Sebastian Holmén

{{short description|Swedish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Sebastian Holmén

| image = Sebastian Holmén (Elfsborg vs AIK, 23 October 2023).jpg

| image_size = 200px

| fullname = Rasmus Sebastian Holmén

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|04|29}}

| birth_place = Borås, Sweden

| height = 1.88 m

| currentclub = IF Elfsborg

| clubnumber = 8

| position = Centre back

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2007

| youthclubs1 = Annelunds IF

| youthyears2 = 2007–2012

| youthclubs2 = IF Elfsborg

| years1 = 2012–2016

| clubs1 = IF Elfsborg

| caps1 = 75

| goals1 = 2

| years2 = 2016–2019

| clubs2 = Dynamo Moscow

| caps2 = 86

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2019–2021

| clubs3 = Willem II

| caps3 = 56

| goals3 = 4

| years4 = 2021–2022

| clubs4 = Çaykur Rizespor

| caps4 = 33

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2022–

| clubs5 = IF Elfsborg

| caps5 = 68

| goals5 = 4

| nationalyears1 = 2013–2015

| nationalteam1 = Sweden U21

| nationalcaps1 = 12

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2015–2020

| nationalteam2 = Sweden

| nationalcaps2 = 6

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}}

{{Medal|Country|{{fb|SWE}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|UEFA European Under-21 Championship}}

{{Medal|W|2015 Czech Republic|}}

| pcupdate = 13 November 2024

}}

Rasmus Sebastian Holmén (born 29 April 1992) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Allsvenskan club IF Elfsborg. He has won six caps for the Sweden national team.

Club career

=Elfsborg=

Holmén made his debut in Allsvenskan on 22 April 2013 against Djurgården, replacing injured Jon Jönsson.

=Dynamo Moscow=

On 18 February 2016, he moved to Russia on a 3.5-year contract with Dynamo Moscow.{{cite web|publisher=FC Dynamo Moscow|url=http://fcdynamo.ru/news/events/?id_4=11973|script-title=ru:Бечирай и Хольмен - в «Динамо»|date=18 February 2016|language=Russian}} On 12 June 2019, he left Dynamo upon the expiration of his contract.{{cite web|publisher=FC Dynamo Moscow|url=http://fcdynamo.ru/news/events/?id_4=14299|script-title=ru:Себастьян Хольмен покинул «Динамо»|trans-title=Sebastian Holmen left Dynamo|date=12 June 2019|language=Russian}}

=Willem II=

On 24 July 2019, he signed a two-year contract with the Dutch club Willem II.{{cite web|publisher=Willem II|url=https://www.willem-ii.nl/artikel/sebastian-holmen-tekent-voor-twee-jaar|title=SEBASTIAN HOLMÉN TEKENT VOOR TWEE JAAR|trans-title=SEBASTIAN HOLMÉN SIGNS FOR TWO YEARS|date=24 July 2019|language=Dutch}}

International career

Holmén was a part of the Sweden U21 team that won the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

He made his full international debut for the Sweden national team on 15 January 2015 in a friendly 2–0 win against the Ivory Coast, replacing Johan Mårtensson in the 89th minute.{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Elfenbenskusten - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-elfenbenskusten-landskamper-herr-senior/2925728/ |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}} On 16 March 2022, he announced his retirement from international football after having won six caps for his country between 2015 and 2020.

Personal life

Sebastian is the younger brother of the former Sweden national team midfielder Samuel Holmén.{{cite web |url=http://www.matchdax.se/allsvenskan/sebastian-holmen-samuel-har-alltid-bra-svar |title=Sebastian Holmén om att vara lillebror till Samuel |accessdate=1 June 2013}}

Career statistics

=Club=

File:SwedenU21 04 Sebastian Holmen 130606 Sve-Sch 3-2 174200 6424.jpg in 2013]]

{{updated|28 November 2023}}

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

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|Cup

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="4" |Elfsborg

|2012

|Allsvenskan

|0

0102030
2013

|Allsvenskan

|19

13061282
2014

|Allsvenskan

|27

17162404
2015

|Allsvenskan

|29

06050400
rowspan="4" |Dynamo Moscow

|2015–16

|Premier League

|10

000colspan="2"|–100
2016–17

|National League

|33

031colspan="2"|–361
2017–18

|Premier League

|23

010colspan="2"|–240
2018–19

|Premier League

|20

020colspan="2"|–220
rowspan="2" |Willem II

|2019–20

|Eredivise

|26

|1

|3

|0

|

|

|29

|1

2020–21

|Eredivise

|30

|3

|1

|0

|2

|0

|33

|3

Rizespor

|2021–22

|Süper Lig

|33

|0

|

|

|

|

|33

|0

rowspan="2" |IF Elfsborg

|2022

|Allsvenskan

|15

|0

|

|

|2

|0

|17

|0

2023

|Allsvenskan

|29

|1

|

|

|

|

|29

|1

colspan="3" |Career total

!294

827223334412

= International =

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

|+Appearances and goals by national team and year{{Cite web |title=Sebastian Holmén - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/sebastian-holmen/a7619b71-d1d9-44e2-b40b-4fdf3ab08bd1/ |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se. |language=sv}}

!National team

!Year

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="8" |Sweden

|2015

|2

|0

2016

|2

|0

2017

|0

|0

2018

|0

|0

2019

|0

|0

2020

|2

|0

2021

|0

|0

2022

|0

|0

colspan="2" |Total

!6

!0

Honours

References

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