John Alvbåge

John Rune Alvbåge (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjɔnː ˈâlːvˌboːɡɛ]; born 10 August 1982) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Beginning his career with Torslanda IK in 1999, he went on to play professionally in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, the United States, and Cyprus before announcing his retirement in 2022. A full international between 2006 and 2009, he won four caps for the Sweden national football team and was a squad member at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

John Alvbåge
Personal information
Full name John Rune Alvbåge
Date of birth (1982-08-10) 10 August 1982
Place of birth Gothenburg, Sweden
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Torslanda IK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999 Torslanda IK 1 (0)
2000–2002 Västra Frölunda IF 72 (0)
2003–2004 Örebro SK 51 (0)
2005 IFK Göteborg 0 (0)
2005–2008 Viborg FF 87 (0)
2008–2011 Örebro SK 107 (0)
2012–2017 IFK Göteborg 131 (0)
2017 → Minnesota United (loan) 3 (0)
2017 → Stabæk (loan) 8 (0)
2018–2019 Omonia 1 (0)
2018–2019 → Nea Salamina (loan) 1 (0)
2019 IK Sirius 7 (0)
2020 Lindome GIF 26 (0)
2021 Akropolis IF 13 (0)
Total 508 (0)
International career
1997–1999 Sweden U16 14 (0)
2000 Sweden U18 4 (0)
2002–2004 Sweden U21 11 (0)
2006–2009 Sweden 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:02, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

After playing for local club Torslanda IK, he joined Västra Frölunda IF and debuted in the Swedish Allsvenskan, only 18 years old. He then moved to Örebro SK in 2003, before joining IFK Göteborg in 2005. He only stayed half a season at IFK Göteborg, where he was a backup for former Swedish international goalkeeper Bengt Andersson.

Viborg FF

He moved abroad later that same year, being bought by Danish club Viborg FF in July 2005. Bought as a replacement for Danish international goalkeeper Jesper Christiansen, Alvbåge quickly established himself in the Viborg team, and debuted for the Swedish national team in January 2006.

Return to Örebro SK

He returned to Örebro SK during the summer of 2008.

Return to IFK Göteborg

Before the start of the 2012 season, he returned to IFK Göteborg where he was the first-choice goalkeeper.[1] He helped the club win two Svenska Cupen titles (2012–13 and 2014–15) during his time there.[2]

Loan to Minnesota United

In January 2017 it was announced that Alvbåge had been loaned to Minnesota United FC of Major League Soccer until July 2017 with the option for an additional 18 months.[3]

Retirement

Alvbåge announced his retirement from professional football on 27 July 2022.[4]

International career

Alvbåge represented Sweden at all youth levels, including U17, U19, and U21 level. He represented the Sweden U21 team at the 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship where Sweden finished fourth.[5][6]

He made his full international debut for Sweden in a friendly game against Jordan on 23 January 2006.[7] Later that year, he was selected for the 2006 FIFA World Cup squad as the third-choice goalkeeper behind Andreas Isaksson and Rami Shaaban.[8] In total, he made four appearances for Sweden between 2006 and 2009.[6]

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[9][6]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Torslanda IK 1999 Division 2 Västra Götaland 1000—10
Västra Frölunda IF 2000 Allsvenskan 1200020140
2001 Superettan 30000—300
2002 Superettan 30000—300
Total 7200020740
Örebro SK 2003 Allsvenskan 26020—280
2004 Allsvenskan 25020—270
Total 5104000550
IFK Göteborg 2005 Allsvenskan 00203050
Viborg FF 2005–06 Danish Superliga 33000—330
2006–07 Danish Superliga 33000—330
2007–08 Danish Superliga 21000—210
Total 8700000870
Örebro SK 2008 Allsvenskan 18000—180
2009 Allsvenskan 30000—300
2010 Allsvenskan 30020—320
2011 Allsvenskan 2903020340
Total 107050201140
IFK Göteborg 2012 Allsvenskan 23010—240
2013 Allsvenskan 3007020390
2014 Allsvenskan 1904020250
2015 Allsvenskan 3004040380
2016 Allsvenskan 2904070400
Total 13102001501660
Minnesota United (loan) 2017 Major League Soccer 0000—00
Stabaek (loan) 2017 Eliteserien 8 0 — 7 0
Omonia 2017–18 Cypriot First Division 1000—10
2018–19 Cypriot First Division 0 0 — 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Nea Salamina (loan) 2017–18 Cypriot First Division 1 0 — 1 0
IK Sirius 2019 Allsvenskan 7 0 0 0 — 7 0
Lindome GIF 2020 Ettan Södra 26 0 0 0 — 26 0
Akropolis IF 2021 Superettan 13 0 0 0 — 13 0
Career total 50803102205610

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year[6]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden 200620
200710
2008 0 0
200910
Total40

Honours

IFK Göteborg[2]

Individual

References
  1. "Det känns som att komma hem" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 6 October 2011. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  2. "John Alvbåge - ifkdb.se". ifkdb.se. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  3. Jornvik, Ulf. "John Till Minnesota United" (in Swedish). IFK Goteborg. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  4. Sport, S. V. T. (27 July 2022). "Fotboll: John Alvbåge avslutar karriären – fortsätter som tränare". SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  5. "uefa.com - UEFA European U-21 C'ship". archive.ph. 5 January 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  6. "John Rune Alvbåge - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  7. "Herr: Mållöst mot Jordanien" (in Swedish). SvFF. 23 January 2006. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  8. "Svenska VM-truppen uttagen – två debutanter" (in Swedish). SvFF. 9 May 2006. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  9. "John Alvbåge". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  10. "TV: Alvbåge allsvenskans bästa målvakt: "En stor ära"". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 July 2022.
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