Rasmus Elm

Rasmus Elm

With CSKA Moscow in 2012
Personal information
Full name Rasmus Christoffer Elm
Date of birth (1988-03-17) 17 March 1988
Place of birth Kalmar, Sweden
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Kalmar FF
Number 6
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2009 Kalmar FF 96 (19)
2009–2012 AZ Alkmaar 83 (18)
2012–2015 CSKA Moscow 47 (5)
2015– Kalmar FF 33 (1)
National team
2003–2005 Sweden U17 15 (0)
2005–2007 Sweden U19 19 (5)
2007–2010 Sweden U21 18 (0)
2009–2013 Sweden 39 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 April 2017.

Rasmus Christoffer Elm (born 17 March 1988) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Kalmar FF in Allsvenskan as a midfielder. He has previously played for Kalmar FF in Sweden, for AZ in the Netherlands and the Russian side CSKA Moscow. Elm has been capped playing for Sweden and competed at UEFA Euro 2012. He has two older brothers, Viktor and David, who are also footballers.

Club career

Early career

In his childhood, Elm played for Johansfors IF and Emmaboda IS, before he signed in January 2005 to Kalmar FF. In four-and-a-half years with the Allsvenskan club, Elm played 96 games and scored 17 goals.

AZ

On 27 August 2009, Elm signed a four-year deal with Eredivisie side AZ Alkmaar. He made his debut on 12 September 2009 in the 2–1 loss against ADO Den Haag.

Former Swedish national team coach Lars Lagerbäck once commented that Elm was the biggest talent Sweden has produced since Zlatan Ibrahimović.[1] While suffering from injuries and illness during his first two seasons in AZ, Elm experience a successful 2011–12 season. He received several player of the match awards during that season and was praised by the press and the fans for his passing and freekicks as well as his goal scoring.

Elm played a total of 83 matches for AZ before he left the club during the summer of 2012.[2]

CSKA Moscow

On 30 July 2012, Elm signed a three-year contract with Russian Premier League side CSKA Moscow, taking the shirt number 20.[2] On 21 October 2012, he scored his first goal for CSKA after converting a penalty at home against Rubin Kazan in a 2–0 victory.[3] On 3 January 2015, Elm had his contract with CSKA terminated by mutual consent in order to recover from a long-term stomach illness that had left him unable to train with the club.[4][5]

International career

Elm was the captain of the Swedish under-19 squad until August 2007, when he made his debut for the U21 squad.[6] On 11 February 2009, Elm scored his first goal for the Swedish senior team in a friendly against Austria.[6] On 16 October 2012, he scored the fourth and equalising goal in Sweden's remarkable 4–4 draw in Berlin against Germany in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C. The Swedes were losing 0–4 until the last 30 minutes of the game when a flurry of Swedish goals were capped by the stoppage time goal from Elm. The result was hailed as one of the greatest sporting achievements in Swedish history.[7][8]

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 11 February 2009 UPC-Arena, Graz  Austria 1–0 2–0 Friendly match
2. 11 September 2012 Swedbank Stadion, Malmö  Kazakhstan 1–0 2–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3. 16 October 2012 Olympic Stadium, Berlin  Germany 4–4 4–4 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
4. 6 February 2013 Friends Arena, Solna  Argentina 2–3 2–3 Friendly match

Career statistics

As of 24 November 2016
Club League Season League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kalmar FF Allsvenskan 2005 7000—70
2006 23100—231
2007 20400—204
2008 2752020315
2009 19931222412
Total 9619514210522
AZ Alkmaar Eredivisie 2009-10 2333000263
2010-11 2853140356
2011–12 3210411625213
Total 831810220211322
CSKA Moscow Premier League 2012–13 2653020315
2013–14 2104040290
Total 4757060605
Kalmar FF Allsvenskan 2015 12000—120
2016 1810000181
Total 3010000301
Career Total2564322330430850

Personal life

Both of his siblings are professional footballers: David, who previously played for Fulham, and his other brother Viktor, who previously played for the Dutch club AZ, both currently play alongside him for the Swedish Allsvenskan club Kalmar FF.

Honours

Club

Kalmar FF
CSKA Moscow

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Dutt, Sujav (11 June 2012). "Sweden's Elm backed to blossom at EURO". uefa.com. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  2. 1 2 Hedlundh, Kent (30 July 2012). "Elm explains Moscow move". Sky Sports. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 December 2012. Retrieved 2013-03-11.
  4. ↑ "Rasmus Elm left PFC CSKA". http://en.pfc-cska.com/. PFC CSKA Moscow. 3 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  5. ↑ "Эльм покинул ЦСКА". http://www.championat.com/ (in Russian). Championat. 3 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  6. 1 2 Jansson, AnnaMaria (11 February 2009). "Rasmus Elm frälste Sverige" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
  7. ↑ O'Connor, Philip (17 October 2012). "Swedish coach didn't sleep following amazing fightback in Germany". Irish Independent. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  8. ↑ "The night efficiency died: Sweden collapse signals the end of German mental toughness". GOAL. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
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