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John Alvbåge

{{short description|Swedish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = John Alvbåge

| fullname = John Rune Alvbåge

| image = John Alvbåge (2014, cropped).jpg

| upright = 1.1

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|08|10|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gothenburg, Sweden

| height = 1.87 m

| currentclub =

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Torslanda IK

| years1 = 1999

| years2 = 2000–2002

| years3 = 2003–2004

| years4 = 2005

| years5 = 2005–2008

| years6 = 2008–2011

| years7 = 2012–2017

| years8 = 2017

| years9 = 2017

| years10 = 2018–2019

| years11 = 2018–2019

| years12 = 2019

| years13 = 2020

| years14 = 2021

| clubs1 = Torslanda IK

| clubs2 = Västra Frölunda IF

| clubs3 = Örebro SK

| clubs4 = IFK Göteborg

| clubs5 = Viborg FF

| clubs6 = Örebro SK

| clubs7 = IFK Göteborg

| clubs8 = → Minnesota United (loan)

| clubs9 = → Stabæk (loan)

| clubs10 = Omonia

| clubs11 = → Nea Salamina (loan)

| clubs12 = IK Sirius

| clubs13 = Lindome GIF

| clubs14 = Akropolis IF

| caps1 = 1

| caps2 = 72

| caps3 = 51

| caps4 = 0

| caps5 = 87

| caps6 = 107

| caps7 = 131

| caps8 = 3

| caps9 = 8

| caps10 = 1

| caps11 = 1

| caps12 = 7

| caps13 = 26

| caps14 = 13

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 0

| goals7 = 0

| goals8 = 0

| goals9 = 0

| goals10 = 0

| goals11 = 0

| goals12 = 0

| goals13 = 0

| goals14 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1997–1999

| nationalyears2 = 2000

| nationalyears3 = 2002–2004

| nationalyears4 = 2006–2009

| nationalteam1 = Sweden U16

| nationalteam2 = Sweden U18

| nationalteam3 = Sweden U21

| nationalteam4 = Sweden

| nationalcaps1 = 14

| nationalcaps2 = 4

| nationalcaps3 = 11

| nationalcaps4 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalgoals4 = 0

| club-update = 16:02, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

| totalcaps = 508

| totalgoals = 0

}}

John Rune Alvbåge ({{IPA|sv|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 team and was a squad member at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

=Early career=

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=

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 Sweden national team in January 2006.

=Return to Örebro SK=

He returned to Örebro SK during the summer of 2008.

=Return to IFK Göteborg=

Before the start of the 2012 season, he returned to IFK Göteborg where he was the first-choice goalkeeper.{{cite web |url=http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Nyheter/2011/Oktober/Det-kanns-som-att-komma-hem/ |title=Det känns som att komma hem |publisher=IFK Göteborg |date=6 October 2011 |access-date=9 March 2014 |language=sv |archive-date=7 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007232245/http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Nyheter/2011/Oktober/Det-kanns-som-att-komma-hem/ |url-status=dead }} He helped the club win two Svenska Cupen titles (2012–13 and 2014–15) during his time there.{{Cite web |title=John Alvbåge - ifkdb.se |url=https://ifkdb.se/spelare/John-Alvb%C3%A5ge_748 |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=ifkdb.se}}

==Loan to Minnesota United==

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.{{cite web|last1=Jornvik|first1=Ulf|title=John Till Minnesota United|url=http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Nyheter/2017/Januari/John-till-Minnesota-United/|publisher=IFK Goteborg|access-date=25 January 2017|language=sv|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202052529/http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Nyheter/2017/Januari/John-till-Minnesota-United/|url-status=dead}}

= Retirement =

Alvbåge announced his retirement from professional football on 27 July 2022.{{Cite web |last=Runsten |first=Viktor |date=2022-07-27 |title=Fotboll: John Alvbåge avslutar karriären – fortsätter som tränare |url=https://www.svt.se/sport/fotboll/john-alvbage-avslutar-karriaren-fortsatter-som-tranare |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=SVT Sport |language=sv}}

International career

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.{{Cite web |date=2013-01-05 |title=uefa.com - UEFA European U-21 C'ship |url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under21/history/season=2004/intro.html |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=archive.ph |archive-date=5 January 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105053506/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under21/history/season=2004/intro.html |url-status=dead }}

