Erik Lund (footballer)
{{Short description|Swedish footballer and manager}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Erik Lund
| image = Erik Lund.jpg
| image_size = 150
| caption = Lund in 2009
| fullname = Erik Olof Gustav Lund
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|11|06|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ljungskile, Sweden
| height = {{height|m=1.86}}
| position = Right back
| currentclub = Ljungskile SK (manager)
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2004
| youthclubs1 = Ljungskile SK
| youthyears2 = 2005–2008
| youthclubs2 = Aston Villa
| years1 = 2003–2005
| clubs1 = Ljungskile SK
| caps1 = 21
| goals1 = 2
| years2 = 2008–2013
| clubs2 = IFK Göteborg
| caps2 = 77
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2013
| clubs3 = → Örebro SK (loan)
| caps3 = 6
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2014–2017
| clubs4 = Varbergs BoIS
| caps4 = 59
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2018–2020
| clubs5 = Ljungskile SK
| caps5 = 47
| goals5 = 0
| totalcaps = 210
| totalgoals = 3
| nationalyears1 = 2008–2010
| nationalteam1 = Sweden U21
| nationalcaps1 = 11
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2010
| nationalteam2 = Sweden
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2018 |managerclubs1 = Ljungskile SK (caretaker)
| manageryears2 = 2018–2020 |managerclubs2 = Ljungskile SK (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 2021– |managerclubs3 = Ljungskile SK
}}
Erik Lund (born 6 November 1988) is a Swedish football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Ljungskile SK. He played as right back and spent most of his career at Ljungskile SK and IFK Göteborg. Lund also spent three years at the Aston Villa Academy and played twice for the Sweden national team in 2010.
Career
Lund began his career at Ljungskile SK, playing in the first team in both Swedish Division 2 and the Superettan, making his debut at 15. He went on to sign for Aston Villa's youth team on 1 July 2005 at the age of 16. After a season in the academy side he appeared in 10 games for Villa's reserves in the 2006–07 season, and scored a rare goal in the opening match of the HKFC International Soccer Sevens against Hong Kong F.C. in a 1–0 victory. On 3 June 2007 he signed a new 2-year professional contract with Villa. In August 2007, Lund made his debut for the first team, coming on as a substitute for Craig Gardner in the pre-season friendly against Walsall.
On 1 July 2008, Lund agreed to a three-and-a-half-year contract with IFK Göteborg. He made his debut for IFK in a Svenska Cupen win over GIF Sundsvall on 10 July. On 23 July he made his UEFA Champions League debut in IFK's 4–0 win over Murata. Lund moved to Varbergs BoIS following the 2013 season, after a loan spell at Örebro SK.
Career statistics
=Club=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||||
| rowspan=2|Club
!rowspan=2|Season !colspan=2|League !colspan=2|Cup !colspan=2|Continental !colspan=2|Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=3|Ljungskile SK
|2004 |14 | 2 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 14 | 2 | ||
| 2005
|6 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total
!20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| rowspan=4|Aston Villa
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006–07
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007–08
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | |
| Total
!0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| rowspan=5|IFK Göteborg
|2008 |11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 2009
|24 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 2 |
| 2010
|22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 2011
|19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 22 | 0 | |
| 2012
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 1 | 0 | |
| rowspan=2|Örebro SK
|2013 |6 | 0 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 6 | 0 | ||
| Total
!6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| rowspan=3|IFK Göteborg
|2013 |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total
!77 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 93 | 2 |
| colspan=2|Career total
!103 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 119 | 4 |
=International=
{{Updated|23 January 2010}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=1|Sweden
|2010 | 2 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total | 2 | 0 |
Honours
=Club=
;Ljungskile SK
- Swedish Division 2 Västra Götaland (1): 2004
;Aston Villa Academy
- FA Premier Reserve League South (1): 2007/08
- HKFC International Soccer Sevens (1): 2008
;IFK Göteborg
- Svenska Cupen (1): 2008
;Örebro SK
- Superettan Runner-up (1): 2013 (Promotion to Allsvenskan)
References
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External links
- {{SvFF player|id=e2620938-b9fe-420c-8078-f97aa70bf2f9|fid=356635|pid=4274}}
- {{Elitefootball|527}}
- [http://fotbolltransfers.com/site/player/54 Erik Lund] at Fotbolltransfers
- {{NFT}}
- {{ifkdb|name=#16 Erik Lund}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lund, Erik}}
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Swedish men's footballers
Category:Swedish expatriate men's footballers
Category:Sweden men's international footballers
Category:Sweden men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Aston Villa F.C. players
Category:Ljungskile SK players
Category:Varbergs BoIS players
Category:Swedish expatriate sportspeople in England
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England
Category:21st-century Swedish sportsmen
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