Filip Helander

Filip Helander
Personal information
Full name Filip Viktor Helander
Date of birth (1993-04-22) 22 April 1993
Place of birth Malmö, Sweden
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Hellas Verona
Number 5
Youth career
Kvarnby IK
0000–2006 Husie IF
2007–2011 Malmö FF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2011–2015 Malmö FF 72 (1)
2015– Hellas Verona 16 (2)
National team‡
2010 Sweden U17 2 (0)
2011–2012 Sweden U19 2 (0)
2012–2015 Sweden U21 19 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:20, 12 February 2016 (UTC).
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 June 2015

Filip Viktor Helander (born 22 April 1993) is a Swedish footballer currently playing for Hellas Verona in Serie A as a centre back.

Career

Club career

Helander made his Allsvenskan debut in a match against Syrianska FC on 17 October 2011.[1] Helander played the first matches beside Pontus Jansson in the defense before being replaced by Daniel Andersson after the second round of matches. On 17 July 2012 Helander signed a first team contract with Malmö FF until the end of the 2015 season.[2] When Andersson played less and less after the summer break Helander established himself in the starting lineup and finished the season as a regular starter in the defense. Helander played a total of 12 league matches for Malmö FF during the 2012 season.

The league title winning 2013 season proved to be the real breakthrough season for Helander as he played 18 matches for the club. He was injured in the early stages of the season and was replaced in the starting line-up by Erik Johansson but later reclaimed this spot in the second part of the season. For the 2014 season Helander played regularly throughout the entire season as the club defended their league title and qualified for the group stage of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League. He also scored his first league goal for Malmö FF in 2014 on 23 August in a 3–0 home win against IFK Norrköping.[3] For his performances in the league Helander was nominated for the award of Allsvenskan defender of the year.[4] He was also nominated for Swedish defender of the year at Fotbollsgalan.[5]

Hellas Verona

On July 22 Helander signed for Hellas Verona in the Italian Serie A. On September 23 he made his debut against Internazionale in an 1-0 defeat at the San Siro. In the next game against Lazio at home he again was in the starting line up and in the 33rd minute he scored his first Serie A goal. Though Lazio went on to win the game 2-1.

International career

Helander was called up to the senior Sweden squad to face Moldova in October 2015.[6]

Career statistics

As of 4 February 2016.[7]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Malmö FF 2011 10000010
2012 12000—120
2013 1803020230
2014 28141100422
2015 1204100161
Total 711112120943
Hellas Verona 2015–16 15220—172
Total 1522000172
Career total 8631321201115

Honours

Club

Malmö FF

International

Sweden U21

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "En debut att minnas för Helander". Sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish). 17 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Filip Helander tecknar A-lagskontrakt". mff.se (in Swedish). 17 July 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Malmö FF 3–0 IFK Norrköping". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Här är vinnarna i Allsvenskans stora pris". allsvenskan.se (in Swedish). Allsvenskan. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Nomineringarna till Fotbollsgalan 2014". fogis.se (in Swedish). The Swedish Football Association. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Sweden 2-0 Moldova". BBC. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Filip Helander". soccerway.com (in Swedish). Soccerway. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  8. ↑

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