Ludwig Augustinsson

Ludwig Augustinsson
Personal information
Full name Hans Carl Ludwig Augustinsson
Date of birth (1994-04-21) 21 April 1994
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current team
 Copenhagen
Number 3
Youth career
1999–2011 IF Brommapojkarna
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2011–2012 IF Brommapojkarna 30 (2)
2013–2014 IFK Göteborg 29 (1)
2015– Copenhagen 42 (2)
National team‡
2009–2011 Sweden U17 12 (0)
2011–2013 Sweden U19 9 (0)
2012– Sweden U21 19 (0)
2015– Sweden 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 May 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 March 2016

Hans Carl Ludwig Augustinsson (born 21 April 1994 in Stockholm) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Danish Superliga club F.C. Copenhagen as a left back.

He is a product of Brommapojkarna's academy and played two senior seasons with the club before leaving for IFK Göteborg in 2013. With an injury-filled first year, his breakthrough had to wait until the 2014 season, in which he was named the best left back of the campaign. A move to Copenhagen followed in January 2015 for an estimated record fee of €1.4 million.

Augustinsson have ended up being runner-up three times with his teams; in Superettan 2012, Allsvenskan 2014 and in Danish Superliga 2014–15. He have won three domestic cup titles, both with IFK Göteborg 2012–13 and with Copenhagen 2014–15 and 2015–16.

Augustinsson was part of the Sweden U21 squad that qualified and later won the European U21 Championship in 2015. He played all five games in the main tournament and scored in the penalty shootout against Portugal in the final.

He has been capped three times for Sweden, making his first appearance in January 2015.

Personal life

Ludwig is the firstborn and grew up in a sports-oriented family in the central parts of Stockholm. His father Hans played football in Swedish Division 1 and his mother Elisabeth played volleyball on an international level for Sweden. His younger brother Jonathan is currently playing for Djurgårdens IF in Allsvenskan as a left back aswell.[1][2]

The family was a part of a national-wide debate in the summer of 2015, due to more Swedish national players comes from well-educated families in wealthier neighborhoods. Critics say that players like Ludwig are successful today because of the amount of money the families invests in private training sessions.[3]

Together with his good friends and former teammates from his time in Brommapojkarna, John Guidetti and Simon Tibbling, Augustinsson is a teetotaler and have never been drunk.[4]

Although he's been playing football his entire life, Augustinsson tried out ice hockey in his youth and was a part of AIK IF.[5] He's a life-long supporter of Manchester United and dreams of playing for the club one day.[4]

Modeling

In December 2015, Augustinsson featured in NLY Man's Christmas campaign "The Next Generation".[6]

Club career

IF Brommapojkarna

Augustinsson started his football career at age six with Stockholm side IF Brommapojkarna.[5] He was notable throughout the youth years, being the captain for the team's U17 squad and having trials with clubs such as Borussia Mönchengladbach and Sampdoria.[7] After advancing through the youth ranks, Augustinsson earned a spot in the first team as a 16-year-old in 2011[8] and made his debut in Superettan later that year.[9] With four appearances in his debut season, including his senior debut in the domestic cup,[10] Augustinsson came to play almost every game the following year, ending up with two goals and four assists.[11] With two senior seasons and 30 league games for Brommapojkarna, Ludwig Augustinsson moved to IFK Göteborg in January 2013, turning down offers from several other professional clubs.[12][13]

IFK Göteborg

Ludwig Augustinsson playing for IFK Göteborg

The move to top team IFK Göteborg went well and Augustinsson played most of the games during the pre-season. When Svenska Cupen began in March, Augustinsson was the first choice as left back and played two games in the group stage. IFK Göteborg later won the cup against Djurgården in the final. Just a couple of weeks before the start of 2013 Allsvenskan, Augustinsson picked up a five months long knee injury while playing for Sweden U21.[14] He has described the period as difficult the first couple of days, but that he later was positive throughout the injury and that he thought he would come back even stronger from it.[15] He later made his Allsvenskan debut on August 25, 2013, away against Malmö FF, and picked up another injury in the first half, which meant that he would be out for the rest of the season.[16]

