Robin Söder

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Robin Söder
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Söder with IFK Göteborg in 2009
Personal information
Full name Robin Mikael Söder
Date of birth (1991-04-01) 1 April 1991 (age 30)
Place of birth Magra, Sweden
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 IFK Göteborg
Number 9
Youth career
1995–1998 Magra IS
1998–2002 Sollebrunns AIK
2002–2005 Morlanda GoIF
2008 IFK Göteborg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Morlanda GoIF
2006–2007 Stenungsunds IF
2008–2014 IFK Göteborg 125 (23)
2014–2017 Esbjerg fB 61 (18)
2017–2018 Lokeren 35 (7)
2018– IFK Göteborg 61 (18)
National team‡
2006–2008 Sweden U17 19 (9)
2008–2009 Sweden U21 5 (1)
2020 Sweden 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:48, 29 November 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:17, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

Robin Mikael Söder (born 1 April 1991) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for IFK Göteborg as a striker.

Club career[]

Early career[]

Söder began his football career 1995 in Magra IS. After a couple of years he started to play for Sollebrunn AIK. He moved out from Magra at the age of 12 and started to play for Morlanda GoIF in Orust. He changed club to Stenungsunds IF where he also played senior football.

IFK Göteborg[]

Söder was signed for the youth team of the Swedish champions IFK Göteborg in December 2007, but soon began to train and play with the senior squad.

He made his debut in Allsvenskan on 1 July 2008 when he came on as a substitute against Trelleborgs FF. Only eleven days later, he made his first Allsvenskan goal for the club, securing three points against Djurgårdens IF by scoring 2–1 in the 91st minute.

After his debut season he was awarded Best Newcomer at the annual Fotbollsgalan, beating Sebastian Rajalakso, Rasmus Jönsson and Joel Ekstrand.[1] At the same time the Managing Director of FC Groningen, Hans Nijland claimed that the club had made an offer for Söder, but had been turned down by the player.[2]

In January 2009 was linked with a move to Werder Bremen, Milan, Bayern Munich, Palermo and Roma.[3]

Esbjerg fB[]

After six seasons in IFK, Söder decided to move to Danish side Esbjerg fB on 22 August 2014.[4]

International career[]

Youth[]

Early career[]

Söder was a regular in the Swedish national youth teams, and he was the captain of the Swedish U17 team in 2 matches in 2007. He became the youngest person ever to play in the Swedish U21 team, being 17 years and 157 days old when he played in Sweden U21s' match against Poland on 5 September 2008. The record was previously held by Leif Eriksson (Köpings IS), who was 17 years and 212 days when he made his debut for Sweden U21 in 1959 against Norway.[5]

2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship[]

On 23 May 2009, he was selected for the Swedish squad competing in the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Söder played one game in this tournament,[6] coming as a substitute in the semi-final against England.[7] In this game he assisted Marcus Berg to the dramatic 3–3 equaliser but in the overtime that followed suffered a serious ligament injury.[8]

Senior[]

He made his senior debut for the Sweden national football team in a friendly game against Kosovo on 12 January 2020, a game in which he was captain.[9]

Career statistics[]

As of 26 November 2021[10]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other1 Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
IFK Göteborg 2008 Allsvenskan 14 5 5 0 4 2 0 0 23 7
2009 Allsvenskan 12 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 2
2010 Allsvenskan 13 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 17 3
2011 Allsvenskan 18 0 3 1 — — 21 1
2012 Allsvenskan 23 2 1 1 — — 24 3
2013 Allsvenskan 26 9 2 0 2 0 1 0 31 9
2014 Allsvenskan 19 2 5 6 5 0 — 29 8
Total 125 23 18 8 13 2 2 0 158 33
Esbjerg fB 2014–15 Danish Superliga 21 4 4 0 — — 25 4
2015–16 Danish Superliga 12 4 1 2 — — 13 6
2016–17 Danish Superliga 28 10 2 1 — 4 1 34 12
Total 61 18 7 3 0 0 4 1 72 22
Lokeren 2017–18 Belgian First Division A 35 7 1 1 — 1 0 37 8
2018–19 Belgian First Division A 0 0 — — — 0 0
Total 35 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 37 8
IFK Göteborg 2018 Allsvenskan 9 2 1 0 — — 10 2
2019 Allsvenskan 27 14 1 0 — — 28 14
2020 Allsvenskan 9 0 3 3 — — 14 3
2021 Allsvenskan 15 2 1 1 — — 16 3
Total 60 18 6 4 0 0 0 0 66 22
Career total 281 66 32 16 13 2 7 1 333 85

1 Includes Svenska Supercupen, Danish Superliga relegation play-off and Belgian First Division A Europa League knockout matches.

International[]

As of 12 January 2020
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 2020 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours[]

Stenungsunds IF

  • Division 4 Bohuslän/Dalsland: 2006

IFK Göteborg

Individual

  • Swedish Newcomer of the Year: 2008
  • Årets ärkeängel (IFK Göteborg player of the year as decided by the supporters): 2018[11]

References[]

  1. ^ "Årets Nykomling 2008". svenskfotboll.se.
  2. ^ http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/internationell/article3782251.ab[bare URL]
  3. ^ http://www.fotbollsverige.se/news_show_storklubbar_vill_ha_soder.html?id=4981358
  4. ^ "Robin Söder fra IFK Göteborg til Esbjerg fB". Esbjerg fB. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  5. ^ Robin Söder alla tiders yngste i U21-landslaget svenskfotboll.se
  6. ^ Player profile at uefa.com
  7. ^ Match report
  8. ^ Söder injury blow hits Sweden uefa.com
  9. ^ "Andra 1–0-segern på turnén" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll. 12 January 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Robin Söder". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  11. ^ "Alla 48 ärkeänglar | ifkdb.se". ifkdb.se. Retrieved 1 March 2021.

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