Mikael Lustig

Mikael Lustig
Lustig playing for Sweden at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Carl Mikael Lustig[1]
Date of birth (1986-12-13) 13 December 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Umeå, Sweden
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
Sandåkerns SK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Umeå FC 33 (1)
2005–2008 GIF Sundsvall 81 (8)
2008–2011 Rosenborg BK 95 (14)
2012–2019 Celtic 160 (13)
2019–2020 Gent 16 (0)
2020–2022 AIK 67 (4)
Total 452 (40)
International career
2004 Sweden U19 1 (0)
2006–2009 Sweden U21 21 (1)
2008–2021 Sweden 94 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carl Mikael Lustig (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈmîːkaɛl ˈlɵ̂sːtɪɡ]; born 13 December 1986) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a right-back or centre-back. Beginning his career with Umeå FC in 2004, he went on to represent GIF Sundsvall, Rosenborg BK, Celtic, and Gent before retiring with AIK in 2022. A full international for Sweden between 2008 and 2021, he won 94 caps for his country and represented Sweden at three UEFA European Championships as well as at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Early career

Lustig began his career with Sandåkerns SK. He then moved to Umeå FC, where he played for two years.

GIF Sundsvall

Lustig moved to Allsvenskan club GIF Sundsvall for the 2005 season, scoring twice in eight games. GIF Sundsvall were relegated the following season to the Superettan. They were in that division for the next two years, with Lustig playing in 57 of their 60 games. For the 2008 season the team was back in the Allsvenskan and Lustig continued to be a regular in the team, playing in all 11 league games before the Euro break. During the summer he moved to the Norwegian club Rosenborg BK.

Rosenborg

After four seasons with Rosenborg, Lustig left the club in November 2011. He had attracted interest from other European clubs, such as Scottish Premier League team Celtic, English Premier League club Fulham and La Liga side Espanyol.[2]

Celtic

On 23 November 2011, Celtic announced that they had signed Lustig on a pre-contract.[3] He officially joined the club on 1 January 2012.[4] He made his debut for Celtic on 3 March, in a 1–1 draw with Aberdeen.[5] He scored his first goal for the Hoops in a 2–2 home draw against Hibernian on 1 September 2012. He was also initially credited with Celtic's second goal that day, although it was later given as an own goal.[6] On 17 July 2013, Lustig opened the scoring in Celtic's 3–0 away victory in the second round of qualifying against Cliftonville in the Champions League.

On 6 February 2017, Lustig performed a classic rabona in an unbroken 25-pass move involving all 11 Celtic players, which resulted moments later in a goal for team-mate Moussa Dembélé, sealing his hat-trick and a 5–2 win over home team St. Johnstone.[7] The goal was shortlisted for FIFA's prestigious Puskas Award.[8]

On 28 October 2018, Lustig led the Hoops out to victory in what was his 250th game for the club as they defeated Hearts 3–0 in the League Cup semi-final at Murrayfield.[9]

On 4 May 2019, Lustig nodded home a terrific diving header against Aberdeen, sparking a 3–0 victory for the Celts which secured all three points and the club's eighth consecutive league title.[10] On 20 June Lustig decided to leave Celtic after 7 and a half years which saw him lift 8 titles in a row.

Gent

On 21 June 2019 , Lustig signed a contract with Gent until 2022.[11]

AIK

On 25 August 2020, Lustig signed for Swedish club AIK on a free deal, a club which he did a trial for in 2004.[12] Lustig made his debut on 30 September, playing 29 minutes in a 1–0 loss at home to BK Häcken.[13] He scored his first goal for the club on 20 September 2020 in the Stockholm derby against Hammarby IF, which AIK won 3–0.[14] In the last game of the 2020 Allsvenskan season Lustig scored and assisted when AIK draw 2–2 against IF Elfsborg.[15] Lustig retired after the 2022 season.[16]

International career

Lustig played for Sweden's under-18 team. During the 2006 season, Lustig made his national team debut in under-21 team playing in the 2009 European Under-21 Championship. He had been made vice-captain of the team. In total Lustig made 21 appearances for Sweden under-21s.[17]

Lustig (left) challenging Ukraine's Yevhen Konoplyanka during UEFA Euro 2012.

