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Robin Söder
Söder with IFK Göteborg in 2009
Personal information
Full name Robin Mikael Söder
Date of birth (1991-04-01) 1 April 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Magra, Sweden
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 IFK Göteborg
Number 9
Youth career
1995–1998 Magra IS
1998–2002 Sollebrunns AIK
2002–2005 Morlanda GoIF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Morlanda GoIF
2006–2007 Stenungsunds IF
2008–2014 IFK Göteborg 125 (23)
2014–2017 Esbjerg fB 61 (18)
2017–2018 Lokeren 35 (7)
2018– IFK Göteborg 38 (16)
International career‡
2006–2008 Sweden U17 19 (9)
2008–2009 Sweden U21 5 (1)
2020– Sweden 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 January 2020

Robin Söder (born 1 April 1991) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for IFK Göteborg as a striker.

Club career

Early career

Söder began his football career 1995 in Magra IS. After a couple of years he started to play for Sollebrunn AIK. He moved out from Magra at the age of 12 and started to play for Morlanda GoIF in Orust. He changed club to Stenungsunds IF where he also played senior football.

IFK Göteborg

Söder was signed for the youth team of the Swedish champions IFK Göteborg in December 2007, but soon began to train and play with the senior squad.

He made his debut in Allsvenskan on 1 July 2008 when he came on as a substitute against Trelleborgs FF. Only eleven days later, he made his first Allsvenskan goal for the club, securing three points against Djurgårdens IF by scoring 2–1 in the 91st minute.

After his debut season he was awarded Best Newcomer at the annual Fotbollsgalan, beating Sebastian Rajalakso, Rasmus Jönsson and Joel Ekstrand.[1] At the same time the Managing Director of FC Groningen, Hans Nijland claimed that the club had made an offer for Söder, but had been turned down by the player.[2]

In January 2009 was linked with a move to Werder Bremen, Milan, Bayern Munich, Palermo and Roma.[3]

Esbjerg fB

After six seasons in IFK, Söder decided to move to Danish side Esbjerg fB on 22 August 2014.[4]

International career

Söder was a regular in the Swedish national youth teams, and he was the captain of the Swedish U17 team in 2 matches in 2007. He became the youngest person ever to play in the Swedish U21 team, being 17 years and 157 days old when he played in Sweden U21s' match against Poland on 5 September 2008. The record was previously held by Leif Eriksson (Köpings IS), who was 17 years and 212 days when he made his debut for Sweden U21 in 1959 against Norway.[5]

On 23 May 2009, he was selected for the Swedish squad competing in the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. Söder played one game in this tournament,[6] coming as a substitute in the semi-final against England.[7] In this game he assisted Marcus Berg to the dramatic 3–3 equaliser but in the overtime that followed suffered a ligament injury.[8]

He made his senior debut for the Sweden national football team in a friendly game against Kosovo on 12 January 2020.[9]

Career statistics

As of 18 June 2020[10]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other1 Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
IFK Göteborg 2008 14 5 5 0 4 2 0 0 23 7
2009 12 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 2
2010 13 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 17 3
2011 18 0 3 1 — — 21 1
2012 23 2 1 1 — — 24 3
2013 26 9 2 0 2 0 1 0 31 9
2014 19 2 5 6 5 0 — 29 8
Total 125 23 18 8 13 2 2 0 158 33
Esbjerg fB 2014–15 21 4 4 0 — — 25 4
2015–16 12 4 1 2 — — 13 6
2016–17 28 10 2 1 — 4 1 34 12
Total 61 18 7 3 0 0 4 1 72 22
Lokeren 2017–18 35 7 1 1 — 1 0 37 8
2018–19 0 0 — — — 0 0
Total 35 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 37 8
IFK Göteborg 2018 9 2 1 0 — — 10 2
2019 27 14 1 0 — — 28 14
2020 2 0 3 3 — — 5 3
Total 38 16 5 3 0 0 0 0 43 19
Career total 259 64 31 15 13 2 7 1 310 82

1 Includes Svenska Supercupen, Danish Superliga relegation play-off and Belgian First Division A Europa League knockout matches.

International

As of 12 January 2020
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 2020 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

Club

Stenungsunds IF

IFK Göteborg

Individual

  • Swedish Newcomer of the Year: 2008

References

  1. ^ "Årets Nykomling 2008". svenskfotboll.se.
  2. ^ http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/internationell/article3782251.ab
  3. ^ http://www.fotbollsverige.se/news_show_storklubbar_vill_ha_soder.html?id=4981358
  4. ^ "Robin Söder fra IFK Göteborg til Esbjerg fB". Esbjerg fB. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  5. ^ Robin Söder alla tiders yngste i U21-landslaget svenskfotboll.se
  6. ^ Player profile at uefa.com
  7. ^ Match report
  8. ^ Söder injury blow hits Sweden uefa.com
  9. ^ "SPELARBETYG: Tre underkända i Sveriges seger". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Robin Söder". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
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