Johan Eklund (born 30 May 1984) is a Swedish footballer who plays for IK Brage as a forward.[1]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Johan Olof Peter Eklund | ||
| Date of birth | 30 May 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Falun, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | IK Brage | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Falu BS | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004 | IK Brage | 2 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Falu BS | 48 | (15) |
| 2007 | Falu FK | 26 | (8) |
| 2008–2011 | IK Brage | 100 | (48) |
| 2012–2016 | GIF Sundsvall | 130 | (43) |
| 2017– | IK Brage | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 February 2017 (UTC) | |||
Career edit
Eklund grew up in Falun where he started out playing for hometown club Falu BS which later turned into Falu FK. In his youth he was also a Team handball and Floorball player before deciding to invest all his time into football at age 15 or 16. In 2008, he was signed by IK Brage to play as a defensive midfielder but was soon moved back into his natural forward position. There he had an extremely successful year in 2009 where he scored 21 goals in 23 games and helped his team win promotion to second tier Superettan. The following year he also became a top ten goalscorer of the 2010 Superettan.[2][3]
Career statistics edit
- As of 9 December 2014[4]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Sweden | League | Svenska Cupen | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2004 | IK Brage | Superettan | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2005 | Falu BS | Division 2 | 22 | 11 | — | — | 22 | 11 | ||
| 2006 | Division 1 | 26 | 4 | — | — | 26 | 4 | |||
| 2007 | Falu FK | 26 | 8 | — | — | 26 | 8 | |||
| 2008 | IK Brage | 21 | 7 | — | — | 21 | 7 | |||
| 2009 | 23 | 21 | — | — | 23 | 21 | ||||
| 2010 | Superettan | 29 | 11 | — | — | 29 | 11 | |||
| 2011 | 27 | 9 | — | — | 27 | 9 | ||||
| 2012 | GIF Sundsvall | Allsvenskan | 26 | 5 | — | — | 26 | 5 | ||
| 2013 | Superettan | 30 | 15 | 4 | 1 | — | 34 | 16 | ||
| 2014 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 1 | — | 31 | 17 | |||
| Career total | 260 | 108 | 7 | 2 | — | 267 | 110 | |||
References edit
- ^ "Johan Eklund". Svenskfotboll. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
- ^ "Ha roligt är viktigast". DT. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ^ "Lär känna Johan Eklund". Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ^ "Eliteprospects.com - Johan Eklund". Eliteprospects. 9 December 2014. Archived from the original on 27 October 2013.
External links edit
- Johan Eklund at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)
- Johan Eklund club team profile at SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)
- Johan Eklund at Elite Football
- Johan Eklund at Soccerway