John Alvbåge

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John Alvbåge
Personal information
Full name John Rune Alvbåge
Date of birth (1982-08-10) 10 August 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Gothenburg, Sweden
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Torslanda IK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999 Torslanda IK 1 (0)
2000–2002 Västra Frölunda IF 72 (0)
2003–2004 Örebro SK 51 (0)
2005 IFK Göteborg 0 (0)
2005–2008 Viborg FF 87 (0)
2008–2011 Örebro SK 107 (0)
2012–2017 IFK Göteborg 131 (0)
2017 → Minnesota United (loan) 3 (0)
2017 → Stabæk (loan) 8 (0)
2018–2019 Omonia 1 (0)
2018–2019 → Nea Salamina (loan) 1 (0)
2019 IK Sirius 7 (0)
2020 Lindome GIF 26 (0)
2021 Akropolis IF 13 (0)
Total 508 (0)
International career
1997–1999 Sweden U16 14 (0)
2000 Sweden U18 4 (0)
2002–2004 Sweden U21 11 (0)
2006–2009 Sweden 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:02, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

John Rune Alvbåge (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjɔnː ˈâlːvˌboːɡɛ]; born 10 August 1982) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Beginning his career with Torslanda IK in 1999, he went on to play professionally in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, the United States, and Cyprus before announcing his retirement in 2022. A full international between 2006 and 2009, he won four caps for the Sweden national football team and was a squad member at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Club career[edit]

Early career[edit]

After playing for local club Torslanda IK, he joined Västra Frölunda IF and debuted in the Swedish Allsvenskan, only 18 years old. He then moved to Örebro SK in 2003, before joining IFK Göteborg in 2005. He only stayed half a season at IFK Göteborg, where he was a backup for former Swedish international goalkeeper Bengt Andersson.

Viborg FF[edit]

He moved abroad later that same year, being bought by Danish club Viborg FF in July 2005. Bought as a replacement for Danish international goalkeeper Jesper Christiansen, Alvbåge quickly established himself in the Viborg team, and debuted for the Swedish national team in January 2006.

Return to Örebro SK[edit]

He returned to Örebro SK during the summer of 2008.

Return to IFK Göteborg[edit]

Before the start of the 2012 season, he returned to IFK Göteborg where he was the first-choice goalkeeper.[1] He helped the club win two Svenska Cupen titles (2012–13 and 2014–15) during his time there.[2]

Loan to Minnesota United[edit]

In January 2017 it was announced that Alvbåge had been loaned to Minnesota United FC of Major League Soccer until July 2017 with the option for an additional 18 months.[3]

Retirement[edit]

Alvbåge announced his retirement from professional football on 27 July 2022.[4]

International career[edit]

Alvbåge represented Sweden at all youth levels, including U17, U19, and U21 level. He represented the Sweden U21 team at the 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship where Sweden finished fourth.[5][6]

He made his full international debut for Sweden in a friendly game against Jordan on 23 January 2006.[7] Later that year, he was selected for the 2006 FIFA World Cup squad as the third-choice goalkeeper behind Andreas Isaksson and Rami Shaaban.[8] In total, he made four appearances for Sweden between 2006 and 2009.[6]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[9][6]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Torslanda IK 1999 Division 2 Västra Götaland 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Västra Frölunda IF 2000 Allsvenskan 12 0 0 0 2 0 14 0
2001 Superettan 30 0 0 0 — 30 0
2002 Superettan 30 0 0 0 — 30 0
Total 72 0 0 0 2 0 74 0
Örebro SK 2003 Allsvenskan 26 0 2 0 — 28 0
2004 Allsvenskan 25 0 2 0 — 27 0
Total 51 0 4 0 0 0 55 0
IFK Göteborg 2005 Allsvenskan 0 0 2 0 3 0 5 0
Viborg FF 2005–06 Danish Superliga 33 0 0 0 — 33 0
2006–07 Danish Superliga 33 0 0 0 — 33 0
2007–08 Danish Superliga 21 0 0 0 — 21 0
Total 87 0 0 0 0 0 87 0
Örebro SK 2008 Allsvenskan 18 0 0 0 — 18 0
2009 Allsvenskan 30 0 0 0 — 30 0
2010 Allsvenskan 30 0 2 0 — 32 0
2011 Allsvenskan 29 0 3 0 2 0 34 0
Total 107 0 5 0 2 0 114 0
IFK Göteborg 2012 Allsvenskan 23 0 1 0 — 24 0
2013 Allsvenskan 30 0 7 0 2 0 39 0
2014 Allsvenskan 19 0 4 0 2 0 25 0
2015 Allsvenskan 30 0 4 0 4 0 38 0
2016 Allsvenskan 29 0 4 0 7 0 40 0
Total 131 0 20 0 15 0 166 0
Minnesota United (loan) 2017 Major League Soccer 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Stabaek (loan) 2017 Eliteserien 8 0 — 7 0
Omonia 2017–18 Cypriot First Division 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
2018–19 Cypriot First Division 0 0 — 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Nea Salamina (loan) 2017–18 Cypriot First Division 1 0 — 1 0
IK Sirius 2019 Allsvenskan 7 0 0 0 — 7 0
Lindome GIF 2020 Ettan Södra 26 0 0 0 — 26 0
Akropolis IF 2021 Superettan 13 0 0 0 — 13 0
Career total 508 0 31 0 22 0 561 0

International[edit]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[6]
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 2006 2 0
2007 1 0
2008 0 0
2009 1 0
Total 4 0

Honours[edit]

IFK Göteborg[2]

Individual

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Det känns som att komma hem" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 6 October 2011. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "John Alvbåge - ifkdb.se". ifkdb.se. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  3. ^ Jornvik, Ulf. "John Till Minnesota United" (in Swedish). IFK Goteborg. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  4. ^ Sport, S. V. T. (27 July 2022). "Fotboll: John Alvbåge avslutar karriären – fortsätter som tränare". SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  5. ^ "uefa.com - UEFA European U-21 C'ship". archive.ph. 5 January 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d "John Rune Alvbåge - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Herr: Mållöst mot Jordanien" (in Swedish). SvFF. 23 January 2006. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  8. ^ "Svenska VM-truppen uttagen – två debutanter" (in Swedish). SvFF. 9 May 2006. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  9. ^ "John Alvbåge". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  10. ^ "TV: Alvbåge allsvenskans bästa målvakt: "En stor ära"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 July 2022.

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