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Johan Eklund
Personal information
Full name	Johan Olof Peter Eklund
Date of birth	30 May 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Falun, Sweden
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	IK Brage
Youth career
	Falu BS
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004	IK Brage
2005–2006	Falu BS
2007	Falu FK
2008–2011	IK Brage
2012–2016	GIF Sundsvall
2017–	IK Brage
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 February 2017 (UTC)

Johan Eklund (born 30 May 1984) is a Swedish footballer who plays for IK Brage as a forward.^[1]

Career

Eklund grew up in Falun where he started out playing for hometown club Falu BS which later turned into Falu FK. In his youth he was also a Team handball and Floorball player before deciding to invest all his time into football at age 15 or 16. In 2008, he was signed by IK Brage to play as a defensive midfielder but was soon moved back into his natural forward position. There he had an extremely successful year in 2009 where he scored 21 goals in 23 games and helped his team win promotion to second tier Superettan. The following year he also became a top ten goalscorer of the 2010 Superettan.^[2]^[3]

Career statistics

As of 9 December 2014^[4]

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sweden			League		Svenska Cupen		Europe		Total
2004	IK Brage	Superettan	2	0	—		—		2	0
2005	Falu BS	Division 2	22	11	—		—		22	11
2006	Falu BS	Division 1	26	4	—		—		26	4
2007	Falu FK		26	8	—		—		26	8
2008	IK Brage		21	7	—		—		21	7
2009			23	21	—		—		23	21
2010		Superettan	29	11	—		—		29	11
2011		Superettan	27	9	—		—		27	9
2012	GIF Sundsvall	Allsvenskan	26	5	—		—		26	5
2013		Superettan	30	15	4	1	—		34	16
2014		Superettan	28	16	3	1	—		31	17
Career total			260	108	7	2	—		267	110

References

^ "Johan Eklund". Svenskfotboll. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
^ "Ha roligt är viktigast". DT. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
^ "Lär känna Johan Eklund". Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
^ "Eliteprospects.com - Johan Eklund". Eliteprospects. 9 December 2014. Archived from the original on 27 October 2013.