Pontus Almqvist

Pontus Almqvist (born 10 July 1999) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Russian club FC Rostov as a right midfielder.[2]

Pontus Almqvist
Almqvist with FC Rostov in 2020
Personal information
Full name Pontus Skule Erik Almqvist
Date of birth (1999-07-10) 10 July 1999
Place of birth Nyköping, Sweden
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Position(s) Right midfielder[1]
Club information
Current team
 Rostov
Number 11
Youth career
0000–2013 Nyköpings BIS
2014 Syrianska FC
2014 IFK Norrköping
2015–2016 Nike Academy
2016 IFK Norrköping
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 IFK Norrköping 28 (5)
2017 → IF Sylvia (loan) 3 (1)
2018 → Varbergs BoIS (loan) 4 (0)
2018 → Norrby IF (loan) 14 (1)
2019 → IF Sylvia (loan) 6 (2)
2020– Rostov 8 (0)
National team‡
2017–2019 Sweden U19 2 (0)
2020 Sweden U21 5 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2020

Career

After attending trials in Stockholm, Almqvist joined the Nike Football Academy before signing a professional contract with IFK Norrköping for the 2017 season.[3] On 23 September 2017, he made his debut for Norrköping, playing the last ten minutes in a 2-1 loss to Halmstads.[4] He spent part of the 2017 season loan at Division 2 side IF Sylvia where he played three games and scored one goal.[5] He joined Varbergs BoIS on loan at the start of the 2018 season and played four times before returning to Norrköping in July 2018.[6] He scored his first two goals for Sweden U21 in September 2020 [7]

On 15 October 2020, he signed a five-year contract with Russian Premier League club FC Rostov.[8]

References
  1. Pontus Almqvist at WorldFootball.net
  2. Pontus Almqvist‚ svenskfotboll.se, 4 January 2018
  3. "Pontus Almqvist signs for IFK Norrköping | Nike Academy to pro contract". unisportstore.com. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  4. "HALMSTAD VS. NORRKÖPING 2 - 1". Soccerway. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  5. "18. Pontus Almqvist Slyvia profile". IF Sylvia. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  6. "IFK-mittfältaren tränar med annan klubb". nt.se (in Swedish). 18 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  7. "BBC Football Scores". bbc. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  8. "Понтус Альмквист — игрок «Ростова»" (in Russian). FC Rostov. 15 October 2020.
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