Erik Israelsson

Erik Israelsson

Personal information
Date of birth	25 February 1989
Place of birth	Sweden
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Hammarby IF
Number	4
Youth career
	Lindsdals IF
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2013	Kalmar FF	89	(13)
2014–	Hammarby IF	71	(20)
National team^‡
2006	Sweden U17	4	(0)
2008	Sweden U19	4	(0)
2008	Sweden U21	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 September 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 August 2013

Erik Israelsson (born 25 February 1989) is a Swedish association footballer, currently playing for Hammarby IF.

He joined Kalmar FF in 2005 from local club Lindsdals IF. He played three games during the 2007 Allsvenskan, when Kalmar were crowned champions. He became a regular at Kalmar from 2010 and onwards, playing 76 games during the following three seasons and scoring 13 times.^[1] Before the start of the 2013 Allsvenskan he incurred a fractured toe witch eventually caused him to miss half of the season.^[2]

On 6 December 2013, he signed for Hammarby IF.^[3] This shortly after Nanne Bergstrand, his former manager at Kalmar, had been appointed as Hammarby's new manager. During his first season at Hammarby, he helped he team to gain promotion to Allsvenskan. In 2015, he scored six goals in 22 games, being voted "player of the year" by the supporters of the club. In a local derby against AIK on 27 September 2015, he scored a late header which secured a 1-0 win for Hammarby. In the aftermath of the goal, he suffered a concussion as well as a broken foot. This goal was later voted as the "goal of the season" by the Hammarby supporters.^[4]

On 1 February 2016, he signed a new three-year deal with Hammarby, keeping him tied to the club until 2018.^[5]

References

1. "Erik Israelsson". Svenska Fotbollförbundet. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
2. "Våren förstörd för Israelsson". Barometern. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
3. "Israelsson klar för Hammarby". Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
4. "Efter den otäcka knocken - nu hyllas han av Bajen". Fotbolldirekt Fotboll. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
5. "Israelsson förlänger med Hammarby". Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 2016-05-22.