Augustinsson came back from his second injury in time for the first competetive match in 2014, against Värnamo in Svenska Cupen in early March.[17] He scored his first goal in Allsvenskan on 24 September in the 2014 season, when IFK Göteborg won away against Örebro SK by 4-3.[18] He played 28 league games that season, without being substituted, and assisted to three goals.[11] He later earned a spot in Allsvenskan's Team of the Year 2014 - voted by supporters from SvenskaFans.[19]

Copenhagen

Augustinsson transferred to F.C. Copenhagen on 5 January 2015 after signing a four and a half year contract with them on 6 June 2014.[20] The deal was made so Augustinsson could be the replacement for Pierre Bengtsson at the left back position when Bengtsson's contract ended with Copenhagen on December 31, 2014. The transfer fee was estimated to 13 million SEK (approximately €1.4 million), which made him the most expensive wing-back ever bought from Sweden.[21]

2014–15 season

Having played every exhibition game during the winter break for Copenhagen, Augustinsson made his Superliga-debut against Vestsjælland when the season restarted in February. He assisted the first goal of the game and scored later himself, playing a key role in the team's 2–0 victory. Ekstra Bladet described it as "the dream debut" and manager Ståle Solbakken said it was the best debut since his own debut for Copenhagen against rivals Brøndby back in year 2000.[22]

Augustinsson came to play 15 league games during the spring season, helping the team reach the second place in the league. He was noted for six assists, which placed him third in the assist-table – being the defender providing with most assists of the 2014–15 season even though playing less than half of the games.[23] Defensively Copenhagen only conceded goals in six games, with many experts claiming that he was one of the best players of the spring season.

He played regularly in the Danish Cup as well throughout the spring, and scored a match winning 1–0 goal from a free kick against Esbjerg in the second game of the semifinals.[24] Copenhagen later won the final in May against Vestsjælland, with Augustinsson providing an assist in the team's 3–2 win.[25] That was his second title of his career and his first for the Danish giants.

International career

Youth national teams

Ludwig Augustinsson represented Sweden U17 and Sweden U19 21 times between 2009–2013. He has made 19 caps for Sweden U21 since 2012 and is still eligible to play for the team. His biggest success came for the U21-team, when they manage to qualify to the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship and later win the tournament, whilst being a key player in Håkan Ericson's squad.

European U21 Championship

Outstanding throughout the tournament and exceptional in the final, where he forced the livewire João Mário into his most ineffective performance of the competition. Showed his commitment and drive (and not to mention fitness) with one final lung-bursting charge into the box in the 121st minute of the game and slammed home his penalty in the shootout.

“
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— The Guardian about Ludwig Augustinsson's performance in the tournament.[26]

Sweden managed to qualify to the European U21 Championship in Czech Republic for the first time since 2004 after a successful qualification. In an exhibition game against Portugal U21 in early 2013, Augustinsson injured his knee and was later out for the rest of the year,[14][16] which meant he missed most of the qualification games. However, he was Håkan Ericson's first choice at the left back position when he was available and was part of the squad in the games of 2014.[27]

Augustinsson played every game in the group stage of the main tournament.[28][29][30] Before the second game against England, in which Sweden lost, Augustinsson caused a lot of attention in English media due to claiming that the English players were 'overrated'.[31] This during a time when Augustinsson was rumoured with a move to Liverpool.[32]

Sweden however managed to advance from the group, thanks to winning against Italy and drawing against Portugal. After knocking out Denmark in the semi-final by 4–1, Sweden were to play Portugal again in the final. In a goalless match, the first kept clean sheet of Sweden in the tournament, the final had to be decided by a penalty shootout. Ludwig Augustinsson scored his penalty and Sweden won by 4–3. Augustinsson received international praise for his final performance, described as "outstanding".[26] He earned a spot in The Guardian's 'Team of the Tournament'.[26]

Senior national team

In January 2015, Ludwig Augustinsson debuted with Sweden when he started both games in their friendlies against the Ivory Coast[33] and Finland.[34] Sportbladet rated him as the best Swedish player of those two games.[35]

He received his second call-up in March 2016, playing 90 minutes in Sweden's 2–1 loss against Turkey.[36] Unlike his first two international games, this squad featured Erik Hamrén's first choice of players ahead of the Euro 2016.

Style of play

Augustinsson is often referred as a modern wing-back, whose qualities is in his offense, possession, pace and a good left foot.[37][12] He started out as a central midfielder, but changed position to left back at age eleven due to tough competition in the midfield.[4] Ludwig Augustinsson has always been a specialist in set pieces and takes a lot of corners and freekicks.

