Pär Ericsson (born 21 July 1988), sometimes spelled Pär Eriksson, is a

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who plays as a striker for Karlstad.

Career

Born in Karlstad, he was raised in Deje. Starting his career in Deje IK, he later moved to

Carlstad United BK Carlstad United BK was a Swedish football club located in Karlstad. The club, formed in 1998, last played in the third highest Swedish league, Division 1 Norra. The club was affiliated to the Värmlands Fotbollförbund. They merged with Karl ...

. In 2008, he spent a short time in

Degerfors IF Degerfors IF is a Swedish football club located in Degerfors. The club, formed 13 January 1907, is currently playing in the highest tier in Swedish football, Allsvenskan. Background Degerfors IF first played in the Allsvenskan in 1939 making ...

, prior to 2009 season he was close to signing for

Örgryte IS Örgryte Idrottssällskap, commonly referred to as Örgryte IS, Örgryte () or (especially locally) ÖIS or Öis, is a Swedish sports club based in Gothenburg. It consists of four departments, namely bowling, football, athletics and wrestling. H ...

; however he instead signed for local rival

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as bosman; this upset Carlstad United as they were only receiving about 200,000 SEK while Örgryte IS's bid was claimed to be at least twice as big. On 25 December 2009, it was announced that

IFK Göteborg Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or simply Göteborg, is a Swedish professional Football team, football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in ...

had signed him for an undisclosed fee. Ericsson failed to make an impact in Göteborg, only scoring once in 17 games and found himself starting on the substitute bench, meanwhile

Mjällby AIF Mjällby Allmänna Idrottsförening, also known simply as Mjällby AIF, Mjällby or (especially locally) MAIF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Hällevik. The club is affiliated to Blekinge Fotbollförbund and play its home ...

was faced with problems following the departure of their main forward

Moestafa El Kabir Moestafa El Kabir ( ar, مصطفى الكبير; born 5 October 1988) is a Dutch-Moroccan former professional footballer who played as a forward. Starting off his career with NEC in the Netherlands in 2008, he went on to play for clubs in Sweden ...

Cagliari Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitan ...

, as a result Ericsson was loaned out to Mjällby during the summer for the duration of the 2011 season. Prior to the 2012 season he returned to Göteborg, in hopes that the new manager

Mikael Stahre Mikael Lennart Tage Stahre (; born 5 July 1975) is a Swedish football manager who is currently head coach of Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg. Management career Stahre was appointed as AIK's manager on 10 November 2008 immediately following the ...

would give him a chance in the team, he however found himself outside the starting line-up and was soon loaned out to Mjällby yet again for the entire season.

References

Kalmar FF dumpar petad anfallare: “Bäst för min fotbollskarriär”
24kalmar.se, 9 June 2016

External links

GAIS profile

Eliteprospects.com profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ericsson, Par 1988 births Living people Swedish footballers Sweden under-21 international footballers Swedish expatriate footballers GAIS players IFK Göteborg players Mjällby AIF players R.A.E.C. Mons players Kalmar FF players Örebro SK players Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball players Allsvenskan players Belgian First Division A players Expatriate footballers in Belgium Association football forwards Sportspeople from Karlstad