Dan Ekner

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Dan Ekner

| image = Dan-Ekner-352022104667.jpg

| caption = Ekner in 1950

| fullname = Daniel Heimer Ekner

| height =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|2|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gothenburg, Sweden

| death_date = {{death date and age|1975|4|17|1927|2|5|df=y}}

| death_place = Gothenburg, Sweden

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1945

| years2 = 1945–1949

| years3 = 1949–1950

| years4 = 1949–1950

| years5 = 1950–1951

| years6 = 1951–1953

| years7 = 1953–1954

| years8 = 1954–1955

| years9 = 1955–1956

| years10 = 1956–1958

| years11 = 1958–1960

| years12 = 1960–1962

| years13 = 1962–1963

| clubs1 = Örgryte IS

| clubs2 = IS Halmia

| clubs3 = IFK Göteborg

| clubs4 = Portsmouth F.C.

| clubs5 = Olympique de Marseille

| clubs6 = Fiorentina

| clubs7 = SPAL

| clubs8 = Chicago Vikings

| clubs9 = Atlético Madrid

| clubs10 = Rot-Weiss Essen

| clubs11 = PSV Eindhoven

| clubs12 = Örgryte IS

| clubs13 = Västra Frölunda IF

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| caps2 = 75

| goals2 = 16

| caps3 = 19

| goals3 = 12

| caps4 = 5

| goals4 = 0

| caps5 = 27

| goals5 = 8

| caps6 = 60

| goals6 = 11

| caps7 = 31

| goals7 = 5

| caps8 =

| goals8 =

| caps9 = 0

| goals9 = 0

| caps10 = 25

| goals10 = 1

| caps11 = 23

| goals11 = 2

| caps12 = 7

| goals12 = 1

| caps13 =

| goals13 =

| nationalyears1 = 1949

| nationalteam1 = Sweden B

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 =

| managerclubs1 =

}}

Dan Heimer Ekner (5 February 1927 – 17 April 1975) was a Swedish footballer who played as a striker.{{Cite web |title=Dan Ekner - ifkdb.com |url=https://ifkdb.com/player/Dan-Ekner_180 |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=ifkdb.com}} He played professionally in England, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, the United States, and the Netherlands during a club career that spanned between 1945 and 1963.

Club career

Ekner was the first Swedish player to play in the Football League when he played five games for Portsmouth during the 1949–50 season during which Portsmouth ended up winning the league title.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110415012754/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/vieira-handed-title-of-englands-finest-import-758585.html The Independent]{{Cite web |date=2009-04-07 |title=Everything you will ever need to know about Pompey |url=https://portsmouth.vitalfootball.co.uk/everything-you-will-ever-need-to-know-about-pompey/ |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=Vital Portsmouth |language=en}} While at Atletico Madrid, he was part of the team that reached the 1956 Copa del Rey final.{{Cite web |title=Copa del Rey / Spanish Cup 1956 |url=https://www.linguasport.com/futbol/nacional/copa/Copa56.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030916225738/http://www.linguasport.com/futbol/nacional/copa/Copa56.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=16 September 2003 |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=www.linguasport.com}} He also represented clubs in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, and the United States during his career.{{Cite web |title=Dan Heimer Ekner |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Dan-Heimer-Ekner/6000000022820032469 |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=geni_family_tree |language=en-US}}

International career

Ekner appeared once for the Sweden B team in 1949.{{Cite web|title=Dan Ekner - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll|url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/dan-ekner/389350b0-38dd-4323-bf65-96ff45d7bfc2/|access-date=2022-02-14|website=www.svenskfotboll.se.|language=sv}}

Honours

Portsmouth

Football League First Division: 1949–50

References

=General=

[https://web.archive.org/web/20080704125359/http://www.om1899.com/joueurs/dossierjoueur/eknerdan.htm Profile]
{{cite book

|author1=Lanfranchi, Pierre |author2=Taylor, Matthew | title=Moving with the BallThe Migration of Professional Footballers | year=2001 | publisher=Berg Publishers | isbn=1-85973-307-7}}