Matthias Eklund

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Matthias Eklund
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Date of birth(1976-07-23)23 July 1976
Place of birth Sweden

Matthias Eklund (born July 23, 1976) is a retired Swedish football striker.

He played most of his career in Landskrona BoIS. He played for Landskrona between 1997 and 2008 – one season in the third tier, seven seasons in the second tier and four seasons in the highest division Allsvenskan.

He also played for Helsingborgs IF and Lönsboda GoIF.


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