Johnny Ekström

Johnny Ekström ( born March 5, 1965 in Gothenburg ) is a former Swedish football player.

Career

Clubs

Emerged from the youth of IFK Gothenburg, drew Johnny Ekström 1984 in their first team. There he got his big breakthrough; as a fast striker, he made international attention when his club 1986 to the semi-finals of the European Cup of Champions ( precursor of the Champions League) pushed forward and there was eliminated on penalties against FC Barcelona.

For the 1986/87 season then the first transfer followed abroad - the Italian first division club FC Empoli ( newcomer in Serie A ). After two seasons he changed to the Bundesliga for Bayern Munich. On July 23, 1988 ( 1st Round ), he was in a 3-0 win at home against Eintracht Frankfurt and crowned his debut this with his first goal, 2-0 in the 81st minute. With 23 league games and seven goals scored, he contributed to the championship in 1989; In addition, he scored twice ( on 5 October 1988 at Legia Warsaw - Full 7:3 for Bayern Munich) in eight UEFA Cup matches.

After just one season in Germany was followed by seasons in France, Sweden, Italy and Spain before he returned to Germany.

From 1 July 1994 Johnny Ekström at Dynamo Dresden under contract. Again, his first goal he achieved already on the opening day on 20 August 1994 in a 1-1 draw at home against Werder Bremen with the opening goal in the 3rd minute. In the subsequent 29 Premier League games, he hit six more times before he left the club.

Eintracht Frankfurt was from 1 July 1995 Ekström's third division club in Germany. In the first season ranged his two goals in 16 games is not good to hold the class. The following season Ekström completed 18 second division games in which he scored five goals and ended on 11 June 1997 (34th Round ), 2-1 win in the away match against VfB Oldenburg 64 minutes into his footballing activity in Germany.

He returned to the club where it all began - to IFK Göteborg. After a season for this and three goals in Allsvenskan he ended his football career.

National

On 1 May 1986, he debuted in Malmö in the senior team goalless draw against the selection of Greece. Then he wore the national jersey still 46 times and was at the 1990 World Cup in Italy as well as at the European Championships in 1992 in their own country the respective squads to.

Achievements

  • German Champion 1989
  • Swedish Cup winners 1992

Awards

  • Scorer in Sweden 1986
AS Cannes Real Betis 1986–87 Serie A Allsvenskan (disambiguation) 1924–25 Allsvenskan Filip Johansson 1925–26 Allsvenskan Carl-Erik Holmberg 1926–27 Allsvenskan 1927–28 Allsvenskan 1928–29 Allsvenskan Harry Lundahl 1929–30 Allsvenskan 1930–31 Allsvenskan 1931–32 Allsvenskan 1932–33 Allsvenskan 1933–34 Allsvenskan Sven Jonasson 1934–35 Allsvenskan Harry Andersson 1935–36 Allsvenskan 1936–37 Allsvenskan 1937–38 Allsvenskan 1938–39 Allsvenskan Erik Persson 1939–40 Allsvenskan 1940–41 Allsvenskan 1941–42 Allsvenskan Sven Jacobsson 1942–43 Allsvenskan Gunnar Nordahl 1943–44 Allsvenskan 1944–45 Allsvenskan 1945–46 Allsvenskan 1946–47 Allsvenskan Gunnar Gren 1947–48 Allsvenskan 1948–49 Allsvenskan 1949–50 Allsvenskan Ingvar Rydell 1950–51 Allsvenskan 1951–52 Allsvenskan Karl-Alfred Jacobsson 1952–53 Allsvenskan 1953–54 Allsvenskan 1954–55 Allsvenskan Kurt Hamrin 1955–56 Allsvenskan Sylve Bengtsson 1956–57 Allsvenskan Harry Bild 1957–58 Allsvenskan Bertil Johansson 1959 Allsvenskan 1960 Allsvenskan 1961 Allsvenskan 1962 Allsvenskan 1963 Allsvenskan Bo Larsson 1964 Allsvenskan 1965 Allsvenskan 1966 Allsvenskan Ove Kindvall 1967 Allsvenskan Dag Szepanski 1968 Allsvenskan 1969 Allsvenskan Reine Almqvist 1970 Allsvenskan 1971 Allsvenskan Roland Sandberg 1972 Allsvenskan 1973 Allsvenskan Jan Mattsson 1974 Allsvenskan 1975 Allsvenskan 1976 Allsvenskan Rutger Backe 1977 Allsvenskan Mats Aronsson 1978 Allsvenskan Tommy Berggren 1979 Allsvenskan 1980 Allsvenskan 1981 Allsvenskan 1982 Allsvenskan Dan Corneliusson 1983 Allsvenskan 1984 Allsvenskan 1985 Allsvenskan Billy Lansdowne 1986 Allsvenskan 1987 Allsvenskan Lars Larsson (footballer) 1988 Allsvenskan Martin Dahlin 1989 Allsvenskan 1990 Allsvenskan 1991 Allsvenskan Kennet Andersson 1992 Allsvenskan 1993 Allsvenskan Henrik Bertilsson Mats Lilienberg 1994 Allsvenskan Niclas Kindvall 1995 Allsvenskan Niklas Skoog 1996 Allsvenskan Andreas Andersson 1997 Allsvenskan Dan Sahlin 1998 Allsvenskan Arild Stavrum 1999 Allsvenskan 2000 Allsvenskan 2001 Allsvenskan 2002 Allsvenskan 2003 Allsvenskan 2004 Allsvenskan Markus Rosenberg 2005 Allsvenskan 2006 Allsvenskan 2007 Allsvenskan Marcus Berg 2008 Allsvenskan 2009 Allsvenskan 2010 Allsvenskan Alexander Gerndt 2011 Allsvenskan 2012 Allsvenskan Abdul Majeed Waris 2013 Allsvenskan Imad Khalili
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