Rony Jansson

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Full name Rony Jene Aleksi Jansson
Date of birth (2004-01-10) 10 January 2004 (age 22)
Place of birth Espoo, Finland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Rony Jansson
Personal information
Full name Rony Jene Aleksi Jansson
Date of birth (2004-01-10) 10 January 2004 (age 22)
Place of birth Espoo, Finland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Kalmar FF
Number 4
Youth career
–2018 GrIFK[1]
2018–2021 HJK
2022 Kalmar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021 Klubi 04 3 (0)
2022– Kalmar 45 (0)
International career
2019 Finland U16 4 (0)
2021–2022 Finland U18 3 (1)
2022 Finland U19 6 (0)
2023– Finland U21 18 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 November 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 March 2026

Rony Jene Aleksi Jansson (born 10 January 2004) is a Finnish professional footballer playing for Allsvenskan club Kalmar as a centre-back.

Born in Espoo, Jansson started to play football in a youth team of Grankulla IFK in Kauniainen. He joined the youth sector of HJK in 2018, and spent one season with the reserve team Klubi 04 in the second tier Ykkönen in 2021.

Club career

Kalmar FF

Jansson signed with Swedish club Kalmar FF in the summer 2022,[2] and was first registered to under-19 and under-21 academy squads.[3][4] Jansson told later that he had turned down an offer from Genoa before moving to Sweden.[5]

Ahead of the 2023 season, Jansson was promoted to the Kalmar FF first team squad.[6] He made his Allsvenskan debut on 3 July 2023 from the bench, playing 30 minutes in a 1–1 away draw against Mjällby.[7]

On 3 August 2023, Jansson debuted in the European competitions, as a late substitute to Robert Gojani, in a UEFA Conference League qualifying loss against Pyunik Yerevan.[8]

On 19 September 2023, Jansson renewed his contract with Kalmar, signing a new four-year deal.[9]

International career

Jansson is a regular Finnish youth international. He got his first call-up to Finland U21 national team on 24 August 2023 for the matches in September but had to withdraw. On 29 September, he was called up to UEFA Under-21 Euro Championship qualifying matches against Albania and Romania on 13 and 17 October 2023, respectively.[10][11] He made six appearances in the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification campaign, helping Finland U21 to qualify for the final tournament, and played in all three matches of the final tournament.[12]

Personal life

Despite his Swedish-sounding name, Jansson does not speak Swedish as his mother tongue. His great-grandmother was half-Swedish.[13]

Career statistics

References

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