Erik_Lund_(footballer)

Erik Lund (footballer)

Erik Lund (footballer)

Swedish footballer and manager


Erik Lund (born 6 November 1988) is a Swedish football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Ljungskile SK. He played as right back and spent most of his career at Ljungskile SK and IFK Göteborg. Lund also spent three years at the Aston Villa Academy and played twice for the Sweden national team in 2010.

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Career

Lund began his career at Ljungskile SK, playing in the first team in both Swedish Division 2 and the Superettan, making his debut at 15. He went on to sign for Aston Villa's youth team on 1 July 2005 at the age of 16. After a season in the academy side he appeared in 10 games for Villa's reserves in the 2006–07 season, and scored a rare goal in the opening match of the HKFC International Soccer Sevens against Hong Kong F.C. in a 1–0 victory. On 3 June 2007 he signed a new 2-year professional contract with Villa. In August 2007, Lund made his debut for the first team, coming on as a substitute for Craig Gardner in the pre-season friendly against Walsall.

On 1 July 2008, Lund agreed to a three and a half year contract with IFK Göteborg. He made his debut for IFK in a Svenska Cupen win over GIF Sundsvall on 10 July. On 23 July he made his UEFA Champions League debut in IFK's 4–0 win over Murata. Lund moved to Varbergs BoIS following the 2013 season, after a loan spell at Örebro SK.

Career statistics

Club

As of 19 June 2013[1]
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International

As of 23 January 2010
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Honours

Club

Ljungskile SK
Aston Villa Academy
IFK Göteborg
  • Svenska Cupen (1): 2008
Örebro SK
  • Superettan Runner-up (1): 2013 (Promotion to Allsvenskan)

References

  1. "Erik Lund". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.



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