Mikael Lustig

Mikael Lustig
Personal information
Full name Carl Mikael Lustig
Date of birth 13 December 1986 (1986-12-13) (age 25)
Place of birth Umeå, Sweden
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club Celtic
Number 23
Youth career
0000–2005 Sandåkerns SK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2005 Umeå 34 (1)
2005–2008 GIF Sundsvall 81 (8)
2008–2011 Rosenborg 95 (14)
2012– Celtic 0 (0)
National team‡
2004 Sweden U19 1 (0)
2006–2007 Sweden U21 10 (1)
2008– Sweden 23 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 November 2011.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 November 2011

Carl Mikael Lustig (born 13 December 1986) is a Swedish footballer playing for Scottish Premier League team Celtic. He is a right back but can also play as a central defender.[1]

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Club career

Early career

Before joining Rosenborg in 2008, Lustig played for Umeå and GIF Sundsvall.

Rosenborg

In 2011, he attracted interested from other European clubs, such as Scottish Premier League team Celtic, English Premier League club Fulham and La Liga side Espanyol.[2]

Celtic

On 23 November 2011, Celtic announced that they had signed Lustig on a pre-contract. He will officially join the club on 1 January 2012.[3]

International career

Lustig has represented Sweden at under-19 and under-21 level.[4]

He made his debut for the Sweden national team in a 2–0 win over the USA in January 2008.[4] As of 20 November 2011, he has been capped 23 times.[5]

International goals

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 29 March 2011 Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm  Moldova 1 – 0 2–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Career statistics

As of 27 November 2011
Club Season Division League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
GIF Sundsvall
2005 Allsvenskan 8 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - - - - 8 2 0
2006 Allsvenskan 28 3 0 2 1 0 - - - - - - - - - 30 4 0
2007 Allsvenskan 29 2 4 2 1 0 - - - - - - - - - 31 3 4
2008 Allsvenskan 16 1 2 1 0 0 - - - - - - - - - 17 1 2
Total 81 8 6 5 2 0 - - - - - - - - - 86 10 6
Rosenborg
2008 Tippeligaen 11 1 1 0 0 0 - - - 8 0 2 - - - 19 1 3
2009 Tippeligaen 25 4 4 3 0 1 - - - 3 1 0 - - - 31 5 5
2010 Tippeligaen 29 4 5 5 2 1 - - - 12 1 3 1 0 0 47 7 9
2011 Tippeligaen 30 5 8 4 2 1 - - - 6 1 0 - - - 40 8 9
Total 95 14 18 12 4 3 - - - 29 3 5 1 0 0 137 21 26
Career total 176 22 24 17 6 3 - - - 29 3 5 1 0 0 224 31 32

Honours

Club

Rosenborg BK

References

  1. ^ Henrik Larsson sold Celtic to Mikael Lustig Express.co.uk, 24 November 2011
  2. ^ British pair chase Lustig Sky Sports, 9 November 2011
  3. ^ "Celtic agree pre-contract deal with Mikael Lustig". BBC Sport. 23 November 2011. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15844449.stm. Retrieved 23 November 2011. 
  4. ^ a b Mikael Lustig UEFA.com
  5. ^ Sweden's Lustig leaves Rosenborg for Celtic UEFA.com, 23 November 2011
  6. ^ "Mestvinnende spillere" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_trondelag/sport_nrk_trondelag/rbk/1.1065148. Retrieved 2 November 2010. 

External links

Sweden squad – 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
Celtic F.C. – current squad