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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name: | Emil Peter Forsberg | |
| Date of birth: | 23 October 1991 | |
| Place of birth: | Sundsvall,  Sweden
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| Height: | 1.79 m (5 ft 101⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position: | Winger | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club |  RB Leipzig
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| Number: | 10 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| –2008 | GIF Sundsvall
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| Senior clubs | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls) |
| 2009–2013 2009 2013–2015 2015– |
GIF Sundsvall → Medskogsbron BK (loan) Malmö FF RB Leipzig
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97 (24) 2 (2) 57 (19) 88 (17) |
| National team | ||
| 2009–2010 2014– |
Sweden U19 Sweden
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8 (0) 30 (6) |
Emil Peter Forsberg (born 23 October 1991) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Bundesliga side RB Leipzig as a winger. He also plays for Sweden national team.
Club career[]
GIF Sundsvall[]
Forsberg spent his youth career with GIF Sundsvall and graduated to their senior club in 2009. He went on loan to Division 3 side, Medskogsbron BK in the same year. After scoring two goals in his first match with the team, Forsberg was recalled just after his second game. He made 97 appearances with the club from 2009 to 2012.
Club[]
- As of matches played on 2 February 2018.
| Club | Season | League | Cup1 | Continental2 | Other3 | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| GIF Sundsvall | 2009 | Superettan | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 1 | ||
| 2010 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 6 | ||||
| 2011 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 3 | — | 29 | 14 | |||||
| 2012 | Allsvenskan | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 6 | |||
| Totals | 97 | 24 | 6 | 3 | — | 3 | 0 | 106 | 27 | |||
| Medskogsbron (loan) | 2009 | Division 3 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Malmö FF | 2013 | Allsvenskan | 28 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 9 |
| 2014 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 19 | ||
| Totals | 57 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 86 | 28 | ||
| RB Leipzig | 2014–15 | 2. Bundesliga | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 8 | ||||||
| 2016–17 | Bundesliga | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 8 | |||||
| 2017–18 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 88 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 98 | 20 | ||
| Career totals | 244 | 62 | 19 | 6 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 292 | 77 | ||
- 1.^Includes Swedish Cup and German Cup.
- 2.^Includes Champions League and Europa League.
- 3.^Includes Swedish Promotion/relegation playoff and the Swedish Super Cup and German Super Cup.
International[]
International statistics[]
- As of 10 November 2017.
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 2014 | 5 | 0 |
| 2015 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 11 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 8 | 3 | |
| Total | 32 | 6 | |
International goals[]
- Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 14 November 2015 | Friends Arena, Solna Sweden |
 Denmark |
1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualification |
| 2. | 5 June 2016 | Friends Arena, Solna Sweden |
 Wales |
1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 3. | 11 November 2016 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis France |
 France |
1–0 | 1–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4. | 25 March 2017 | Friends Arena, Solna Sweden |
 Belarus |
1–0 | 4–0 | |
| 5. | 2–0 | |||||
| 6. | 3 September 2017 | Borisov Arena, Barysaw Belarus |
1–0 | 4–0 |
Honours[]
Club[]
- Malmö FF
- Allsvenskan: 2013, 2014
- Svenska Supercupen: 2013, 2014
Individual[]
- Allsvenskan Midfielder of the Year: 2014
- Swedish Midfielder of the Year: 2016
- Bundesliga Assist Leader: 2016–17
- Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2016-17
| RB Leipzig squad - 2024–25 |
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1 Gulácsi · 2 Simakan · 3 Lenz · 4 Orbán (c) · 5 Bitshiabu · 7 Olmo · 8 Haidara · 9 Poulsen · 10 Forsberg · 11 Werner · 13 Seiwald · 14 Baumgartner · 16 Klostermann · 17 Openda · 18 Carvalho · 20 Simons · 21 Blaswich · 22 Raum · 23 Lukeba · 24 Schlager · 25 Zingerle · 26 Moriba · 28 Clark · 30 Šeško · 38 Novoa · 39 Henrichs · 44 Kampl · Manager: Marco Rose |
| Sweden
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| Sweden – UEFA Euro 2016 – Group stage |
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1. Isaksson
2. Lustig
3. Johansson
4. Granqvist
5. Olsson
6. Forsberg
7. Larsson
8. Ekdal
9. Källström
10. Ibrahimović
11. Berg
12. Olsen
13. Jansson
14. Lindelöf
15. Hiljemark
16. Wernbloom
17. Augustinsson
18. Lewicki
19. Kujović
20. Guidetti
21. Durmaz
22. Zengin
23. Carlgren
Manager: |
| Sweden – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Quarter-finals |
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1. Olsen
2. Lustig
3. Lindelöf
4. Granqvist (c)
5. Olsson
6. Augustinsson
7. Larsson
8. Ekdal
9. Berg
10. Forsberg
11. Guidetti
12. Johnsson
13. Svensson
14. Helander
15. Hiljemark
16. Krafth
17. Claesson
18. Jansson
19. Rohdén
20. Toivonen
21. Durmaz
22. Kiese Thelin
23. Nordfeldt
Manager: |