Isac Lidberg

Isac Lidberg
Personal information
Full name Isac Alexi Sivert Lidberg
Date of birth (1998-09-08) 8 September 1998
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
Enskede IK
(on loan from Hammarby IF)
Number 9[lower-alpha 1]
Youth career
0000–2010 Hägerstens SK
2010–2014 Hammarby IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Hammarby IF 5 (0)
2016–Enskede IK (loan) 1 (0)
National team
2014–2015 Sweden U17 14 (7)
2016– Sweden U19 10 (9)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 May 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2016

Isac Alexi Sivert Lidberg (born 8 September 1998) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Enskede IK, on loan from Hammarby IF, as a forward.[1][2]

He is son to wrestler Martin Lidberg.

Personal life

Isac grew up mainly in Stockholm and is the second born child to Swedish reality television star and wrestling world champion Martin Lidberg.[3][4] He practiced wrestling as well for several years and was a big talent, but quit to focus on his football instead.[3] Lidberg dreams of playing for Bayern Munich one day and his idol footballer is the German striker Mario Gomez.[5]

Club career

Hammarby IF

Lidberg started out his football career with local side Hägerstens SK, but moved to Hammarby Sjöstad and began to play for Hammarby IF as an eleven-year-old.[3][6] Advancing through the youth teams, Lidberg played his first game for Hammarby's under 21-team against GIF Sundsvall 2014 as a substitute, and scored a 2–1 goal within a minute. In March 2015, Hammarby offered him a 3-year-long senior contract, which he signed.[6]

The senior debut came already the same year in Allsvenskan, when Isac Lidberg got substituted with Linus Hallenius in a game against Falkenbergs FF on July 13.[7] The 16-year-old Lidberg became the youngest player ever representing Hammarby in Allsvenskan.[5] He played his second game in Allsvenskan on the last game day of the 2015 season in Hammarby's 2–1 lost away against Halmstads BK.[8]

Loan to Enskede IK

On 8 April 2016 it was announced that Lidberg was going to be on loan to newly promoted Division 1 club Enskede IK for the whole season. With Enskede being Hammarby's partner club, an agreement was made that the player was allowed to represent both clubs during the loan period.[1]

In his first start for the club, he scored two goals in Enskede's 3–1 win against Piteå IF on May 1.[9]

International career

Isac Lidberg have played 14 games for Sweden U17, in which he have scored nine goals, and two caps for Sweden U19 as of May 2016.[10]

Style of play

He describe himself as a "powerful forward that can score on anything", which is something manager Nanne Bergstrand agree upon, stating that he's strong for his age due to training from an early age.[5][11] Hammarby's sport director Mats Jingblad added that Lidberg is a modern forward that often make runs behind the defenders.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 18 May 2016[12]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hammarby IF 2015 Allsvenskan 200020
2016 Allsvenskan 000000
Total 20000020
Enskede IK (on loan) 2016 Division 1 430043
Career total 63000063

Footnotes

  1. Lidberg have club number #9 for Enskede IK and #27 for Hammarby IF

References

  1. 1 2 "Officiellt: Enskede IK lånar Isac Lidberg" (in Swedish). fotbollstransfers.com. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  2. "Isac Lidberg" (in Swedish). SvFF. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Går inte i pappas fotspår". mitti.se. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  4. "Martin Lidbergs lycka: "Vi fick en liten flicka"" (in Swedish). mitti.se. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 "Brottarsonen går sin egen väg" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 "Anfallstalangen Isac Lidberg skriver A-lagskontrakt" (in Swedish). Hammarby IF. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  7. "Hammarby vs. Falkenberg 3 - 0" (in Swedish). Soccerway. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  8. "Halmstad vs. Hammarby 2 - 1". Soccerway. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  9. "Matchinformation: Enskede IK mot Piteå IF". Stockholms Fotbollsförbund. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  10. "P18-trupp mot Ungern och Irland" (in Swedish). SvFF. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  11. "Isac Lidberg - "Jag är en kraftfull forward"" (in Swedish). Hammarby IF. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  12. "Isac Lidberg". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 December 2015.


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