Mikael Dyrestam

Mikael Dyrestam in Jersey IFK Gothenburg in March 2009

Mikael Dyrestam (born 10 December 1991 in Växjö ) is a Swedish football player. The defender, who won in 2013 with IFK Gothenburg Swedish National Cup, debuted in 2012 in the Swedish national team.

Career

Dyrestam went through the various youth teams of IFK Gothenburg. As a 17 -year-old he made his debut in July 2009 for the club in Allsvenskan and sat in the row in the back line of the club firmly - in his debut season, he played until the end of the season 17 league games and was thus instrumental in the runner-up behind AIK, parallel he played the Swedish U-18 national team. In preparation for the 2010 season he was injured in February on the cross band and was ultimately the entire season off. After his return to the next season he was again over long distances regulars. On the one hand he was then called into the U- 21 team, on the other hand, took into account national coach Erik Hamrén him. Than one of nine U -21 players for its tour in January 2012 in the senior team Against Bahrain he debuted on January 18, 2012 as a substitute for Pontus Jansson shortly before the final whistle in the selection of jersey, the 5-0 victory over Qatar five days later he was in the starting lineup and made with Emil Salomonsson, Earth's Demir and Markus Holgersson the defensive line.

End of March 2012 Dyrestam injured himself again at the knee, but returned in May. After renewed problems with the knee musculature in late May, he fell once more from the longer term. In the season of 2013 he was again under coach Mikael Stahre regulars and reached with the team in the summer cup final against league rivals Stockholm Djurgårdens IF. Goals from Tobias Hysén for IFK and Daniel Amartey for DIF in the regular season, the game ended with a 1-1 draw to penalties. There he was one of the unerring marksmen, so the club with a 3-1 win won the title for the sixth time in club history.