Robin Söder

Robin Söder

Personal information
Full name	Robin Mikael Söder
Date of birth	1 April 1991
Place of birth	Magra, Sweden
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker / Winger
Club information
Current team	Esbjerg fB
Number	27
Youth career
1995–1998	Magra IS
1998–2002	Sollebrunns AIK
2002–2005	Morlanda GoIF
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2005–2006	Morlanda GoIF
2006–2007	Stenungsunds IF
2008–2014	IFK Göteborg	125	(23)
2014–	Esbjerg fB	28	(7)
National team
2006–2008	Sweden U17	19	(9)
2008–2009	Sweden U21	5	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 November 2015. † Appearances (goals)

Robin Söder (born 1 April 1991 in Magra, Alingsås) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Esbjerg fB as a striker.^[1]

Career

Early career

Söder began his football career 1995 in Magra IS. After a couple of years he started to play for Sollebrunn AIK. He moved out from Magra at the age of 12 and started to play for Morlanda GoIF in Orust. He changed club to Stenungsunds IF where he also played senior football.

IFK Göteborg

He was signed for the youth team of the Swedish champions IFK Göteborg in December 2007, but soon began to train and play with the senior squad.

He made his debut in Allsvenskan on 1 July 2008 when he came on as a substitute against Trelleborgs FF. Only eleven days later, he made his first Allsvenskan goal for the club, securing three points against Djurgårdens IF by scoring 2–1 in the 91st minute.

After his debut season he was awarded Best Newcomer at the annual Fotbollsgalan, beating Sebastian Rajalakso, Rasmus Jönsson and Joel Ekstrand.^[2] At the same time the Managing Director of FC Groningen, Hans Nijland claimed that the club had made an offer for Söder, but had been turned down by the player.^[3]

In January 2009 was linked with a move to Werder Bremen, Milan, Bayern Munich, Palermo and Roma.^[4]

Esbjerg fB

After six seasons in IFK, Robin Söder decided to move to Danish side Esbjerg fB on 22 August 2014.

International career

He has been a regular in the Swedish national youth teams, and he was the captain of the Swedish U17 team in 2 matches in 2007. He became the youngest person ever to play in the Swedish U21 team, being 17 years and 157 days old when he played in Sweden U21's match against Poland on 5 September 2008. The record was previously held by Leif Eriksson (Köpings IS), who was 17 years and 212 days when he made his debut for Sweden U21 in 1959 against Norway.^[5]

On 23 May 2009 he was selected for the Swedish squad competing in the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. Söder played one game in this tournament,^[6] coming as a substitute in the semi-final against England.^[7] In this game he assisted Marcus Berg to the dramatic 3–3 equaliser but in the overtime that followed suffered a ligament injury.^[8]

Career statistics

As of 20 August 2014^[9]

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
IFK Göteborg	2008	14	5	5	0	4	2	23	7
	2009	12	2	0	0	0	0	12	2
	2010	13	3	2	0	2	0	17	3
	2011	18	0	3	1	—		21	1
	2012	23	2	1	1	—		24	3
	2013	26	9	2	0	2	0	30	9
	2014	19	2	5	6	5	0	29	8
	Total	125	23	18	8	13	2	156	33
Esbjerg fB	2014–15	9	3	0	0	—		9	3
	Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total		125	23	18	8	13	2	156	33

Honours

Club

Stenungsunds IF

• Division 4 Bohuslän/Dalsland: 2006

IFK Göteborg

• Svenska Cupen: 2008, 2012–13

Individual

• Swedish Newcomer of the Year: 2008

References

1. "Robin Söder fra IFK Göteborg til Esbjerg fB". Esbjerg fB. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
2. "Årets Nykomling 2008". svenskfotboll.se.
3. http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/internationell/article3782251.ab
4. http://www.fotbollsverige.se/news_show_storklubbar_vill_ha_soder.html?id=4981358
5. Robin Söder alla tiders yngste i U21-landslaget svenskfotboll.se
6. Player profile at uefa.com
7. Match report
8. Söder injury blow hits Sweden uefa.com
9. "Robin Söder". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 10 July 2013.

External links

• Robin Söder on Soccerway
• Robin Söder on Esbjerg fB