Pontus Almqvist
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 Almqvist with FC Rostov in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pontus Skule Erik Almqvist | ||
| Date of birth | 10 July 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Nyköping, Sweden | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Right midfielder[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Rostov | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2013 | Nyköpings BIS | ||
| 2014 | Syrianska FC | ||
| 2014 | IFK Norrköping | ||
| 2015–2016 | Nike Academy | ||
| 2016 | IFK Norrköping | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2020 | IFK Norrköping | 28 | (5) |
| 2017 | → IF Sylvia (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 2018 | → Varbergs BoIS (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Norrby IF (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2019 | → IF Sylvia (loan) | 6 | (2) |
| 2020– | Rostov | 8 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2019 | Sweden U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2020 | Sweden U21 | 5 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 December 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2020 | |||
Pontus Almqvist (born 10 July 1999) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Russian club FC Rostov as a right midfielder.[2]
Career
After attending trials in Stockholm, Almqvist joined the Nike Football Academy before signing a professional contract with IFK Norrköping for the 2017 season.[3] On 23 September 2017, he made his debut for Norrköping, playing the last ten minutes in a 2-1 loss to Halmstads.[4] He spent part of the 2017 season loan at Division 2 side IF Sylvia where he played three games and scored one goal.[5] He joined Varbergs BoIS on loan at the start of the 2018 season and played four times before returning to Norrköping in July 2018.[6] He scored his first two goals for Sweden U21 in September 2020 [7]
On 15 October 2020, he signed a five-year contract with Russian Premier League club FC Rostov.[8]
References
- ^ Pontus Almqvist at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Pontus Almqvist‚ svenskfotboll.se, 4 January 2018
- ^ "Pontus Almqvist signs for IFK Norrköping | Nike Academy to pro contract". unisportstore.com. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ "HALMSTAD VS. NORRKÖPING 2 - 1". Soccerway. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ "18. Pontus Almqvist Slyvia profile". IF Sylvia. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ "IFK-mittfältaren tränar med annan klubb". nt.se (in Swedish). 18 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ^ "BBC Football Scores". bbc. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ "Понтус Альмквист — игрок «Ростова»" (in Russian). FC Rostov. 15 October 2020.
External links
- Pontus Almqvist at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)
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- 1999 births
- Living people
- Swedish footballers
- Sweden youth international footballers
- Sweden under-21 international footballers
- Allsvenskan players
- Superettan players
- Russian Premier League players
- IFK Norrköping players
- Varbergs BoIS players
- Norrby IF players
- Nike Academy players
- FC Rostov players
- People from Nyköping Municipality
- Association football midfielders
- Swedish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Russia
- Swedish football midfielder stubs