Joel Ekstrand

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Joel Ekstrand
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Personal information
Full name Lars Hening Joel Ekstrand[1]
Date of birth (1989-02-04) 4 February 1989 (age 35)[2]
Place of birth Lund, Sweden
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Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Watford
Number 6
Youth career
1997–2005 Lunds BK
2006–2007 Helsingborgs IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Helsingborgs IF 73 (1)
2011–2013 Udinese 12 (0)
2012–2013 → Watford (loan) 32 (1)
2013– Watford 57 (1)
International career‡
2004–2006 Sweden U17 5 (0)
2007–2008 Sweden U19 11 (1)
2009–2010 Sweden U21 9 (1)
2010–2014 Sweden 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 March 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 March 2014

Lars Hening Joel Ekstrand (born 4 February 1989) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a defender for Watford.

Career

Helsingborgs IF

Ekstrand started playing football for his home town club Lunds BK as a youth player. In 2005 he moved to Helsingborgs IF. He made his first team debut against PSV Eindhoven in the first leg of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup Round of 32, at Philips Stadion.[3] Ekstrand had developed himself into a key player at Helsingborg before moving on to Udinese in 2011.[4]

Udinese

On 18 January 2011, Ekstrand penned a four-year deal with Udinese through to 2015.[5] Ekstrand debuted for the club when Udinese faced Lazio in a 2–1 victory in which he came off the bench in the 70th minute.[6]

Ekstrand made his first start for Udinese in a Champions League qualifying game against Arsenal.[7] For this match, Udinese changed from the previous season's 3–5–2 formation to 4–1–4–1, where wing-backs Mauricio Isla and Pablo Armero became midfielders, thus using 4 defenders instead of 3 centre-backs. Ekstrand remained in the starting XI in the return leg a week later with Udinese losing 2–1 (3–1 agg).[8] Ekstrand went on to make a further 17 appearances in all competitions for the 2011–12 season, picking up a total of seven yellow cards.

Watford

On 31 August 2012, Ekstrand joined Watford on a season-long loan from Udinese.[9] He made his debut against Charlton Athletic on 2 October, coming on in the second half to replace Neuton. After recovering from an injury setback, Ekstrand scored his first Watford goal in a 2–1 win over Derby County on 23 February 2013.[10]

On 24 July 2013, Watford confirmed Ekstrand had signed a three-year deal with the club. He made his first start of the season away to Reading on 17 August 2013.[11]

Ekstrand scored his first goal as a permanent Watford player against Bolton Wanderers on 14 February 2015.

On 24 March 2015, it was announced that Ekstrand would be out for up to nine months after damaging his cruciate ligament in a Football League Championship match against Ipswich Town on 21 March. [12]

International career

Having represented Sweden U21's, Ekstrand made his full Sweden debut in a friendly against Syria in 2010.[13] Ekstrand’s performances with Watford were rewarded with a return to the Sweden squad for the friendly game against Argentina on 6 February 2013.[14] However, he withdrew from the squad due to a knee injury.[15]

References

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  5. ↑ http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/helsingborg-defender-joel-ekstrand-signs-udinese-1396281
  6. ↑ http://www.dn.se/sport/fotboll/ekstrand-bjuder-pa-pizza-efter-debut
  7. ↑ http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/article13479280.ab
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  11. ↑ http://www.watfordfc.com/news/article/130724-iriney-santos-941898.aspx
  12. ↑ http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11686/9774447/ekstrand-blow-for-hornets
  13. ↑ http://svenskfotboll.se/arkiv/landslag/2010/01/ytterligare-tre-debutanter-i-syrien/
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

  • HIF.se profile
  • Joel Ekstrand at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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