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.
![]() Lund in 2009 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Erik Olof Gustav Lund | ||
Date of birth | 6 November 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Ljungskile, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ljungskile SK (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
–2004 | Ljungskile SK | ||
2005–2008 | Aston Villa | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2005 | Ljungskile SK | 21 | (2) |
2008–2013 | IFK Göteborg | 77 | (1) |
2013 | → Örebro SK (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2014–2017 | Varbergs BoIS | 59 | (0) |
2018–2020 | Ljungskile SK | 47 | (0) |
Total | 210 | (3) | |
International career | |||
2008–2010 | Sweden U21 | 11 | (0) |
2010 | Sweden | 2 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2018 | Ljungskile SK (caretaker) | ||
2018–2020 | Ljungskile SK (assistant) | ||
2021– | Ljungskile SK | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Career
editLund 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
editClub
edit- As of 19 June 2013[1]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Ljungskile SK | 2004 | 14 | 2 | — | — | 14 | 2 | ||
2005 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
Total | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | |
Aston Villa | 2005–06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
2006–07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2007–08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
IFK Göteborg | 2008 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
2009 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 2 | |
2010 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
2011 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | ||
2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Örebro SK | 2013 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||
Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
IFK Göteborg | 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 77 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 93 | 2 | |
Career total | 103 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 119 | 4 |
International
edit- As of 23 January 2010
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Sweden | 2010 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 0 |
Honours
editClub
edit- Ljungskile SK
- Swedish Division 2 Västra Götaland (1): 2004
- Aston Villa Academy
- FA Premier Reserve League South (1): 2007/08
- HKFC International Soccer Sevens (1): 2008
- IFK Göteborg
- Svenska Cupen (1): 2008
- Örebro SK
- Superettan Runner-up (1): 2013 (Promotion to Allsvenskan)
References
edit- ^ "Erik Lund". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
External links
edit- Erik Lund at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- Erik Lund at Elite Football
- Erik Lund at Fotbolltransfers
- Erik Lund at National-Football-Teams.com
- #16 Erik Lund at ifkdb.com