About Rony Jansson

Rony Jene Aleksi Jansson (born 10 January 2004) is a Finnish professional footballer playing for Superettan 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.

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.

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