A Swedish football playmaker or left winger, Viktor Claesson is well recognized for his passing and set piece abilities. The young talent plays for his national side Sweden national team as well as for Krasnodar, wearing the jersey no, 16.
A native of Varnamo, Sweden, Viktor Claesson was born on 2nd of January 1992. His birth sign is Capricorn. Regarding his nationality, Claesson is Swedish and is of Swedes ethnicity.
Claesson started off his football journey playing for IFK Varnamo’s youth team.
The star of Krasnodar, Claesson gets paid nearly $1 million per annum as his salary. Aside, he earns good sum from the national team as a salary. His only source of income is his professional football career, as he has not disclosed any information related to endorsement deal and sponsorship.
As of 2018, Claesson has an estimated net worth around $1.5 million. His current market value is $6.20 million.
Following various youth level at IFK Varnamo, Claesson made his professional debut at the age of 16. In his three year spell at the club, Claesson played 71 matches for 29 goals.
Claesson signed to IF Elfsborg in the year 2012. He played four seasons for the Elfsborg, where he made 134 appearances and scored 32 goals.
On 25th January 2017, Claesson moved to Russian Premier League side FC Krasnodar, signing a three-and-five-year-contract for a reported fee of $2.48 million. On 26th February, he made his debut in a Europa League Round of 32 wins against Turkish where he scored the goal which ended in a 1-0 victory. Adding up, he was also named “Man of the Match” by UEFA.
Thus far, he has played 33 matches and scored 7 goals for his native club.
Viktor Claesson has represented his national side, Sweden internationally both in junior and senior level. He was part of Sweden U17, U19, and U21 national team.
In the year 2012, he received a call-up to the senior squad of Sweden National Team.
On 13th November 2017, he named to play against Italy alongside his teammate Albin Ekdal, Emil Forsberg, and Sebastian Larsson.
On 28th March 2017, in a friendly match against Portugal, he scored 2 goals which resulted in 2-3 eventual loss.
Till the date, Claesson has won 19 caps and scored 3 goals for his national side.
Do Follow: Marcus Danielson
Currently, 26, footballer, Claesson has maintained his personal life in low profile as he has not shared anything about his love life, not even his relationship status. Summing up, he has set his Instagram account private. It seems that he is much focused on his career rather than anything. Hence, as per our record, he is possibly single and unmarried.
