Magnus Eriksson (footballer born 1990)

Magnus Eriksson (born 8 April 1990) is a Swedish football player. The striker made ​​his debut in 2008 in the Swedish professional football and in 2011 rose with Åtvidabergs FF in the Allsvenskan on. Except for a short stay in Belgium, he played his career in his home country.

Career

Start your career in Sweden

Eriksson started playing football in the youth of the AIK. There he went through the various youth teams and recommended for the Swedish youth teams. In 2005, he debuted in the U-15 national team at the side also later professional players like Simon Helg, Astrit Ajdarevic, Ivo Pękalski and Jesper Florén. While he kept one hand in the national youth teams, he moved in 2007 into the professional squad in AIK on. In the Allsvenskan, it remained without bet and was delivered in the following season to the cooperation partner Väsby United in the Superettan. In the second division season 2008 he ran on in ten games as a substitute for the club the following year he was already at 19 games. During each season preparations he played for AIK and was there more than one occasion as a scorer.

The second division season 2010 brought for Eriksson at Väsby United breakthrough. He established himself as a regular player in the attack and was equipped with eleven goals this season - including two from the penalty spot - best club internal scorer. Nevertheless, the club finished the season on a relegation place. Despite the Torgefahr shown AIK showed no interest in keeping the player thereupon the second division Åtvidabergs FF joined with a two- year contract. There he continued his performance last year. In all 30 games of the season on the pitch, he scored 15 goals. As the third best scorer of the 2011 he was thus instrumental in the side of Daniel Hallingström, Kristian Bergström and Jesper Arvidsson in the second division championship and the associated direct revival of the club in the top flight. Also in the first division he proved to be prolific striker and placed with ten Toerfolgen to mid-August, among other behind his teammate Viktor Prodell among the top five players in the top scorers Allsvenskan season of 2012. Parallel he had for the Swedish U -21 selection recommended choice coach Håkan Ericson put him in the 0:6 defeat against Ukraine in the qualifiers for the U-21 European Championship 2013 end of May 2012 for the first time a.

Transfer abroad and return

Eriksson had attracted attention outside the country's borders. Less than a week before the end of the summer transfer window, he left his homeland and joined the Belgian club KAA Gent in the First Bundesliga. In his new employer, he signed a contract with four- year term, which includes the involvement of Åtvidabergs FF on a resale. Until the winter break, but he could not establish themselves, under coach Bob Peeters he completed only four stakes in the First Division.

Mid- January 2013 Eriksson returned after only half a year abroad back to his native Sweden. In the first division club Malmö FF, he signed a four- year contract.