Erik Lund (born 6 November 1988) is a Swedish football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Ljungskile SK. He played as right back and spent most of his career at Ljungskile SK and IFK Göteborg. Lund also spent three years at the Aston Villa Academy and played twice for the Sweden national team in 2010.
Career Lund began his career at Ljungskile SK, playing in the first team in both Swedish Division 2 and the Superettan, making his debut at 15. He went on to sign for Aston Villa's youth team on 1 July 2005 at the age of 16. After a season in the academy side he appeared in 10 games for Villa's reserves in the 2006–07 season, and scored a rare goal in the opening match of the HKFC International Soccer Sevens against Hong Kong F.C. in a 1–0 victory. On 3 June 2007 he signed a new 2-year professional contract with Villa. In August 2007, Lund made his debut for the first team, coming on as a substitute for Craig Gardner in the pre-season friendly against Walsall.
On 1 July 2008, Lund agreed to a three-and-a-half-year contract with IFK Göteborg. He made his debut for IFK in a Svenska Cupen win over GIF Sundsvall on 10 July. On 23 July he made his UEFA Champions League debut in IFK's 4–0 win over Murata. Lund moved to Varbergs BoIS following the 2013 season, after a loan spell at Örebro SK.
Career statistics
Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsLjungskile SK2004142——142200560——60Total2020000202Aston Villa2005–060000—002006–070000—002007–080000—00Total00000000IFK Göteborg200811020101402009241512031220102201020250201119030—22020121000—10Örebro SK201360——60Total60000060IFK Göteborg201300000000201400000000Total77111150932Career total1033111501194
International
National teamYearAppsGoalsSweden201020Total20
Honours
Club Ljungskile SK Swedish Division 2 Västra Götaland (1): 2004
Aston Villa Academy FA Premier Reserve League South (1): 2007/08 HKFC International Soccer Sevens (1): 2008
IFK Göteborg Svenska Cupen (1): 2008
Örebro SK Superettan Runner-up (1): 2013 (Promotion to Allsvenskan)
References
External links
Erik Lund at Fotbolltransfers