Marcus Olsson

Olsson's current-season form is down 42% on last season (Season 19→11), while his Rating eased 10→5. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 21).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Halmstad · 11th	18	0	0	6.54	5	11
2024/25	Halmstad · 12th	22	1	1	6.73	10	19
2023/24	Halmstad · 12th	23	0	1	6.78	12	21
2022/23	Halmstad · 2nd	10	0	0	—	6	8
2021/22	Halmstad	2	0	0	—	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 10 earlier seasons and 2 youth-team spells in the full career.

Sweden · international

Side	Apps	G
Sweden	1	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headCentral defender

M. Olsson is a 38-year-old central defender at Halmstad, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 18 appearances, a Season grade of 18. On long-term scout potential he's rated 7.5. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter (63.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.11 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Olsson.

On the season, Olsson graded 18 for current form (age-blind), on 3 clean sheets and 2.105 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 19 → 11). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 8. At 38 Olsson is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 0.4 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2023/24Trending downRemarkably consistentStepped up 2023/24

7.5

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

18.1

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

63.3%

Minutes

a regular starter

2.11

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Halmstad finished 16th of 16 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

2.11

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.11 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 18 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (16th of 16) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 63.3% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.

Watch points

Age curve. At 38, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 7.5 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.11 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.5× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %63.3%

Available fixtures18 of 19

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 902.105

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900.088

Foul involvement / 901.316

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~2), then tapers with age. At 38, Olsson sits on 0.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Olsson's projected Rating — 7.5 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the Allsvenskan with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals0

Shots6

Passing

Assists0

Chances created4

Passes449

Possession

Duels won37

Duels won %48.7%

Fouls won1

Defending

Tackles10

Interceptions3

Blocks11

Fouls committed14

Penalties conceded1—

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards1

Red cards0

Transfer history

€0.6M total transfer fees · 4 moves

Free agentDec 2025 – nowFree

Halmstaduntil Dec 2025

HelsingborgAug 2020 – Dec 2025Free

DerbyJan 2016 – Aug 2020€ 600K

BlackburnJan 2012 – Jan 2016Free

Halmstaduntil Jan 2012

About M. Olsson

Marcus Jonas Munuhe Olsson is a 38-year-old centre-back who plays for Halmstad, born on May 17, 1988 in Gävle, standing 180 cm tall. He is from Sweden. Halmstad currently sit 16th of 16 in the Allsvenskan.

This season

In the current season, M. Olsson has made 18 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 1,026 minutes, with 1 yellow card.

M. Olsson's next match is on September 5, 2026, when Halmstad face Degerfors IF away in the Allsvenskan.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates M. Olsson at 7.5 with a Season form score of 18.1. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 16 recorded seasons, M. Olsson has totalled 326 club appearances with 13 goals and 4 assists for 5 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2014/15, with 41 appearances for Blackburn.

M. Olsson's career has also included time at Helsingborg, Derby and Blackburn.

On the international stage, M. Olsson has represented Sweden — 1 cap in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Halmstad finished 16th of 16 · a relegation-threatened side

Strengths

Watch points