Michael Almebäck

Michael Almebäck ( born April 4, 1988 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish football player. The defender, who first ran aground in the Allsvenskan in 2007, debuted in 2010 in the Swedish national team.

Career

Almebäck began playing football at Ängby IF, before he came 2000 on the junior section of the IF Brommapojkarna. There he went through the various youth teams and moved during the second division season 2006 in the cadre of men's team. After his debut in the Superettan he was at times a regular player and carried with eleven stakes for the initial rise of the clubs in the Allsvenskan. Here he was a reserve player, in only one of his three top-flight he was chosen. After re- direct descent he stayed at the club, but sat still most of the time on the bench.

In early 2009, therefore, left Almebäck his previous club and joined the Örebro SK in Allsvenskan on, in which he signed a contract valid until the summer. Right away he was at his new club in the starting lineup and was able to convince, so he extended his contract in May until the end of 2011. Due to its good performance, which contributed to the establishment of supervised by Sixten Boström team in the upper middle, he recommended himself for the Swedish U- 21 team, where he was during the season to key players. Even coach Erik Hamrén honored his performances and summoned him for the opening matches in January 2010 in the senior team. In the 1-1 draw against the Syrian national team on January 23, he debuted on the side of the newcomers Joel Ekstrand and Emil Johansson in the defensive line.

In the 2010 Almebäck belonged with Örebro SK of the surprises. On the side of Patrik Anttonen, Magnus Kihlberg, Astrit Ajdarevic and Paulinho Guará he finished with the team to third place and thus qualified for the UEFA Europa League. After he had retired with the U-21 squad only in the play- off matches for U-21 European Championship 2011 against the Swiss U -21 team, he returned in early 2011 back in the national team back and played against Botswana and South African selection more games in the National jersey. In parallel, he took care of attention when he refused a contract offer from ÖSK to extend his expiring contract and flirted with a move abroad.

In June 2011 Almebäck left after ten stakes in the first third of the 2011 Sweden. When Belgian club Club Brugge, who had already committed his compatriot Fredrik Stenman, he signed a four-year contract.