Johan Dahlin
Johan Dahlin ( born September 8, 1986 in Trollhättan ) is a Swedish football player. The goalkeeper, who was in his career in Sweden, Norway and Turkey under contract, debuted in 2009 in the Swedish national team.
Career
Start your career in Sweden and Norway
Dahlin played in the Youth for Trollhättans FK and FC Trollhättan, where the goalkeeper aufrückte as a junior player in the squad of the men's team. 2004, the fifth division side IF Åsebro signed him as a goalkeeper.
Just one year later Dahlin left the fifth league again and moved to Norway first division side Lyn Oslo to. Originally it was initially only play in the youth team, but sat back in the summer on the bench in the Tippeligaen. Until his first appearance in the league, he had still to wait until 9 April 2006, but could displace as a result his compatriot Eddie Gustafsson temporarily out of the gate. In the same year Tommy Söderberg nominated him for the first time for the Swedish U- 21 team, where he was able to establish himself in the episode as a goalkeeper. In the season of 2007 he was again only spare man at his club, so he was loaned for the first half of the 2008 season to the Swedish first division club Trelleborg FF to play matches in Allsvenskan. He replaces the -budgetary goalkeeper Fredrik Persson, who has suffered a serious knee injury.
After 13 league games Dahlin returned to Norway, where he again only spare man behind Gustafsson was initially and replaced it only on the last day. Nevertheless nominated coach Lars Lagerback the goalkeeper for a international match tour of the senior team to North America. In the 2:3 defeat to the U.S. national team, he came to his debut, but suffered three goals Sacha Kljestan of.
After saying goodbye Gustafsson before the 2009 season, he took over the starting place between the posts and helped the club to lead in the summer break. End of May, nominated the team coach Söderberg and Jörgen Lennartsson him., The U - 21 European Championship finals in the summer in their own country, where he was one of five expatriate players of the Swedish team alongside Marcus Berg, Mikael Lustig, Martin Olsson and Ola Toivonen With the team he reached the semifinals of the tournament, failed there, but against the English youth team in a penalty shootout.
Return to Sweden and two league titles with Malmo FF
After the end of the tournament Dahlin returned to Sweden and went to Malmö FF. He replaced Jonas Sandqvist, who had left the club in early July. With his new club, he established himself as a regular player and won with the team to Guillermo Molins, Ulrich Vinzents and Ivo Pekalski in the 2010 the championship in Sweden. In overshadowed by injuries following season took him regularly to the nominal substitute goalkeeper Dušan Melichárek the 2011/12 goal tending for him in the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League. After miss the group stage, he stood in the UEFA Europa League 2011/12 regular between the posts, but the club was eliminated early. With its services until end of season he had played back into the country selection and, in December of coach Erik Hamrén next several newcomers - including his teammates Malmö Pontus Jansson and Pekalski - nominated for a January trip to Qatar.
In the following years Dahlin initially remained undisputed master force his club and was also the beginning of 2013 again for the Swedish national team squad. In April 2013 he was injured in an away game against Åtvidabergs FF and was represented in the sequence of Robin Olsen. After his recovery, he temporarily had to take place on the bench, but conquered on 13 Matchday again finally the space between the posts and contributed in 22 regular season games on the side of Magnus Eriksson, Jiloan Hamad, Emil Forsberg and Simon Thern to re- championship win at.
Change it abroad
On December 23, Dahlin announced his departure from Malmö FF and changed the year to the Turkish club Gençlerbirliği Ankara, where he signed a valid contract until the summer of 2017. A renewed appeal to the national team for the tour in January 2014 he said from then.