Hans Eklund

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Hans Eklund
Hans Eklund in March 2015
Personal information
Full name Hans Patrik Eklund
Date of birth (1969-04-16) 16 April 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Mönsterås, Sweden
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1986 Mönsterås GIF 43 (14)
1987–1997 Östers IF 259 (115)
1994–1995
Servette Genève
7 (1)
1998 Dalian Wanda 26 (8)
1998–2000 Viborg FF 50 (21)
2000–2003 Helsingborgs IF 79 (23)
Total 464 (182)
International career
1985
Sweden U17
9 (4)
1986
Sweden U19
4 (3)
1987–1990
Sweden U21
20 (8)
1988–1994
Sweden
7 (0)
Managerial career
2006–2007 Helsingborgs IF (assistant)
2006 Helsingborgs IF (caretaker)
2007–2009 Viborg FF
2010–2012 Landskrona BoIS (assistant)
2013 Falkenbergs FF
2014 Kalmar FF
2015–2021 Falkenbergs FF
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hans Patrik Eklund (born 16 April 1969) is a

Allsvenskan top scorer
.

Club career

Eklund started his career at

Dalian Wanda, before playing for Viborg FF in Denmark. Eklund secured Viborg their first nationwide title, when he scored the only goal as Viborg beat Aalborg BK 1–0 in the 2000 Danish Cup final. He returned to Sweden, to play for Helsingborgs IF
. Eklund ended his career in 2003.

International career

Eklund represented the

friendly 4–1 win against East Germany when he replaced Leif Engqvist in the 71st minute.[2] He made his first and only competitive appearance for Sweden on 19 May 1993 in a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Austria, replacing Martin Dahlin in the 86th minute of a 1–0 win.[3] He won his seventh and final cap on 24 February 1994 in a friendly game against Mexico, playing for 87 minutes before being replaced by Anders Andersson in a 1–2 loss.[4]

Managerial career

As he ended his active career, Eklund was hired as youth team coach at Helsingborgs IF. He was later promoted to assistant coach for the team. In November 2007, he was hired as manager of his former team Viborg FF. He was fired in April 2009 due to mixed results. In December 2009 it was announced that he would join Landskrona BoIS, working as an assistant manager.

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[1]

National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden
1988 2 0
1989 0 0
1990 2 0
1991 0 0
1992 1 0
1993 1 0
1994 1 0
Total 7 0

Honours

Player

Viborg FF

Manager

Falkenbergs FF

References

  1. ^ a b "Hans Eklund - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  2. ^ "Östtyskland - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  3. ^ "Sverige - Österrike - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  4. ^ "Mexiko - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  5. ^ "POKAL 1999/2000". haslund.info. Retrieved 4 January 2024.

Sources