Erik Figueroa

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Erik Figueroa
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Personal information
Date of birth (1991-01-04) 4 January 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Sundbyberg, Sweden
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Vasalund
Number 5
Youth career
AIK [1]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2011 Hammarby TFF 58 (4)
2011–2013 Hammarby IF 58 (2)
2014 Vasalunds IF 24 (1)
2015 IK Sirius 22 (4)
2016 AFC Eskilstuna 26 (0)
2017–2018 IF Brommapojkarna 54 (4)
2019 Unión La Calera 11 (0)
2020 Helsingborgs IF 10 (0)
2021 Akropolis 23 (2)
2022– Vasalund 53 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 August 2024

Erik Figueroa (born 4 January 1991) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Vasalund. [2]

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Career

Club career

Figueroa grew up in Sundbyberg. [3] He played for AIK during his youth years. On his 20th birthday, he signed a professional contract with Hammarby IF after previously playing in the cooperation club Hammarby IF. [3] Figueroa left Hammarby after the 2013 season when the club decided to not extend his contract. [4]

On 25 February 2014, Figueroa signed with Division 1 club Vasalunds IF. [5] Before the 2015 season, he moved to IK Sirius.[ citation needed ]

In December 2016, Figueroa was recruited by IF Brommapojkarna, where he signed a two-year contract. On 9 January 2019, Figueroa was joined Chilean club Unión La Calera. [6] On 20 January 2020, Figueroa then moved back to Sweden and joined Helsingborgs IF, where he signed a one-year contract. [7]

On 20 March 2021, Figuero signed with Akropolis. [8]

Personal life

His mother is Swedish and his father is Chilean. [9] Figueroa is a dual national; he holds a Swedish EU passport as well as a Chilean passport. [10]

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References

  1. Profile at Fotbolltransfers, fotbolltransfers.com
  2. Erik Figueroa at Soccerway
  3. 1 2 22. ERIK FIGUEROA, hammarbyfotboll.se
  4. Figueroa och Angleborn lämnar, hammarbyfotboll.se, 29 November 2013
  5. Lamine Nekrouf och Erik Figueroa klara för Vasalund, vasalundsif.se, 25 February 2014
  6. Officiellt: Erik Figueroa klar för Union la Calera, fotbolltransfers.com, 9 January 2019
  7. Officiellt: Erik Figueroa klar för Helsingborgs IF, fotbolltransfers.com, 20 January 2020
  8. "Välkommen till Akropolis IF Erik Figueroa" (Press release) (in Swedish). Akropolis. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  9. "Figueroa flyttade till Chile - vill visa upp sig för ny publik: "Vad som helst kan hända"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). 14 January 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  10. "Erik Figueroa". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 February 2023.