He made his full international debut for Sweden in a friendly game against Jordan on 23 January 2006.{{cite web |url=https://svenskfotboll.se/arkiv/tidigare/2006/01/herr-mallost-mot-jordanien/ |title=Herr: Mållöst mot Jordanien |publisher=SvFF | date=23 January 2006|access-date=7 December 2014|language=sv}} Later that year, he was selected for the 2006 FIFA World Cup squad as the third-choice goalkeeper behind Andreas Isaksson and Rami Shaaban.{{cite web |url=https://svenskfotboll.se/landslag/herrar/arkiv/tidigare/2006/05/svenska-vm-truppen-uttagen-tva-debutanter/ |title=Svenska VM-truppen uttagen – två debutanter |publisher=SvFF | date=9 May 2006|access-date=7 December 2014|language=sv}} In total, he made four appearances for Sweden between 2006 and 2009.{{Cite web |title=John Rune Alvbåge - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/john-rune-alvbage/8c224f35-19fb-4d70-af4b-ac32355c60ee/ |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se. |language=sv |archive-date=28 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728083826/https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/john-rune-alvbage/8c224f35-19fb-4d70-af4b-ac32355c60ee/ |url-status=dead }}

Career statistics

=Club=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{cite web|url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/football/player.php?player=642 |title=John Alvbåge |publisher=Elite Prospects |access-date=2 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219210545/http://www.eliteprospects.com/football/player.php?player=642 |archive-date=19 February 2014 }}

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

! colspan="3" |League

!colspan="2"|Cup

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Total

Division

!Apps

GoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Torslanda IK

|1999

|Division 2 Västra Götaland

|1

000colspan="2"|—10
rowspan="4"|Västra Frölunda IF

|2000

|Allsvenskan

|12

00020140
2001

|Superettan

|30

000colspan="2"|—300
2002

|Superettan

|30

000colspan="2"|—300
colspan="2" |Total

!72

00020740
rowspan="3"|Örebro SK

|2003

|Allsvenskan

|26

020colspan="2"|—280
2004

|Allsvenskan

|25

020colspan="2"|—270
colspan="2" |Total

!51

04000550
IFK Göteborg

|2005

|Allsvenskan

|0

0203050
rowspan="4"|Viborg FF

|2005–06

|Danish Superliga

|33

000colspan="2"|—330
2006–07

|Danish Superliga

|33

000colspan="2"|—330
2007–08

|Danish Superliga

|21

000colspan="2"|—210
colspan="2" |Total

!87

00000870
rowspan="5"|Örebro SK

|2008

|Allsvenskan

|18

000colspan="2"|—180
2009

|Allsvenskan

|30

000colspan="2"|—300
2010

|Allsvenskan

|30

020colspan="2"|—320
2011

|Allsvenskan

|29

03020340
colspan="2" |Total

!107

050201140
rowspan="6"|IFK Göteborg

|2012

|Allsvenskan

|23

010colspan="2"|—240
2013

|Allsvenskan

|30

07020390
2014

|Allsvenskan

|19

04020250
2015

|Allsvenskan

|30

04040380
2016

|Allsvenskan

|29

04070400
colspan="2" |Total

!131

02001501660
Minnesota United (loan)

|2017

|Major League Soccer

|3

000colspan="2"|—30
Stabaek (loan)

|2017

|Eliteserien

|8

|0

|

|

| colspan="2" |—

|7

|0

rowspan="3" |Omonia

|2017–18

|Cypriot First Division

|1

000colspan="2" |—10
2018–19

|Cypriot First Division

|0

|0

|

|

| colspan="2" |—

|0

|0

colspan="2" |Total

!1

!0

!0

!0

!0

!0

!1

!0

Nea Salamina (loan)

|2017–18

|Cypriot First Division

|1

|0

|

|

| colspan="2" |—

|1

|0

IK Sirius

|2019

|Allsvenskan

|7

|0

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|7

|0

Lindome GIF

|2020

|Ettan Södra

|26

|0

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|26

|0

Akropolis IF

|2021

|Superettan

|13

|0

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|13

|0

colspan="3" |Career total

!511

03102205640

=International=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="4" |Sweden

|2006

20
200710
2008

|0

|0

200910
colspan="2"|Total40

Honours

IFK Göteborg

Individual

  • Allsvenskan goalkeeper of the year: 2015{{Cite web |title=TV: Alvbåge allsvenskans bästa målvakt: "En stor ära" |url=https://www.fotbollskanalen.se/allsvenskan/tv-alvbage-allsvenskans-basta-malvakt-en-stor-ara/ |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=fotbollskanalen |language=sv}}
  • Archangel of the Year: 2015

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Vara-lag/Active-players/John-Alvbage/ John Alvbåge] at IFK Göteborg
  • {{SvFF player|id=8c224f35-19fb-4d70-af4b-ac32355c60ee|fid=154502|pid=1635|name=John Rune Alvbåge}}
  • {{SvFF club player|id=8c224f35-19fb-4d70-af4b-ac32355c60ee|name=John Rune Alvbåge}}
  • {{SvFF national player|id=8c224f35-19fb-4d70-af4b-ac32355c60ee|name=John Rune Alvbåge}}
  • {{Elitefootball|642}}
  • {{Soccerway}}
  • {{NFT player}}
  • {{ifkdb|name=#1 John Alvbåge}}

{{Sweden Squad 2006 World Cup}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alvbage, John}}

Category:1982 births

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