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Martin Ericsson Personal information Date of birth 4 September 1980 Place of birth Gustafs, Sweden Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Playing position Attacking midfielder Club information Current club IF Elfsborg Number 10 Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1998–2000 IK Brage 72 (8) 2001–2004 IFK Göteborg 69 (13) 2004–2006 Aalborg BK 63 (16) 2006–2009 Brøndby IF 83 (19) 2009– Elfsborg 44 (9) National team‡ 2001 Sweden U-21 11 (0) 2004–2009 Sweden 9 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 January 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 January 2011Martin Ericsson (born 4 September 1980) is a Swedish professional footballer, who plays as an attacking midfielder for IF Elfsborg in Allsvenskan. He has played seven matches for the Sweden national football team.
Born in Gustafs, he played for Swedish club Tunabro SK, before turning professional with IK Brage and IFK Göteborg. He debuted for the Swedish national team in the 0–3 loss to Norway on 22 January 2004. In the summer of 2004, he moved to Denmark to play for Aalborg Boldspilklub in the Danish Superliga. He was the natural playmaker of the team, and quickly became the star of the Aalborg club. In the 2005 winter transfer window, he moved to defending Danish champions Brøndby IF, where he received the prestigious #10 shirt number. Ericsson scored in his Superliga debut match for Brøndby, a 3–0 win against arch rivals F.C. Copenhagen. On 3 December 2009, he signed with IF Elfsborg.
External links
- (Swedish) Swedish national team profile – 2006
- (Danish) Brøndby IF profile
- (Danish) AaB profile
- (Danish) Danish Superliga stats
- National Football Teams
IF Elfsborg – current squad 1 Christiansen · 2 Lans · 3 Sjöberg · 4 Karlsson · 5 M. Andersson · 6 Jönsson · 7 Larsson · 8 Svensson (c) · 9 Nilsson · 10 Ericsson · 11 Mobaeck · 12 Yarsuvat · 13 Elm · 14 Hiljemark · 15 Klarström · 16 Nordmark · 17 Keene · 18 A. Wede · 20 Jawo · 21 C. Wede · 22 Augustsson · 23 Hult · 24 Ishizaki · 25 Kurbegović · 30 Čović · 31 A. Andersson · Manager: Vacant
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