Johan Eklund
{{short description|Swedish footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{for|the Swedish handball player|Johan Eklund (handballer)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Johan Eklund
| image = JohanEklund.jpg
| fullname = Johan Olof Peter Eklund
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|05|30|df=y}}
| height = {{height|m=1.93|precision=0}}
| position = Forward
| currentclub = IK Brage
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Falu BS
| years1 = 2004 | clubs1 = IK Brage | caps1 = 2 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2005–2006 | clubs2 = Falu BS | caps2 = 48 | goals2 = 15
| years3 = 2007 | clubs3 = Falu FK | caps3 = 26 | goals3 = 8
| years4 = 2008–2011 | clubs4 = IK Brage | caps4 = 100 | goals4 = 48
| years5 = 2012–2016 | clubs5 = GIF Sundsvall | caps5 = 130 | goals5 = 43
| years6 = 2017– | clubs6 = IK Brage | caps6 = 0 | goals6 = 0
| club-update = 5 February 2017 (UTC)
}}
Johan Eklund (born 30 May 1984) is a Swedish footballer who plays for IK Brage as a forward.{{cite web|title=Johan Eklund|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/person/?playerid=4104|publisher=Svenskfotboll|accessdate=31 March 2012}}
Career
Eklund grew up in Falun where he started out playing for hometown club Falu BS which later turned into Falu FK. In his youth he was also a Team handball and Floorball player before deciding to invest all his time into football at age 15 or 16. In 2008, he was signed by IK Brage to play as a defensive midfielder but was soon moved back into his natural forward position. There he had an extremely successful year in 2009 where he scored 21 goals in 23 games and helped his team win promotion to second tier Superettan. The following year he also became a top ten goalscorer of the 2010 Superettan.{{cite web|title=Ha roligt är viktigast|url=http://www.dt.se/sport/idrottsliv/1.3685858--ha-roligt-ar-viktigast-|publisher=DT|accessdate=4 May 2013}}{{cite web|title=Lär känna Johan Eklund |url=http://gifsundsvall.se/lar-kanna-johan-eklund-pa-resande-fot-med-eklund/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130706111915/http://gifsundsvall.se/lar-kanna-johan-eklund-pa-resande-fot-med-eklund/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 July 2013 |accessdate=4 May 2013 }}
Career statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||
| colspan=3 | Club performance
! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Cup ! colspan=2 | Continental ! colspan=2 | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League
! Apps | Goals
! Apps | Goals
! Apps | Goals
! Apps | Goals |
| colspan=3 | Sweden
! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Svenska Cupen ! colspan=2 | Europe ! colspan=2 | Total | ||||||
| 2004
|2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | |
| 2005
|rowspan="2"|Falu BS |22 | 11 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 22 | 11 | |
| 2006
|rowspan="4"|Division 1 |26 | 4 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 4 | |
| 2007
|26 | 8 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 8 | |
| 2008
|rowspan="4"|IK Brage |21 | 7 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 21 | 7 | |
| 2009
|23 | 21 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 23 | 21 | |
| 2010
|rowspan="2"|Superettan |29 | 11 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 11 | |
| 2011
|27 | 9 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 27 | 9 | |
| 2012
|rowspan="3"|GIF Sundsvall |26 | 5 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 5 | |
| 2013
|rowspan="2"|Superettan |30 | 15 | 4 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 16 |
| 2014
|28 | 16 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 17 |
| colspan=3 | Career total
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{SvFF player|fid=145679|fid_archive=20190424115956|pid=4104}}
- {{SvFF club player|fid=145679|fid_archive=20150707221158|pid=4104}}
- {{Elitefootball|1427}}
- {{Soccerway|johan-eklund/31315}}
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Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:GIF Sundsvall players
Category:Swedish men's footballers