![]() Ring in 2020 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Erik Karl Hugo Ring | ||
Date of birth | 24 April 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Södertälje, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lincoln City | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2011 | Huddinge | ||
2011–2017 | Segeltorp | ||
2017–2020 | AIK | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2024 | AIK | 49 | (0) |
2023 | → Helsingborgs IF (loan) | 29 | (6) |
2024– | Lincoln City | 27 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2021 | Sweden U21 | 2 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:57, 2 September 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17:42, 16 October 2024 (UTC) |
Erik Karl Hugo Ring (born 24 April 2002) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL League One club Lincoln City. [1]
Ring is a youth product of Huddinge and Segeltorps, before joining the youth academy of AIK in 2017. [2] He signed his first professional contract with AIK on 9 September 2020, keeping him at the club until 31 December 2024. [3] He made his professional debut with the club in a 3–0 Allsvenskan win over Hammarby on 20 September 2020. [4]
On 23 August 2024, Ring joined English club Lincoln City for an undisclosed fee, signing a contract until the summer of 2028. [5] Ring made his debut against Chesterfield in the EFL Trophy starting the game which finished in a 1–0 defeat. [6] He scored his first goal in English football, scoring a late winner against Northampton Town on 29 October 2024. [7]
Ring is a youth international for Sweden, having been called up to represent the Sweden U21 in October 2021. [8]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
AIK | 2020 | Allsvenskan | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||
2021 | Allsvenskan | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||
2022 | Allsvenskan | 17 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 6 [a] | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
2023 | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
2024 | Allsvenskan | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
Total | 49 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 63 | 1 | ||
Helsingborgs IF (loan) | 2023 | Superettan | 29 | 6 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 6 | ||
Lincoln City | 2024–25 [9] | EFL League One | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 3 [b] | 0 | 30 | 4 | |
2025–26 [10] | EFL League One | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 [b] | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 27 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 4 | ||
Career total | 105 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 133 | 12 |