Rasmus Elm

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Rasmus Elm
Rasmus Elm 2012.jpg
With CSKA Moscow in 2012
Personal information
Full name Rasmus Christoffer Elm
Date of birth (1988-03-17) 17 March 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Kalmar, Sweden
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Kalmar FF (assistant)
Youth career
Johansfors IF
Emmaboda IS
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2009 Kalmar FF 96 (19)
2009–2012 AZ 83 (18)
2012–2015 CSKA Moscow 47 (5)
2015–2019 Kalmar FF 72 (2)
Total298(44)
International career
2003–2005 Sweden U17 15 (0)
2005–2007 Sweden U19 19 (5)
2007–2010 Sweden U21 18 (0)
2009–2013 Sweden 39 (4)
Managerial career
2020– Kalmar FF (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rasmus Christoffer Elm (born 17 March 1988) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently the assistant coach of Kalmar FF. During his career, he played for Kalmar FF in Sweden, for AZ in the Netherlands and the Russian side CSKA Moscow. Elm earned 39 caps for Sweden between 2009 and 2013 and competed at UEFA Euro 2012. He is the younger brother of Viktor and David Elm.

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Club career

Early career

Elm playing for Kalmar FF Rasmuselm.jpg
Elm playing for Kalmar FF

In his childhood, Elm played for Johansfors IF and Emmaboda IS, before he signed in January 2005 for Kalmar FF. [1]

Kalmar FF

In four-and-a-half years with the Allsvenskan club, Elm played 96 games and scored 17 goals. While at Kalmar, he helped the team win the 2007 Svenska Cupen, the 2008 Allsvenskan, and the 2009 Svenska Supercupen. [2]

AZ

On 27 August 2009, Elm signed a four-year deal with Eredivisie side AZ Alkmaar. He made his debut on 12 September 2009 in the 2–1 loss against ADO Den Haag.

Former Sweden men's national team coach Lars Lagerbäck once commented that Elm was the biggest talent Sweden has produced since Zlatan Ibrahimović. [3] While suffering from injuries and illness during his first two seasons in AZ, Elm experience a successful 2011–12 season. He received several player of the match awards during that season and was praised by the press and the fans for his passing and free kicks as well as his goal scoring.

Elm played a total of 83 matches for AZ before he left the club during the summer of 2012. [4]

CSKA Moscow

On 30 July 2012, Elm signed a three-year contract with Russian Premier League side CSKA Moscow, taking the shirt number 20. [4] On 21 October 2012, he scored his first goal for CSKA after converting a penalty at home against Rubin Kazan in a 2–0 victory. [5] On 3 January 2015, Elm had his contract with CSKA terminated by mutual consent in order to recover from a long-term stomach illness that had left him unable to train with the club. [6] [7]

Return to Kalmar FF and retirement

Elm returned to Kalmar FF and Sweden ahead of the 2015 Allsvenskan season. In early 2020, Elm announced his retirement from professional football, citing health issues related to his stomach illness. [8]

International career

Elm was the captain of the Swedish under-19 squad until August 2007, when he made his debut for the U21 squad. [9] On 11 February 2009, Elm scored his first goal for the Swedish senior team in a friendly against Austria. [9] He represented Sweden at Euro 2012. [10] On 16 October 2012, he scored the fourth and equalising goal in Sweden's remarkable 4–4 draw in Berlin against Germany in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C. The Swedes were losing 0–4 until the last 29 minutes of the game when a flurry of Swedish goals were capped by the stoppage time goal from Elm. The result was hailed as one of the greatest sporting achievements in Swedish history. [11] [12]

Personal life

Both of his siblings have also played professional football: David, who previously played for Fulham, and his other brother Viktor, who previously played for the Dutch club AZ.

Career statistics

Club

As of 19 March 2021 [13]

ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kalmar FF 2005 Allsvenskan 7000—70
2006 Allsvenskan23100—231
2007 Allsvenskan20400—204
2008 Allsvenskan2752020315
2009 Allsvenskan19931222412
Total9619514210522
AZ Alkmaar 2009–10 Eredivisie 2333000263
2010–11 Eredivisie2853140356
2011–12 Eredivisie3210411625213
Total831810220211322
CSKA Moscow 2012–13 Russian Premier League 2653020315
2013–14 Russian Premier League2104040290
Total4757060605
Kalmar FF 2015 Allsvenskan12010—130
2016 Allsvenskan18141—222
2017 Allsvenskan3030—60
2018 Allsvenskan19110—201
2019 Allsvenskan20000—200
Total7229100833
Career Total2984431430436152

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year [13]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden 2009111
201020
201180
2012102
201381
Total394

International goals [13]

Sweden's goal tally listed first. The score column shows the score after each Elm goal.

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 February 2009 UPC-Arena, Graz, AustriaFlag of Austria.svg  Austria 1–02–0 Friendly match
2.11 September 2012 Swedbank Stadion, Malmö, SwedenFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 1–02–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.16 October 2012 Olympic Stadium, Berlin, GermanyFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 4–44–42014 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.6 February 2013 Friends Arena, Solna, SwedenFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2–32–3Friendly match

Honours

Kalmar FF

CSKA Moscow

Individual

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  2. ↑ "Elm slutar i Blågult: "Var sak har sin tid"". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 15 March 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  3. ↑ Dutt, Sujav (11 June 2012). "Sweden's Elm backed to blossom at EURO". uefa.com. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
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  5. ↑ "PFC CSKA vs Rubin — 2:0 | Club news CSKA. Professional Football Club". Archived from the original on 27 December 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
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