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Rasmus Elm
Swedish football player

Rasmus Elm

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Swedish football player
A.K.A.
Rasmus Christoffer Elm
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Kalmar, Sweden
Age
36 years
Stats
Height:
184 cm
Weight:
75 kg
The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Rasmus Christoffer Elm (born 17 March 1988) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently the assistant coach of Kalmar FF. During his carrer, he played for Kalmar FF in Sweden, for AZ in the Netherlands and the Russian side CSKA Moscow. Elm earned 39 caps for Sweden and competed at UEFA Euro 2012. He is younger brother to Viktor and David Elm.

Club career

Early career

Elm playing for Kalmar FF

In his childhood, Elm played for Johansfors IF and Emmaboda IS, before he signed in January 2005 to Kalmar FF. In four-and-a-half years with the Allsvenskan club, Elm played 96 games and scored 17 goals.

AZ

On 27 August 2009, Elm signed a four-year deal with Eredivisie side AZ Alkmaar. He made his debut on 12 September 2009 in the 2–1 loss against ADO Den Haag.

Former Swedish national team coach Lars Lagerbäck once commented that Elm was the biggest talent Sweden has produced since Zlatan Ibrahimović. While suffering from injuries and illness during his first two seasons in AZ, Elm experience a successful 2011–12 season. He received several player of the match awards during that season and was praised by the press and the fans for his passing and freekicks as well as his goal scoring.

Elm played a total of 83 matches for AZ before he left the club during the summer of 2012.

CSKA Moscow

On 30 July 2012, Elm signed a three-year contract with Russian Premier League side CSKA Moscow, taking the shirt number 20. On 21 October 2012, he scored his first goal for CSKA after converting a penalty at home against Rubin Kazan in a 2–0 victory. On 3 January 2015, Elm had his contract with CSKA terminated by mutual consent in order to recover from a long-term stomach illness that had left him unable to train with the club.

International career

Elm was the captain of the Swedish under-19 squad until August 2007, when he made his debut for the U21 squad. On 11 February 2009, Elm scored his first goal for the Swedish senior team in a friendly against Austria. He represented Sweden at Euro 2012. On 16 October 2012, he scored the fourth and equalising goal in Sweden's remarkable 4–4 draw in Berlin against Germany in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C. The Swedes were losing 0–4 until the last 29 minutes of the game when a flurry of Swedish goals were capped by the stoppage time goal from Elm. The result was hailed as one of the greatest sporting achievements in Swedish history.

Career statistics

Club

ClubLeagueSeasonLeagueCupEuropeTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kalmar FFAllsvenskan2005700070
200623100231
200720400204
20082752020315
200919931222412
Total9619514210522
AZ AlkmaarEredivisie2009-102333000263
2010-112853140356
2011–123210411625213
Total831810220211322
CSKA MoscowPremier League2012–132653020315
2013–142104040290
Total4757060605
Kalmar FFAllsvenskan201512010130
201618141222
2017303060
20189010100
Total4219100512
Career Total2684331430432951

International

National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden2009111
201020
201180
2012102
201381
Total394

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.11 February 2009UPC-Arena, Graz Austria1–02–0Friendly match
2.11 September 2012Swedbank Stadion, Malmö Kazakhstan1–02–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.16 October 2012Olympic Stadium, Berlin Germany4–44–42014 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.6 February 2013Friends Arena, Solna Argentina2–32–3Friendly match

Personal life

Both of his siblings have also played professional football: David, who previously played for Fulham, and his other brother Viktor, who previously played for the Dutch club AZ.

Honours

Club

Kalmar FF
  • Allsvenskan: 2008
  • Svenska Cupen: 2007
  • Svenska Supercupen: 2009
CSKA Moscow
  • Russian Premier League: 2012–13, 2013–14
  • Russian Cup: 2012–13
  • Russian Super Cup: 2013, 2014
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