Career statistics

Club

As of 5 May 2016[38]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
IF Brommapojkarna 2011 Superettan 3010—40
2012 Superettan 27200—272
Total 3021000312
IFK Göteborg 2013 Allsvenskan 10300040
2014 Allsvenskan 2815050381
Total 2918050421
Copenhagen 2014–15 Danish Superliga 15141—192
2015–16 Danish Superliga 2713040341
Total 4227140533
Career total 1015161901266

International

As of 24 March 2016
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden
201520
2016 10
Total30

Honours

Club

IFK Göteborg
Copenhagen

International

Sweden U21

References

  1. ↑ "Jag får gåshud bara jag tänker på det" (in Swedish). Expressen. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Jonathan Augustinsson klar för Djurgården" (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Sveriges nya fotbollscentrum" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 13 September 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "Guidetti fick U21-stjärna att skippa alkohol: ”Har blivit arg när de pushat på"" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Augustinsson om det enorma fotbollsintresset" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. 9 February 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Ludwig Augustinsson: ”Det är en ära att få spela för svenska landslaget”" (in Swedish). Metro Mode. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Ludwig siktar högt" (in Swedish). TipsElit. 23 July 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  8. ↑ "Silly Season 2011/2012" (in Swedish). SvenskaFans.com. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Ludwig Augustinsson". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Brommapojkarna 3-1 Gefle" (in Swedish). Soccerway. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  11. 1 2 "Ludwig Augustinsson" (in Swedish). SvenskFotboll. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  12. 1 2 "Augustinsson in, Bärkroth ut" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  13. ↑ "Klart: Augustinsson går till IFK Göteborg" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. 6 January 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  14. 1 2 "Augustinsson borta fem månader" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  15. ↑ "Landslagsaktuella Ludwig Augustinsson: Jag vill bli bäst, då måste jag träna bäst" (in Swedish). Extra Träning. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  16. 1 2 "Första matchen sen mars – skadad igen" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  17. ↑ "IFK Göteborg vs. Värnamo 2 - 0" (in Swedish). Soccerway. 1 March 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  18. ↑ "Örebro - IFK Göteborg" (in Swedish). SvenskFotboll. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  19. ↑ "Årets lag - Vänsterback" (in Swedish). SvenskaFans.com. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  20. ↑ "Ludde till FC Köpenhamn efter säsongen" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  21. ↑ "Blåvitt sålde talangen för en rekordsumma" (in Swedish). Expressen. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  22. ↑ "Ståle om ny svensker: Bedste debut siden...MIG!" (in Danish). Ekstrabladet. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  23. ↑ "Assists, top 20, 2014/2015" (in Danish). SuperStats.dk. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  24. ↑ "Esbjerg fB – FC København (30. april 2015)" (in Danish). bold.dk. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  25. ↑ "FC Vestsjælland – FC København (14. maj 2015)" (in Danish). bold.dk. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  26. 1 2 3 "European Under-21 Championship: our team of the tournament". The Guardian. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  27. ↑ "Avbräck i U21-landslaget inför ödesmatchen" (in Swedish). SvT. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  28. ↑ "Sweden surge leaves Italy defeated". UEFA.com. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  29. ↑ "England beat Sweden through late Lingard goal". UEFA.com. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  30. ↑ "Last-gasp Sweden join Portugal in U21 EURO semis". UEFA.com. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  31. ↑ "England U21s are 'overrated', says Sweden defender Ludwig Augustinsson ahead of European Championship Group B clash". Daily Mail. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  32. ↑ "Agenten bekräftar: Liverpool ute efter Augustinsson". Fotbollskanalen. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  33. ↑ "Startelvan mot Elfenbenskusten" (in Swedish). SvenskFotboll.se. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  34. ↑ "Startelvan mot Finland" (in Swedish). SvenskFotboll.se. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  35. ↑ "Har en väldigt, väldigt hög nivå" (in Swedish). Sportbladet.se. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  36. ↑ "Turkiet-Sverige 2-1" (in Swedish). SvenskFotboll.se. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  37. ↑ "Ludwig Augustinsson ”Jag är 100 procent fotboll”" (in Swedish). SvenskaFans. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  38. ↑ "Ludwig Augustinsson". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 December 2015.

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