Emil Forsberg

Emil Forsberg

Forsberg in 2016.
Personal information
Full name Emil Peter Forsberg
Date of birth (1991-10-23) 23 October 1991
Place of birth Sundsvall, Sweden
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 RB Leipzig
Number 10
Youth career
0000–2008 GIF Sundsvall
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 GIF Sundsvall 97 (24)
2009 → Medskogsbron BK (loan) 2 (2)
2013–2015 Malmö FF 57 (19)
2015– RB Leipzig 58 (13)
National team‡
2009–2010 Sweden U19 8 (0)
2014– Sweden 24 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:40, 27 November 2016 (UTC).

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

Emil Peter Forsberg (Swedish pronunciation: ['fɔʂ'bærj]; born 23 October 1991) is a Swedish footballer who plays for RB Leipzig as a winger. He was voted the Swedish Midfielder of the Year in 2014.[1]

Club career

GIF Sundsvall

Born in Sundsvall, Forsberg started his career with his home-town team and joined the first team squad in 2009 when the club was playing in Sweden's second tier of football, Superettan. He went on a loan deal to Division 3 side Medskogsbron BK. He scored twice in his first game, but after his second game he was recalled to GIF Sundsvall. He went on to play several matches for Sundsvall in his first season. For his second season at the club he had become a regular in the starting eleven at Sundsvall and played 30 out of 30 matches for the 2010 season. Forsberg had started to produce goals during his second season at the club but raised his performance for the 2011 season when he scored 11 goals in 27 matches as Sundsvall were promoted to Sweden's first tier of football, Allsvenskan. For his first season in Allsvenskan Forsberg played 21 matches out of 30 and scored 6 goals, however Sundsvall were relegated to Superettan once again after losing the relegation play-offs against Halmstads BK.

Malmö FF

On 10 December 2012 Forsberg was presented as a Malmö FF player. He joined the club on 1 January 2013 when the transfer window opened in Sweden. Forsberg signed a four-year contract lasting until the end of the 2016 season.[1] His first season at the club proved to be a success as he played 28 matches out of 30 and scored five goals for the club as they won the league title. He also played all matches for the club during the qualification stage for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League and scored two goals. During Malmö FF's successful 2014 season Forsberg made 29 league appearances, scoring 14 goals and thus being an important part in the team that defended the league title. He also participated in all of the club's matches in the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League campaign in which Malmö FF qualified for the group stage. As recognition of Forsbergs feats during the season he won the award for Allsvenskan Midfielder of the year.[2] He was also nominated for Swedish midfielder of the year at Fotbollsgalan.[3]

RB Leipzig

In January 2015 Forsberg joined German second league side RB Leipzig on a three and a half year deal.[4] In February 2016, he extended his contract until 2021.[5] During the 2015–16 season Forsberg was voted the best player in 2. Bundesliga and in January 2016 Liverpool was reported eying Forsberg.[6] In round three of Bundesliga 2016–17 Forsberg was named player of the round by Kicker.

International career

Having previously played for the Swedish under-19 team, Emil Forsberg made his senior international debut for the Swedish national team in a 2–1 friendly win over Moldova on 17 January 2014.[7] He made his competitive debut in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier against Liechtenstein on 12 October 2014.[8]

Career statistics

Forsberg playing for Malmö FF in 2013.

Club

As of 27 November 2016.[9]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GIF Sundsvall 2009 191——191
Medskogsbron BK 2009 22——22
Total 22——22
GIF Sundsvall 2010 30620—326
2011 271123—2914
2012 21610—226
Total 972453—10227
Malmö FF 2013 2854062387
2014 2914521224618
Total 5719921848425
RB Leipzig 2014–15 15010—160
2015–16 32 8 1 0 0 0 33 8
2016–17 11 5 1 0 0 0 12 5
Total 581330006113
Career total 1885317518422465

International

As of 11 November 2016.[9]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden 201450
201581
2016112
Total243

International goals

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 14 November 2015 Sweden Friends Arena, Solna  Denmark 1–0 2–1 UEFA Euro qualifying play-off
2. 5 June 2016 Sweden Friends Arena, Solna  Wales 1–0 3–0 Friendly
3. 11 November 2016 France Stade de France, Saint-Denis  France 1–0 1–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Personal life

Emil Forsberg is the son of former GIF Sundsvall player Leif Forsberg who played for the club between 1980 and 2001, and grandson of Lennart Forsberg who also played for GIF Sundsvall. On 17 July 2016, Forsberg married Shanga Hussain, who is also a footballer. The pair live in Leipzig,[10][11] having first met in Sundsvall.[11] They own a dog, Roffe, who is a Golden Retriever.[11]

Honours

Club

Malmö FF

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "Emil Forsberg klar för MFF". mff.se. Malmö FF. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Här är vinnarna i Allsvenskans stora pris". allsvenskan.se (in Swedish). Allsvenskan. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Nomineringarna till Fotbollsgalan 2014". fogis.se (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Erster Winterneuzugang! Emil Forsberg stürmt für die Roten Bullen!". dierotenbullen.com (in German). RB Leipzig. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "VERTRAGSVERLÄNGERUNG! EMIL FORSBERG BLEIBT BIS 2021!" (in German). Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "Liverpool eye £6.6m transfer bid for Red Bull Leipzig star Emil Forsberg – report". Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  7. ↑ http://svenskfotboll.se/landslag/herrar/arkiv/landslag/2014/01/moldavien-sverige/
  8. ↑ http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/qualifiers/season=2016/matches/round=2000446/match=2013873/postmatch/commentary/index.html
  9. 1 2 "Emil Forsberg". soccerway.com (in Swedish). Soccerway. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  10. ↑ "Fyra från SDFF i landslag" [Four from SDFF in national team]. Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 24 May 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  11. 1 2 3 Lewenhagen, Jan (13 December 2015). ""Vildsvinet" hittar EM-formen i Tysklands mest hatade klubb" ["The Wild Boar" finds his European Championship form in Germany's most hated club]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 June 2016.
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