Gustav has played for the youth team of Sweden and made his international debut for Sweden in 2009. Svensson is also included in the 23-man Swedish squad for the FIFA World Cup 2018.
Gustav Svensson was born on 7 February 1987 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Born to a Swedish family, he holds Swedish nationality. He was born to a doctor father and has a younger brother and two older sisters.
His family moved to Cannes, France when he was 13 where they stayed for 9 months.
He started his playing career with the youth system of Swedish clubs such as Azalea BK, ES Le Cannet Rocheville, and IFK Goteborg.
His annual salary is estimated to be around €400,000 with a weekly salary of € 8000 which he receives from playing for his current club, MLS team, Seattle Sounders FC.
Looking at his professional football career combined with his assets along with his endorsement contracts, his net worth is assumed to around $2 million.
His current market value is reported to be £675,000 as of May 2018.
After playing for the reserve team of IFK Goteborg, he debuted with the senior team in 2005 and was the part of the Goteborg team that won the Allsvenskan in 2007 and Svenska Supercupen in 2008.
He then moved to Turkey and signed a three-year contract with Turkish football club, Bursaspor in early September 2010. After playing for a couple of seasons, he signed a three-year contract with the Ukrainian football club, Tavriya Simferopol.
Gustav later returned to his former club, IFK Goteborg and signed a four contract with the club on 23 March 2014. He played 28 matches for the club.
He signed a three-year contract with Chinese professional football club, Guangzhou R& F in early 2016.
The Swedish midfielder is currently playing for Major League Soccer club, Seattle Sounders FC on 30 January 2017 and made his MLS debut for Seattle against Houston in a losing effort.
After playing for Sweden in their under 21 teams, he made his full international debut for Sweden in 2009 and as of 2018, he has made11 appearances for Sweden national team and has yet to score an international goal for Sweden.
As of May 2018, he along with fellow Swedish players like goalkeeper Robin Olsen and midfielder, Sebastian Larsson was added to Sweden squad led by captain Andreas Granqvist for 2018 FIFA World Cup at Russia.
Currently, 31, Gustav Svensson stands at a height of 6 feet inches tall. Talking about his personal life, he is happily married to his wife, Sara.
The couple tied their wedding knots in November 2016 in Styrso, Sweden in a wedding ceremony attended by more than 70 guests. Among the attendants were Mathias Ranégie, Jonathan Berg, Sebastian Eriksson, Mikael Boman, Mattias Bjarsmyr and Carl Fhager.
