Ivo Pękalski
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ivo Dominik Pękalski | ||
| Date of birth | 3 November 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Lund, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Malmö FF | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2001 | Linero IF | ||
| 2001–2005 | Lunds BK | ||
| 2005–2007 | Landskrona BoIS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2007–2009 | Landskrona BoIS | 56 | (3) |
| 2009– | Malmö FF | 43 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005–2007 | Sweden U17 | 15 | (2) |
| 2008–2009 | Sweden U19 | 7 | (0) |
| 2010– | Sweden U21 | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 October 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Ivo Pękalski (Polish pronunciation: [pɛɰ̃ˈkalski]; born 3 November 1990 in Lund) is a Swedish footballer of Polish descent who currently plays for Malmö FF.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Club career
[edit] Early career
Pękalski began his career with Linero IF and has also played for Lunds BK, after few years with the club he was bought by Landskrona BoIS.[2] On 27 July 2009 Pękalski was transferred from Landskrona BoIS to Malmö FF.[3]
[edit] Malmö FF
After only playing for the reserve team during his first year at the club he clinched a permanent spot in the starting eleven for the 2010 season. Together with Wílton Figueiredo he formed a very strong central midfield in 2010 and that was one of the major reasons why Malmö FF won the title. Consistent injury problems made Pękalski miss some matches for the 2011 season and he eventually decided to rest at the end of the season and focus on recovering fully for the 2012 season.
[edit] International career
Pękalski was selected for the annual training camp for the Sweden national team in January 2012, but withdrew due to minor injury problems. The squad selection for the camp traditionally feature the best Swedish players in domestic and other Scandinavian leagues. [4]
[edit] Personal life
Pękalski's parents are from Rzeszów.[5] His father coached him until he was 14. He has a brother, Phillip, 12 years younger.[5]
[edit] Career statistics
- As of 3 November 2011[6]
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Sweden | League | Svenska Cupen | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2007 | Landskrona BoIS | Superettan | 26 | 2 | — | — | 26 | 2 | ||
| 2008 | 18 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
| 2009 | 12 | 1 | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||||
| 2009 | Malmö FF | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 26 | 1 | |||
| 2011 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 29 | 2 | ||
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | Sweden | 99 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 111 | 6 | |
| Career total | 99 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 111 | 6 | ||
[edit] Honours
[edit] Club
- Malmö FF
[edit] Individual
- Swedish Newcomer of the Year: 2010
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Playerhistory Profile
- ^ Ivo Pękalski - Landskrona BoIS - Player stats
- ^ Ivo Pekalski klar för Malmö FF
- ^ "Landslaget blir himmelsblågult: "Vi är stolta"" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. http://www.fotbollskanalen.se/1.2495446/2012/01/12/landslaget_blir_himmelsblagult_vi_ar_stolta. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ^ a b Dobosz, Marcin (13 August 2011). "Polski piłkarz odkryciem roku w Szwecji. Weźmie go Smuda?". Przegląd Sportowy. http://www.przegladsportowy.pl/Pilka-nozna-Ivo-Pekalski-moze-zagrac-u-Franciszka-Smudy,artykul,115363,1,379.html. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ^ "Ivo Pekalski". Swedish Football Association. http://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/person/?playerid=5688. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
[edit] External links
- (Swedish) Malmö FF Profile
- (Swedish) SvFF profile
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