Hans Eklund

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Hans Eklund
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Hans Eklund in March 2015
Personal information
Full name Hans Patrik Eklund
Date of birth (1969-04-16) 16 April 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Mönsterås, Sweden
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1984–1986 Mönsterås GIF 43 (14)
1987–1997 Östers IF 259 (115)
1994–1995 Servette Genève 7 (1)
1998 Dalian Wanda 26 (8)
1998–2000 Viborg FF 50 (21)
2000–2003 Helsingborgs IF 79 (23)
Total464(182)
International career
1985 Sweden U17 9 (4)
1986 Sweden U19 4 (3)
1987–1990 Sweden U21 20 (8)
1988–1994 Sweden 7 (0)
Managerial career
2006–2007 Helsingborgs IF (assistant)
2006 Helsingborgs IF (caretaker)
2007–2009 Viborg FF
2010–2012 Landskrona BoIS (assistant)
2013 Falkenbergs FF
2014 Kalmar FF
2015–2021 Falkenbergs FF
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hans Patrik Eklund (born 16 April 1969) is a Swedish football manager, and former football player. In his active career, Eklund played seven games for the Sweden men's national football team and was the 1992 Allsvenskan top scorer.

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Club career

Eklund started his career at Mönsterås GIF. In 1987, he moved to Östers IF. With 16 goals in the 1992 Allsvenskan season, he was the league top goal-scorer. He stayed at Östers until 1997, when he moved abroad to play for Servette FC in Switzerland. He moved on to Chinese club Dalian Wanda, before playing for Viborg FF in Denmark. Eklund secured Viborg their first nationwide title, when he scored the only goal as Viborg beat Aalborg BK 1–0 in the 2000 Danish Cup final. He returned to Sweden, to play for Helsingborgs IF. Eklund ended his career in 2003.

International career

Eklund represented the Sweden U17, U19, and U21 teams a combined total of 33 times, scoring 15 goals. [1] He made his full international debut for Sweden on 12 January 1988, in a friendly 4–1 win against East Germany when he replaced Leif Engqvist in the 71st minute. [2] He made his first and only competitive appearance for Sweden on 19 May 1993 in a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Austria, replacing Martin Dahlin in the 86th minute of a 1–0 win. [3] He won his seventh and final cap on 24 February 1994 in a friendly game against Mexico, playing for 87 minutes before being replaced by Anders Andersson in a 1–2 loss. [4]

Managerial career

As he ended his active career, Eklund was hired as youth team coach at Helsingborgs IF. He was later promoted to assistant coach for the team. In November 2007, he was hired as manager of his former team Viborg FF. He was fired in April 2009 due to mixed results. In December 2009 it was announced that he would join Landskrona BoIS, working as an assistant manager.

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year [1]

National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden 198820
198900
199020
199100
199210
199310
199410
Total70

Honours

Player

Viborg FF

Manager

Falkenbergs FF

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  1. 1 2 "Hans Eklund - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  2. ↑ "Östtyskland - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  3. ↑ "Sverige - Österrike - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  4. ↑ "Mexiko - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  5. ↑ "POKAL 1999/2000". haslund.info. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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