Johan Eklund

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Johan Eklund
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Personal information
Full name Johan Olof Peter Eklund
Date of birth (1984-05-30) 30 May 1984 (age 40)
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*
YearsTeamApps(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)

Johan Eklund (born 30 May 1984) is a Swedish footballer who plays for IK Brage as a forward. [1]

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Career

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

As of 9 December 2014 [4]
Club performanceLeagueCupContinentalTotal
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SwedenLeague Svenska Cupen Europe Total
2004 IK Brage Superettan 20——20
2005 Falu BS Division 2 2211——2211
2006 Division 1 264——264
2007 Falu FK 268——268
2008 IK Brage 217——217
2009 2321——2321
2010 Superettan 2911——2911
2011 279——279
2012 GIF Sundsvall Allsvenskan 265——265
2013 Superettan 301541—3416
2014 281631—3117
Career total26010872—267110

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References

  1. ↑ "Johan Eklund". Svenskfotboll. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "Ha roligt är viktigast". DT. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Lär känna Johan Eklund". Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Eliteprospects.com - Johan Eklund". Eliteprospects. 9 December 2014. Archived from the original on 27 October 2013.
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