Ludwig Augustinsson

Ludwig Augustinsson
Personal information
Full nameHans Carl Ludwig Augustinsson
Date of birth21 April 1994
Place of birthStockholm, Sweden
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionLeft back
Club information
Current team
Copenhagen
Number3
Youth career
1999–2011IF Brommapojkarna
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2011–2012IF Brommapojkarna30(2)
2013–2014IFK Göteborg29(1)
2015–Copenhagen9(1)
National team‡
2009–2011Sweden U1712(0)
2011–2013Sweden U199(0)
2012–Sweden U2111(0)
2015–Sweden2(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 April 2015.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 March 2015

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

Augustinsson is a product of Brommapojkarna's academy and played 30 league games with the club before leaving for IFK Göteborg in 2013. With a injury-filled first year, his breakthrough had to wait until the 2014 season, in which he only missed two games. Ludwig Augustinsson was named the best left back in Allsvenskan 2014, and moved to Copenhagen in January 2015 for an estimated fee of 13 million SEK.

He has earned two caps for Sweden.

Personal life

Ludwig is the first born and grew up in a sports-oriented family. His father Hans played footboll in Swedish Division 1 and his mother Elisabeth played volleyball on an international level for Sweden. His younger brother Jonathan is currently playing for IF Brommapojkarna in Superettan as a left back aswell.[1]

Although he's been playing football his entire life, Augustinsson tried out ice hockey in his youth and was a part of AIK IF.[2]

Club career

IF Brommapojkarna

Augustinsson started his football career at age six with Stockholm side IF Brommapojkarna.[2] After advancing through the youth teams, Augustinsson earned a spot in the first team as a 16-year-old in 2011,[3] and made his debut in Superettan the same year.[4] With three appearances in his debut season, Augustinsson came to play almost every game the following year and scoring two goals. With two senior seasons and 30 played league games for Brommapojkarna, Ludwig Augustinsson moved to IFK Göteborg in January 2013, turning down offers from several other clubs.[5][6]

IFK Göteborg

Ludwig Augustinsson (center) celebrates a win 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.[7] 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.[8] He later made his Allsvenskan debut on 25 August 2013 away against Malmö FF, and picked up another injury already in the first half, which meant that he would be out for the rest of the season.[9]

Augustinsson made his first goal in Allsvenskan on 24 September in the 2014 season, when IFK Göteborg won against Örebro SK by 4-3.[10] He played 28 league games that season, without being substituted.

He earned a spot in Allsvenskan's Team of the Year 2014 - voted by supporters from SvenskaFans.[11]

Copenhagen

Augustinsson transferred to Copenhagen on 5 January 2015 after signing a four and a half year contract with them on 6 June 2014.[12] 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 fee was estimated to 13 million SEK, which made him the most expensive wing-back bought from Sweden.[13]

2014-15 season

After been playing every friendly game during the winter break for Copenhagen, Augustinsson made his Superliga-debut against Vestsjælland when the season restarted on February 22. He assisted to the first goal, and scored 2-0 himself, which was the final result of the game. 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.[14]

Augustinsson continued his success in March when he helped his team keep a clean sheet against Randers in the quarter-finals of the Danish Cup, in which Copenhagen advanced to the semi-finals.[15] Later the same month, Augustinsson was involved in his third, out of five, shutout game. This time against Esbjerg, in which he also assisted to the game winning 1-0-goal. Danish paper BT rated the swede's performance 10/10,[16] and goalscorer Andreas Cornelius praised his new teammate.[17]

International career

Ludwig Augustinsson represented Sweden's U17 and Sweden's U19 21 times between 2009-2013, and Sweden's U21 in 11 games so far, since 2012. When Augustinsson was fit or not suspended, he was Håkan Ericsson's first choice as left back in the qualification to 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship,[18] in which Sweden qualified.

In January 2015, Ludwig Augustinsson debuted with Sweden when he started both games in their friendlies against the Ivory Coast[19] and Finland.[20] Sportbladet rated him as the best player of those two games.[21]

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 March 2015[22]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
IF Brommapojkarna 2011 3010—40
2012 27200—272
Total 3021000312
IFK Göteborg 2013 10300040
2014 2815050381
Total 2918050421
Copenhagen 2014–15 4110—51
Total 51100051
Career total 64410050784

International

As of 19 January 2015
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden
201520
Total20

Honours

Club

IFK Göteborg

References

  1. ↑ ""Jag får gåshud bara jag tänker på det"". Expressen. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Augustinsson om det enorma fotbollsintresset". Göteborgs-Posten. 9 February 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Silly Season 2011/2012". SvenskaFans.com. 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Ludwig Augustinsson". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Augustinsson in, Bärkroth ut". IFK Göteborg. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "Klart: Augustinsson går till IFK Göteborg". Sportbladet. 6 January 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "Augustinsson borta fem månader". Göteborgs-Posten. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "Landslagsaktuella Ludwig Augustinsson: Jag vill bli bäst, då måste jag träna bäst". Extra Träning. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "Första matchen sen mars – skadad igen". Sportbladet. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Örebro - IFK Göteborg". SvenskFotboll. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  11. ↑ "Årets lag - Vänsterback". SvenskaFans.com. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  12. ↑ "Ludde till FC Köpenhamn efter säsongen". IFK Göteborg. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  13. ↑ "Blåvitt sålde talangen för en rekordsumma" (in Swedish). Expressen. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  14. ↑ "Ståle om ny svensker: Bedste debut siden...MIG!". Ekstrabladet. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  15. ↑ "København vs. Randers 0 - 0". Soccerway. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  16. ↑ "Se BTs karakterer: Så gode var FCK'erne i Esbjerg". BT Nydheter. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  17. ↑ "Matchvinder Cornelius: Samarbejdet med Augustinsson bliver bedre". Danmarks Radio. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  18. ↑ "Avbräck i U21-landslaget inför ödesmatchen". SvT. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  19. ↑ "Startelvan mot Elfenbenskusten". SvenskFotboll.se. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  20. ↑ "Startelvan mot Finland". SvenskFotboll.se. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  21. ↑ "”Har en väldigt, väldigt hög nivå”". Sportbladet.se. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  22. ↑ "Ludwig Augustinsson". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 15 March 2015.

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