Emil Alfons Holm (born 13 May 2000) is a Swedish professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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and the Sweden national team.

Club career

On 27 January 2021, Holm joined

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side

SønderjyskE SønderjyskE is a Denmark, Danish sport corporation. They have a Football (soccer), football team (SønderjyskE Fodbold, based in Haderslev), two team handball, handball teams (SønderjyskE Håndbold, one male based in Sønderborg, one female bas ...

, signing a four-year contract with the club. On 27 August of the same year, Holm joined Italian club

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, before being sent back to SønderjyskE on loan for the rest of the season. On 31 August 2023, Holm joined

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club

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on a season-long loan, with the deal reportedly including an initial €2 million fee, as well as an €8.5 million option-to-buy.

International career

Holm represented the Sweden U19 and U21 times a total of 16 times between 2018 and 2022. He made his full international debut for

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on 16 November 2022 in a

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against

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, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 win.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Holm goal.''

Honours

Atalanta *

UEFA Europa League The UEFA Europa League (UEL), usually known simply as the Europa League, is an annual association football, football club competition organised since 1971 by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European footb ...

: 2023–24 Bologna *

Coppa Italia Coppa Italia () is the annual domestic cup of Italian football. The knockout competition was organized by the DDS and the Lega Calcio until the 2009–10 season and by Lega Serie A ever since. Juventus is the competition's most successf ...

: 2024–25 IFK Göteborg *

Svenska Cupen Svenska cupen (, ), also known as the Swedish Cup in English, is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. ''Svenska cupen'' usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also ...

: 2019–20

References

External links

Profile
at the Bologna FC 1909 website * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Holm, Emil 2000 births Living people Swedish men's footballers Footballers from Gothenburg Men's association football fullbacks Sweden men's youth international footballers Allsvenskan players Danish Superliga players Serie A players IFK Göteborg players Sønderjyske Fodbold players Spezia Calcio players Atalanta BC players Bologna FC 1909 players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy UEFA Europa League–winning players 21st-century Swedish sportsmen