Johnny Ekström

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Johnny Ekström
Personnel
birthday March 5, 1965
place of birth Gothenburg ,  Sweden
size 188 cm
position attack
Juniors
Years station
until 001984 IFK Gothenburg
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1984-1986 IFK Gothenburg 39 (19)
1986-1988 FC Empoli 53 0(8)
1988-1989 FC Bayern Munich 23 0(7)
1989-1991 AS Cannes 32 0(4)
1991-1993 IFK Gothenburg 38 (21)
1993 AC Reggiana 1919 9 0(1)
1994 →  Betis Sevilla  (loan) 7 0(2)
1994-1995 Dynamo Dresden 30 0(7)
1995-1997 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 0(7)
1997-1998 IFK Gothenburg 19 0(3)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1986-1995 Sweden 47 (13)
1 Only league games are given.

Johnny Ekström (born March 5, 1965 in Gothenburg ) is a former Swedish football player .

Career

societies

Emerging from the youth of IFK Göteborg , Johnny Ekström moved up in 1984 in their professional team. There he made his breakthrough; as a fast striker, he drew international attention when his club advanced to the semi-finals of the European Cup (forerunner of the Champions League ) in 1986 and was only eliminated on penalties against FC Barcelona .

The 1986/87 season saw the first transfer abroad - to the Italian first division club FC Empoli (newcomer to Serie A ). After two seasons, he switched to the Bundesliga for Bayern Munich . On July 23, 1988 (1st matchday) he made his debut in a 3-0 win at home against Eintracht Frankfurt and crowned it with his first goal, the 2-0 in the 81st minute. With 23 league games and seven goals scored, he contributed to the 1989 championship; He also scored twice (on October 5, 1988 at Legia Warsaw - final score 7: 3 for FC Bayern Munich) in eight UEFA Cup games.

After only one season in Germany, seasons followed in France , Sweden , Italy and Spain before he returned to Germany .

From July 1, 1994, Johnny Ekström was under contract with Dynamo Dresden . Here, too, he scored his first goal on the first day of the match on August 20, 1994, in a 1-1 draw in the home game against Werder Bremen with the opening goal in the third minute. In the following 29 Bundesliga games, he scored six more times before leaving the club.

Eintracht Frankfurt was Ekström's third Bundesliga club in Germany from July 1, 1995. In the first season, his two goals in 16 games were not enough to keep the class. In the following season Ekström completed 18 second division games in which he scored five goals and ended on June 11, 1997 (34th matchday), in a 2-1 win in the away game against VfB Oldenburg after 64 minutes, his footballing work in Germany.

He returned to the club where he started his career: To IFK Göteborg. After one season for this and three goals in the Allsvenskan , he ended his football career.

National team

On May 1, 1986, he made his debut in Malmö in the senior team in a goalless draw against the selection of Greece . He then wore the national jersey 46 times and was part of the respective squad at the 1990 World Cup in Italy and the 1992 European Championship in his own country.

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personal data
SURNAME Ekström, Johnny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Gothenburg