John Alvbåge

Alvbåge in June 2010

John Alvbåge ( born August 10, 1982 in Gothenburg ) is a Swedish football player. The goalkeeper, who made his debut in the Swedish national team in 2006, was in the same year as a replacement for the national squad selection at the World Cup in Germany.

Career

Alvbåge began playing football at the Gothenburg suburb club Torslanda IK. There he went through the youth teams, with which he participated in international tournaments. The age of 15 he was appointed to the cadre of men's team, for whom he debuted in a 0-0 draw against IF Heimer in the third-class Västra Götaland Division 2 in 1999. In parallel, he had played in both the Swedish junior national teams and the Gothenburg City Junior selection, in which he ran aground on the side of players like Tobias Hysén or Kim Kallstrom.

Before Erstligaspielzeit In 2000, Västra Frölunda IF Alvbåge to, at the time one of five clubs Gothenburg in Allsvenskan, the top Swedish league. In the course of the season he came to twelve missions in which he could not prevent the descent of the club from the excellence. In the second division season 2001 he missed the direct re-emergence as a goalkeeper with the team as a table in ninth, but was named the player of the year at the club. In the following season he dominated for a long time with the club the Superettan. After end of the season lost some games, the team finished only the relegation place. There he met Alvbåge with his club on IFK Gothenburg, a 1-1 draw and a 0-2 defeat he missed the resurgence.

Alvbåge then left the club and returned to the Allsvenskan. The Örebro SK newly signed coach Stefan Lundin steered him to the club from Orebro, with whom he signed a three -year contract. With the club, he finished midfield places in the Allsvenskan, before the club have lost their licenses following the 2004 due to economic problems.

Then Alvbåge changed again the club and joined IFK Göteborg. Here he remained the role of the substitute man behind Bengt Andersson, so he moved on to half a year. Next stop was the Danish club Viborg FF, in which he replaced the for FC Copenhagen Jesper Christiansen migrated. As a regular player, he recommended himself for the Swedish national team, in which he made ​​his debut in a friendly against the Jordanian national selection on 23 January 2006. In the summer he was taken into consideration in addition to Rami Shaaban as a substitute of Andreas Isaksson as a substitute goalkeeper at the World Cup tournament.

Over Allsvenskan season 2008 Alvbåge returned to Sweden and signed up again at Örebro SK in which he is " 82 " received as a back number of his birth year. There, he pushed Peter Westman as goalkeeper and managed under the 2009 Winter caps the Swedish selection, in which he came to his fourth international appearance at the the 1-0 victory over the Mexican national team, the return to the national team. In the subsequent season, he was first-choice goalkeeper and helped on the side of Patrik Anttonen, Kim Olsen and Samuel Wowoah the club to sixth place. Under coach Sixten Boström put the team in the following season the appreciating trend and placed himself behind champions Malmö FF and Helsingborgs IF on the third place in the standings. In the season of 2011 he missed only because of a sending off a season game as a regular player he contributed to relegation than Tabellenzwölfter at.

After still had convinced as a goalkeeper at his former club IFK Göteborg neither Marcus Sandberg Erik Dahlin, the club Alvbåge brought back from the 2012.