Erik Israelsson
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Erik Gustav Roger Israelsson | ||
Date of birth | 25 February 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Kalmar, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Kalmar | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
Lindsdals IF | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2013 | Kalmar FF | 89 | (13) |
2014–2017 | Hammarby IF | 76 | (20) |
2017– | PEC Zwolle | 17 | (1) |
2018–2019 | → Vålerenga (loan) | 15 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Vålerenga | 1 | (0) |
2020– | Kalmar | 9 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2006 | Sweden U17 | 4 | (0) |
2008 | Sweden U19 | 4 | (0) |
2008 | Sweden U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 September 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 August 2013 |
Erik Israelsson (born 25 February 1989) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kalmar.
Career
Early career and Kalmar
Israelsson joined Kalmar FF in 2005 from local club Lindsdals IF. He played three games during the 2008 Allsvenskan, when Kalmar were crowned champions. He became a regular at Kalmar from 2010 and onwards, playing 76 games during the following three seasons and scoring 13 times.[1] Before the start of the 2013 Allsvenskan he incurred a fractured toe witch eventually caused him to miss half of the season.[2]
Hammarby
On 6 December 2013, he signed for Hammarby IF.[3] This shortly after Nanne Bergstrand, his former manager at Kalmar, had been appointed as Hammarby's new manager. During his first season at Hammarby, he helped he team to gain promotion to Allsvenskan. In 2015, he scored six goals in 22 games, being voted "player of the year" by the supporters of the club. In a local derby against AIK on 27 September 2015, he scored a late header which secured a 1–0 win for Hammarby. In the aftermath of the goal, he suffered a concussion as well as a broken foot. This goal was later voted as the "goal of the season" by the Hammarby supporters.[4]
On 1 February 2016, he signed a new three-year deal with Hammarby, tying him to the club until 2018.[5] In the 2016 season Israelsson was the club's top scorer, managing to strike 10 goals in the league play.
Zwolle
On 14 January 2017, it was announced that Israelsson had signed a 2.5-year deal with Dutch Eredivisie side PEC Zwolle. The transfer fee was undisclosed.[6][7] He made his competitive debut for the side on 5 February 2017 in a game against Sparta Rotterdam. Israelsson was brought on as a substitute during the final stage of the game, scoring only minutes later whilst securing a 3–2 win for Zwolle.[8]
Honours
Club
- Kalmar
- Hammarby
References
- ^ "Erik Israelsson". Svenska Fotbollförbundet. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ^ "Våren förstörd för Israelsson". Barometern. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ^ "Israelsson klar för Hammarby". Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ^ "Efter den otäcka knocken - nu hyllas han av Bajen". Fotbolldirekt Fotboll. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ^ "Israelsson förlänger med Hammarby". Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ^ "PEC Zwolle versterkt zich met Erik Israelsson". PEC Zwolle. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
- ^ "Erik Israelsson lämnar Hammarby". Hammarby Fotboll. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ "PEC Zwolle pakt drie punten op Het Kasteel". PEC Zwolle. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
External links
- Erik Israelsson at WorldFootball.net
- Erik Israelsson at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Association football midfielders
- Swedish footballers
- Sweden under-21 international footballers
- Sweden youth international footballers
- Swedish expatriate footballers
- Kalmar FF players
- Hammarby Fotboll players
- PEC Zwolle players
- Allsvenskan players
- Superettan players
- Eredivisie players
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Swedish football biography stubs