Noorse Bergen, heeft er even over moeten nadenken alvorens hij zijn beslissing nam. "Ik denk dat het Zweedse voetbal toch beter bij me past. Uit de gesprekken die ik heb gehad bleek dat ze me er in Zweden graag bij willen hebben. Dat gaf mij vertrouwen, dat heeft mijn keuze uiteindelijk bepaald," laat Hansson weten.