Viktor Elm

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Viktor Elm
Viktor Elm 2012.jpg
Elm playing for AZ in 2012
Personal information
Full name Viktor Sebastian Elm
Date of birth (1985-11-13) 13 November 1985 (age 37)
Place of birth Kalmar, Sweden
Height1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Kalmar FF
Number 23
Youth career
Johansfors IF
Nybro IF
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2005 Falkenbergs FF 32 (8)
2006–2008 Kalmar FF 78 (24)
2009–2012 Heerenveen 102 (15)
2012–2015 AZ 83 (6)
2015–2020 Kalmar FF 151 (16)
Total446(69)
International career
2006 Sweden U21 2 (0)
2008–2011 Sweden 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2020

Viktor Sebastian Elm (born 13 November 1985) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back and midfielder. He is best remembered for his time with Kalmar FF with which he won the 2007 Svenska Cupen and 2008 Allsvenskan. He also represented Heerenveen and AZ in the Netherlands. A full international between 2008 and 2011, he won 10 caps for the Sweden national team.

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He is the older brother of Rasmus Elm and the younger brother of David Elm, both of them also former footballers.

Club career

Falkenbergs FF

Elm played 32 matches scoring 8 goals in 28 games in the 2005 season.

Kalmar FF

Elm joined Kalmar FF from Falkenbergs FF before the 2006 season, where his younger brother Rasmus was a player and at the end of the season his older brother David followed from Falkenbergs FF. [1] On 9 April 2007 they became only the second trio of brothers to be fielded at the same time for one team in Allsvenskan, [2] [3] a feat the five Nordahl brothers never managed. [4]

Viktor and his brothers played a big part in the second part of the 2007 season [5] which led to Kalmar equalling their best result in Allsvenskan from 1985 at second place and winning their third Swedish Cup, the first time since 1987.

In the 2008 season Elm was even more instrumental in Kalmars first league title, scoring 15 goals including four in the last home game to effectively seal the title [6] and winning the award "Swedish Midfielder of the Year". [7] In Kalmars UEFA Cup run Elm scored the winning goal for against Feyenoord in the first leg of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup First round. [8]

At the end of the 2008 season Elm's contract was expired and was a free agent after 24 goals in 78 appearances for the Röda bröder.

SC Heerenveen

He signed with Dutch side SC Heerenveen on a bosman during the fall of 2008 and joined the team when the transfer window opened in January 2009. He scored his first two goals for the club against Feyenoord in the Fourth Round of the 2008–09 KNVB Cup. [9]

His first Eredivisie goal came on 8 February 2009, in a match against NAC Breda. [10]

After the 2012 season Elm was out of a contract at sc Heerenveen and after 102 appearances and 15 goals for De Superfriezen decided it was time for a new challenge.

AZ Alkmaar

In June 2012 Elm signed a four-year deal at AZ Alkmaar, teaming up with his brother Rasmus for the first time since their stint at Kalmar FF.[ citation needed ]

He made his official debut in a 2–2 draw against Ajax on 12 August 2012. He scored his first hattrick on 27 September in a KNVB Cup 4–1 win against SC Veendam. On 30 September he scored his first league goal in a 3–3 draw against RKC Waalwijk. He captained AZ for the first time against VVV Venlo on 25 January 2013 (4–1 win) because Maarten Martens was injured and Nick Viergever was suspended. Elm scored 5 goals in the KNVB Cup, as AZ won the cup for the 4th time in club history and scored 3 in the League.[ citation needed ]

For the 2013–14 season Elm appeared 49 times out of 58 competitive games, including 11 games en route to the Europa League semi-final. Elm scored 3 goals in the League.[ citation needed ]

Return to Kalmar FF

On 30 March 2015, it was announced that Elm returned to his former club Kalmar FF, where he reunited with his brothers David and Rasmus. [11] He announced his retirement from professional football on 16 December 2020. [12]

International career

Elm made his début for the Swedish national team against the United States on 19 January 2008. Elm made his 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification début on 6 June 2009 in the 0–1 defeat against Denmark, coming on as a substitute for Daniel Andersson in the 68th minute. [13]

Career statistics

Club performanceLeagueCupContinentalOther [14] Total
ClubSeasonLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoal
SwedenLeague Svenska Cupen Europe OtherTotal
Falkenbergs FF 2004 [15] Superettan 400040
2005 [15] Superettan28800288
Kalmar FF 2006 [16] Allsvenskan 2454061346
2007 [17] Allsvenskan24440284
2008 [18] Allsvenskan30155351104119
NetherlandsLeague KNVB Cup Europe OtherTotal
Heerenveen 2008–09 [19] Eredivisie 12444168
2009–10 [20] Eredivisie285226110378
2010–11 [20] Eredivisie17311184
Sweden110321331121013537
Netherlands57127761107120
Career Total1604120101732019954

Honours

Kalmar FF

SC Heerenveen

AZ

Individual

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