Samuel Gustafson

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Samuel Gustafson
Personal information
Full name Samuel Gustafson
Date of birth (1995-01-11) 11 January 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Mölndal, Sweden
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Urawa Red Diamonds
Number 11
Youth career
0000–2013 Fässbergs IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 BK Häcken 68 (12)
2016–2019 Torino 9 (0)
2018 → Perugia (loan) 20 (1)
2018–2019 → Hellas Verona (loan) 31 (1)
2019–2021 Cremonese 52 (0)
2021–2023 BK Häcken 61 (2)
2024– Urawa Red Diamonds 8 (1)
International career‡
2015–2016 Sweden U21 7 (2)
2022– Sweden 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:31, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Samuel Gustafson (born 11 January 1995) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Urawa Red Diamonds and the Sweden national team.[1]

Club career[edit]

On 2 September 2019, he signed a multi-year contract with the Serie B club Cremonese.[2]

On 9 July 2021, he returned to BK Häcken on a three-year contract.[3]

On 29 December 2023, Gustafson signed for J1 League side Urawa Red Diamonds on a permanent transfer, where he was reunited with manager Per-Mathias Høgmo, who left BK Häcken a few days ago.[4] Gustafson made his debut for the club, starting the whole game, in a 2-0 lost against Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the opening game of the season.[5]

International career[edit]

Gustafson represented the Sweden U21 team a total of seven times between 2015 and 2016.[6] He made his full international debut for Sweden on 16 November 2022 in a friendly game against Mexico, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 win.[7]

Personal life[edit]

Gustafson's twin brother, Simon Gustafson, also a footballer, was Samuel's teammate at BK Häcken.[8]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 4 November 2019[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Häcken 2013 Allsvenskan 2 1 3 2 0 0 5 3
2014 Allsvenskan 21 3 6 1 — 27 4
2015 Allsvenskan 27 5 6 0 — 33 5
2016 Allsvenskan 17 3 0 0 2[a] 0 19 3
Total 67 12 15 3 2 0 84 15
Torino 2016–17 Serie A 5 0 1 0 — 6 0
2017–18 Serie A 4 0 1 0 — 5 0
Total 9 0 2 0 0 0 11 0
Perugia (loan) 2017–18 Serie B 20 1 — — 20 1
Hellas Verona (loan) 2018–19 Serie B 31 1 2 0 — 33 1
Cremonese 2019–20 Serie B 2 0 0 0 — 2 0
Career total 129 14 19 3 2 0 150 17
  1. ^ Appearances in the Europa League

International[edit]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[6]
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 2022 2 0
2023 9 0
2024 2 0
Total 13 0

Honours[edit]

BK Häcken

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Samuel Gustafson". Svenskfotboll. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  2. ^ "GUSTAFSON IN GRIGIOROSSO" (Press release) (in Italian). Cremonese. 2 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Samuel Gustafson återvänder till BK Häcken" (in Swedish). BK Häcken. 9 July 2021.
  4. ^ "サミュエル グスタフソン選手 完全移籍加入クラブ間合意のお知らせ". Urawa Red Diamonds (in Japanese). 29 December 2023. Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  5. ^ "サッカーJ1開幕 広島 新スタジアムで浦和に快勝 大橋祐紀2得点". NHK (in Japanese). 23 February 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Samuel Gustafson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Sverige - Mexiko - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Inte alls lika som bär | Göteborgs-Posten - Fotboll". Gp.se. 23 February 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  9. ^ Samuel Gustafson at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

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