Mikael Lustig

Mikael Lustig

Lustig playing for Celtic in 2012
Personal information
Full name Carl Mikael Lustig
Date of birth (1986-12-13) 13 December 1986
Place of birth Umeå, Sweden
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current team
 Celtic
Number 23
Youth career
Sandåkerns SK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Umeå FC 32 (1)
2005–2008 GIF Sundsvall 81 (8)
2008–2011 Rosenborg BK 95 (14)
2012– Celtic 80 (9)
National team‡
2004 Sweden U19 1 (0)
2006–2009 Sweden U21 21 (1)
2008– Sweden 55 (4)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 August 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 October 2016

Carl Mikael Lustig (Swedish pronunciation: ['lɵs'tɪg]; born 13 December 1986) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a right and centre back for Scottish Premiership team Celtic and the Sweden national team.[1] A full international for Sweden since 2008, he represented the country at Euro 2012 and Euro 2016.

Club career

Early career

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

GIF Sundsvall

Lustig moved to Allsvenskan club GIF Sundsvall for the 2005 season and played in eight games scoring 2 goals. 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 the 60 games. For the 2008 season the team was back in the Allsvenskan and Lustig continued to be regular in the team when he played in all eleven 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.

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.[7]

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 win over the USA in January 2008.[7] His first goal came on 29 March 2011 in a European Championship qualifier with Moldova, which Sweden won 2–1.[8] As of August 2012, he has been capped 26 times.[9] On 16 October 2012, Lustig scored Sweden's second goal in a World Cup qualifying match with Germany. Sweden recovered from 4–0 down to salvage a 4–4 draw.[10] On 6 February 2013, he scored an own goal, in a home defeat 2–3 by Argentina.[11]

International goals

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first.
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 29 March 2011 Råsunda Stadium, Solna  Moldova 1–0 2–1 Euro 2012 qualifier
2. 16 October 2012 Olympic Stadium, Berlin  Germany 2–4 4–4 2014 World Cup qualifier
3. 5 June 2016 Friends Arena, Solna  Wales 2–0 3–0 Friendly
4. 7 October 2016 Stade Josy Barthel  Luxembourg 1-0 1-0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Career statistics

Club

As of 27 November 2016
Club Season Division League Cup League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GIF Sundsvall
2005 Allsvenskan 8200----82
2006 Superettan 28321----304
2007 Superettan 29221----313
2008 Allsvenskan 16110----171
Total 81852----8610
Rosenborg
2008 Tippeligaen 11100--80191
2009 Tippeligaen 25430--31315
2010 Tippeligaen 29452--121467
2011 Tippeligaen 30542--61408
Total 9514124--29313621
Celtic
2011–12 Scottish Premier League 4010000050
2012–13 Scottish Premier League 233502090393
2013–14 Scottish Premiership 1601110121302
2014–15 Scottish Premiership 52102080162
2015–16 Scottish Premiership 3043020111465
2016–17 Scottish Premiership 1000040101241
Total 88911111050316013
Career Total 2643128711079638244

International

As of match played 7 October 2016[12]
National teamYearAppsGoals
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
Total554

Honours

Club

Rosenborg
Celtic

References

  1. ↑ Henrik Larsson sold Celtic to Mikael Lustig Express.co.uk, 24 November 2011
  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 Celtic FC, 30 December 2011
  5. ↑ "Aberdeen 1–1 Celtic". BBC Sport. 3 March 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  6. ↑ "Celtic 2–2 Hibernian". BBC Sport. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  7. 1 2 Mikael Lustig UEFA.com
  8. ↑ "Sweden 2 – 1 Moldova". Soccernet. ESPN. 29 March 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  9. ↑ Mikael Lustig at National-Football-Teams.com
  10. ↑ "Germany 4–4 Sweden". The Guardian. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  11. ↑ "Sweden 2–3 Argentina". svenskfotboll. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  12. ↑ "Lustig, Mikael". National Football Teams. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  13. ↑ "Mestvinnende spillere" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2 November 2010.

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