Douglas Edward Alexander "Eddie" Gustafsson McIntosh (born 31 January 1977) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a

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. Starting off his career with

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in 1993, he went on to play professionally in Norway for three clubs and in Austria for Red Bull Salzburg before retiring in 2014. A full international between 2000 and 2010, he won ten

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for the Sweden national team.

Career

Early career

Gustafsson grew up in the United States before he moved to Sweden where he started playing for

and

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollför ...

before transferring to

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

in 2002, playing for

Molde FK Molde Fotballklubb () is a association football, football club based in Molde Municipality, Molde, Norway, that competes in Eliteserien, the top flight of Norwegian football league system, Norwegian football. Founded on 19 June 1911, the club w ...

. He was their first choice for three seasons, but as his contract expired after the 2004 season he decided to find a new club. He went on several fruitless trials for clubs in Europe and the US, and joined another Norwegian club,

Hamarkameratene Hamarkameratene (), often abbreviated to HamKam or Ham-Kam, is a Norwegian professional football club based in the town of Hamar. The club was founded in 1918, originally under the name Freidig. HamKam were most recently promoted to the Elites ...

. The stay only lasted for year. After the 2005 season, Gustafsson signed with

FK Lyn Lyn 1896 Fotballklubb () is a Norwegian football club and a department of the sports club Ski- og Fotballklubben Lyn based in Oslo, whose members also participate in Nordic skiing and orienteering. Until 2010, SFK Lyn had two football departm ...

Red Bull Salzburg

On 8 January 2009 it was announced that Gustafsson had signed a contract with

FC Red Bull Salzburg Fußballclub Red Bull Salzburg, commonly known as simply Red Bull Salzburg, is an Austrian professional Association football, football club based in Wals-Siezenheim, that competes in the Austrian Bundesliga, the top flight of Football in Austria ...

. On 18 April 2010, in an

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match against

LASK Linz Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, commonly known as LASK (), or Linzer ASK, is an Austrian professional football club based in Upper-Austrian state capital Linz. It is the oldest football club in that region, and plays in the Austrian Football Bundes ...

, Gustafsson broke his leg when fouled by Linz forward Lukas Kragl. As Gustafsson went to clear the ball following a through pass, Kragl tried to block but was late and caught Gustafsson midway up his left shin. Gustafsson broke both his tibia and fibula in the tackle. Kragl only received a yellow card for the tackle, whilst the same punishment was given to Gustafsson's teammate Christoph Leitgeb for his reaction towards Kragl following the foul. Gustafsson underwent surgery the same night. Gustafsson celebrated his first post-injury appearance in a midseason friendly against

FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow (, ) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet Top League, Soviet championships (second only to FC Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv) and 10 Russian Premier League, Russian champ ...

on 20 January 2011. Over the following years, Gustafsson never fully achieved a comeback to the starting lineup, instead filling the role of backup goalkeeper behind

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and later

Péter Gulácsi Péter Gulácsi (born 6 May 1990) is a Hungary, Hungarian association football, footballer who plays as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig. Gulácsi began his career at Liverpool F.C., Liverpool but d ...

. Gustafsson last appeared as a goalkeeper in Salzburg's final 2013-2014 Bundesliga home match on 4 May 2014 against

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. He was substituted by

in the 78th minute, marking his retirement from professional football.

International career

Gustafsson made his debut for

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on 31 January 2000 in a 1–0 win against

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. He was a stand-by player for

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and

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. He played a total of ten games for Sweden between 2000 and 2010.

Career statistics

International

Honors

Red Bull Salzburg * Austrian League: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14 *

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: 2011–12, 2013–14 Individual * Goalkeeper of the year (Norway):

* Goalkeeper of the year (Austria): 2010

References

External links

Profile at lynfotball.netGuardian Football
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gustafsson, Eddie 1977 births Living people Swedish people of African-American descent Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers Sweden men's under-21 international footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers IFK Stockholm players IFK Norrköping players Hamarkameratene players Lyn Fotball players Molde FK players American emigrants to Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway FC Red Bull Salzburg players Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Swedish expatriate men's footballers Allsvenskan players Eliteserien players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Men's association football goalkeepers Soccer players from Philadelphia