Background
Viktor Claesson was born on January 2, 1992 in Värnamo, Värnamo Municipality, Sweden.
Viktor Claesson was born on January 2, 1992 in Värnamo, Värnamo Municipality, Sweden.
He started in a club from his hometown - “IFK Värnamo”. In 2012 he moved to IF Elfsborg until 2017 (he played 178 matches, scored 45 goals). Since 2017, the player of Krasnodar (45 matches, 13 goals, including 37 and 8 in the Russian Premier League). He played for the Swedish national team for the first time in 2012. In the qualifying tournament for the 21st World Championship in Russia (2018) he participated in 8 matches. In total for the national team he played 21 matches and scored 3 goals. Serves as a central midfielder (point guard) or left wing.