Johan Helge Dahlin (born 8 September 1986) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Malmö FF.Agent: Johan Dahlin forlader FCM, bold.dk, 23 June 2017

Club career

FC Lyn Dahlin was born in Trollhättan. He began his senior career at Åsebro IF in 2004. After one season with the Division 3 side, he was invited to Oslo, Norway, to train with Lyn and was subsequently signed until the end of the 2009 season.

In 2005, Dahlin was third-choice keeper behind Ali Al-Habsi and Nuno Marques. With both Al-Habsi and Marques gone after the season, and having made a good impression during the winter months, Dahlin became manager Henning Berg's preferred choice in goal, ahead of newcomer Eddie Gustafsson. He made thirteen appearances in the first half of the 2006 season. His debut came against Start in the league opener on 9 April, a game that ended in a goalless draw. After the summer, the roles were reversed and Dahlin received little playing time, only making one more appearance when he came on a substitute for an injured Gustafsson. For his performance in 2006, Dahlin received his first call-ups to the Swedish under-21 team, making six appearances in total that year.

In 2007, Dahlin acted mainly as a backup for Eddie Gustafsson, making only four appearances all season, and it became clear that Gustafsson would also be the first choice in goal in 2008. Therefore, in a bid to receive playing time at a high level, Dahlin agreed to a loan deal with Swedish side Trelleborgs FF. He returned to Lyn in August 2008, having made fourteen appearances in the Allsvenskan.

Malmö FF On 8 July 2009, Dahlin was announced as a Malmö FF player. He instantly became first choice as goalkeeper and played for a majority of the games of the later season, 2009. However, it emerged that Dahlin had chronic back pains which made him unable to play in a couple of games. These problems continued during the 2010 season but as Dahlin himself and club doctors worked hard to minimize the pain he was able to play all games except one and a half. For the 2010 title-winning season he kept a clean sheet for 15 games.

Dahlin's injury problems continued into the 2011 season, and he missed the majority of Malmö's campaign, but returned to play in 12 league matches, and featured in the group stage of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League. On 13 June 2012, Dahlin signed a new two-year contract until the end of the 2014 season. In the 2012 season Dahlin wasn't as affected by his back injury as in the previous season and played 29 out of 30 matches for Malmö FF, he missed one match due to racking up three yellow cards.

During the title-winning 2013 season, Dahlin played 22 matches out of 30. He missed some matches due to injury and was briefly replaced as first-choice goalkeeper by Robin Olsen after some solid performances by the latter. Dahlin kept seven clean sheets during the season. He also played all six matches for the club during its title-winning run in the qualifying stages of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League. His performance throughout the season earned him a nomination for the goalkeeping first-choice award.

Gençlerbirliği On 23 December 2013, Malmö FF confirmed Dahlin’s transfer to Süper Lig club Gençlerbirliği on a contract lasting until 2017. The move was finalised on 7 January when the Turkish transfer window opened.

International career Dahlin earned his first cap for the Sweden national team against the USA in January 2009. He was selected for Sweden's annual training camp in January 2012. The squad selection for the camp traditionally features the best Swedish players in domestic and other Scandinavian leagues.

Career statistics

Club

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsFC Trollhättan2003Division 21000—10Åsebro IF2004Division 318000—180Lyn2005Tippeligaen0000—002006Tippeligaen12010101402007Tippeligaen4000—402008Tippeligaen1000—102009Tippeligaen13010—140Total3002010330Trelleborgs FF (loan)2008Allsvenskan14000—140Malmö FF2009Allsvenskan12000—1202010Allsvenskan29010—3002011Allsvenskan12000601802012Allsvenskan29000—2902013Allsvenskan2203060310Total1040401201200Gençlerbirliği2013–14Süper Lig10000—1002014–15Süper Lig10000—100Total2000000200FC Midtjylland2014–15Danish Superliga10000—1002015–16Danish Superliga400050902016–17Danish Superliga2503080360Total39030130550Malmö FF2017Allsvenskan11010001202018Allsvenskan250701404602019Allsvenskan290201204302020Allsvenskan14060202202021Allsvenskan190101203202022Allsvenskan19050903302023Allsvenskan29020—3102024Allsvenskan20050803302025Allsvenskan000000002026Allsvenskan60100070Total17203005702590Career total39803907405140

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+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsSweden200910201010201100201210201300201410Total40

Honours

Malmö FF Allsvenskan: 2010, 2013, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024 Svenska Cupen: 2021–22, 2023–24 Svenska Supercupen: 2013

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