Johan Karlsson

Johan Karlsson ( born April 6, 1975 in Linköping ) is a Swedish former football player. The defender ran on in the Allsvenskan in over 250 games. With IF Elfsborg, he won the National Cup in the 2006 Swedish champions titles and three years earlier.

Career

Karlsson began playing football at Horn / Hycklinge IF. With the club he played in the amateur division club, before 1998, the second division Åtvidabergs FF joined. In Division 1 Södra he reached with the team to seventh place in the table, which meant automatic qualification for the newly introduced single-track second league Superettan. After the team only finished there in the 2000 season kick-off the relegation zone, Karlsson left the club.

New employer Karlsson became the first division side IF Elfsborg. At first he was there to complement the players, so that he came for the new club in 15 games in his first season for use. In the following years he established himself as a regular force in the defensive line and denied each about 20 of the 26 season games. In 2003 he moved with the team to the final of the Swedish National Cup, was defeated in the Assyriska Föreningen with two goals from Lars Nilsson with a 2-0 success. Three years later he ran in all 26 league matches, contributing significantly to the income of Lennart Johansson - Cup for the Swedish national champion at. In the following years he was among the top performers of the club and coach Magnus Haglund was under at the side of Jari Ilola, Johan Sjöberg and Teddy Lucic regular in the starting lineup of the club. Had it again disputed in the 2011 season as a regular force 25 games, he finished his career after the season. For IF Elfsborg he had denied at this time 263 games in the highest Swedish league.