Johan Mikael Eklund (born 14 September 1981) is a Swedish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays for

IK Brage Idrottsklubben Brage, also known as IK Brage or simply Brage, is a Swedish Association football, football club located in Borlänge. The club is affiliated with Dalarnas Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Domnarvsvallen. The club colou ...

as a defender.

Career

Eklund started his career in

Forssa BK Forssa BK is a Swedish football club located in Borlänge, Sweden. Background Forssa Bollklubb were founded on 16 April 1934 at Hushagens school. The club played their first match on 17 May 1934, winning 4–0 against IK Fylking. In 1978 the cl ...

Borlänge Borlänge () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 44,898 inhabitants as of 2020. It is the seat of the Borlänge Municipality which as of 2017 had a total population of 51,604 inhabitants. History Originally Bor ...

. Eklund got his breakthrough when playing for IK Brage in

Superettan Superettan (; ) is an association football league and the second highest league in the Swedish football league system, league system of Swedish football, Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and rel ...

, and he signed for Kalmar FF in 2003. He won the Swedish championship,

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...

, in 2008 with

Kalmar FF Kalmar Fotbollförening, more commonly known as Kalmar FF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Kalmar, Sweden. The club is affiliated to Smålands Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Guldfågeln Arena. Formed on 15 June 1 ...

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* * Living people 1981 births Swedish men's footballers IK Brage players Kalmar FF players Assyriska FF players Mikael Eklund Forssa BK players Men's association football defenders Footballers from Borlänge 21st-century Swedish sportsmen Allsvenskan players {{Sweden-footy-defender-stub