Lustig made his full debut for the Sweden national team on 19 January 2008 in a 2–0 loss against the USA in January 2008. His first goal came on 29 March 2011 in a European Championship qualifier with Moldova, which Sweden won 2–1.[18] He won his 50th cap for Sweden on 29 March 2016, a 1–1 draw with the Czech Republic.[19][20]

In May 2018 he was named in Sweden's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[21] At the 2018 World Cup, Lustig started in 4 games for Sweden as they were eliminated by England in the quarter final.[22]

Lustig was included in Sweden's 26-man squad for UEFA Euro 2020.[23] On 13 July 2021, Lustig announced his retirement from international football.[24] He won a total of 94 caps for Sweden, scoring 6 goals.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GIF Sundsvall 2005 Allsvenskan 8 2 0 0 – – 8 2
2006 Superettan 28 3 2 1 – – 30 4
2007 Superettan 29 2 2 1 – – 31 3
2008 Allsvenskan 16 1 1 0 – – 17 1
Total 81 8 5 2 – – 86 10
Rosenborg 2008 Tippeligaen 11 1 0 0 – 8 0 19 1
2009 Tippeligaen 25 4 3 0 – 3 1 31 5
2010 Tippeligaen 29 4 5 2 – 12 1 46 7
2011 Tippeligaen 30 5 4 2 – 6 1 40 8
Total 95 14 12 4 – 29 3 136 21
Celtic 2011–12 Scottish Premier League 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2012–13 Scottish Premier League 23 3 5 0 2 0 9[b] 0 39 3
2013–14 Scottish Premiership 16 0 1 1 1 0 12[b] 1 30 2
2014–15 Scottish Premiership 5 2 1 0 2 0 8 0 16 2
2015–16 Scottish Premiership 30 4 3 0 2 0 11 1 46 5
2016–17 Scottish Premiership 29 1 4 2 4 0 11[b] 1 48 4
2017–18 Scottish Premiership 26 1 2 0 3 2 14 0 45 3
2018–19 Scottish Premiership 27 2 3 0 3 0 11 0 44 2
Total 160 13 20 3 17 2 76 3 273 21
Gent 2019–20 Belgian First Division A 16 0 1 0 – 13 0 30 0
AIK 2020 Allsvenskan 13 2 2 0 – – 15 2
2021 Allsvenskan 27 0 3 0 – – 30 0
2022 Allsvenskan 27 2 1 0 – 4 0 32 2
Total 67 4 6 0 0 0 4 0 77 4
Career total 398 34 41 9 17 2 109 6 579 56
  1. ^ Includes Svenska Cupen, Norwegian Football Cup, Scottish Cup
  2. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[25]
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 2008 1 0
2009 1 0
2010 10 0
2011 11 1
2012 8 1
2013 10 0
2014 3 0
2015 4 0
2016 7 2
2017 8 2
2018 11 0
2019 8 0
2020 5 0
2021 7 0
Total 94 6
Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first.[25]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 29 March 2011 Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden  Moldova 1–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
2. 16 October 2012 Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany  Germany 2–4 4–4 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3. 5 June 2016 Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden  Wales 2–0 3–0 Friendly
4. 7 October 2016 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Luxembourg 1–0 1–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
5. 31 August 2017 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria  Bulgaria 1–1 2–3 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
6. 7 October 2017 Friends Arena, Solna, Sweden  Luxembourg 5–0 8–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Rosenborg

Celtic[28]

Sweden U21

Individual

References

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  2. ^ British pair chase Lustig Sky Sports, 9 November 2011
  3. ^ "Celtic agree pre-contract deal with Mikael Lustig". BBC Sport. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  4. ^ Mikael Lustig delighted to finally be a Celt Archived 24 July 2012 at archive.today Celtic FC, 30 December 2011
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  6. ^ "Celtic 2–2 Hibernian". BBC Sport. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  7. ^ McLaughlin, Chris (5 February 2017). "St Johnstone 2–5 Celtic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Moussa Dembele goal nominated for prestigious FIFA Puskas Award". Celtic F.C. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
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  10. ^ English, Tom. "Celtic secured an eighth consecutive title in style with a convincing win away to wasteful Aberdeen". Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Uppgifter: Gent har värvat ersättare till Mikael Lustig – som väntas lämna". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). 19 June 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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  13. ^ "Du kan inte lägga dig ned och dö..." AIK Fotboll (in Swedish). 30 August 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Lustig med första målet i AIK:s klara derbyseger". www.expressen.se. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  15. ^ "Lustig räddade poäng för AIK i sista matchen". www.expressen.se. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
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  17. ^ Mikael Lustig UEFA.com
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  31. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  32. ^ "PFA SCOTLAND TEAMS OF THE YEAR 2017". PFA Scotland. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
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