swedish association football player

Alexander Isak ( swedish : [ alɛkˈsanːdɛr ˈiːsak ] ; born 21 September 1999 ) is a swedish professional football player who plays as a forward for La Liga club Real Sociedad and the Sweden national team. Starting off his professional career with AIK in 2016, Isak represented Borussia Dortmund and Willem II before signing with Real Sociedad in 2019. A full Swedish international since 2017, he has won more than 30 caps for his nation, and represented the side at UEFA Euro 2020. He is the youngest ever goalscorer for both AIK and the Sweden national team.

Club career [edit ]

early life [edit ]

Isak was born and raised in Solna Municipality, in central Stockholm County, by eritrean parents. [ 3 ] He started playing for the youth team of one of the largest club in the area, the team he supports, AIK, at age six. [ 4 ]

Breakthrough at AIK [edit ]

Isak made his first-team debut for AIK on 28 February 2016, appearing as a utility in the 75th moment of the swedish Cup away match against fourth-tier side Tenhults IF. At age 16, Isak scored a goal in the 6–0 victory. [ 5 ] On 7 April 2016, AIK head coach Andreas Alm included Isak in the starting batting order on matchday 2 of the Allsvenskan in an away fixture against Östersunds FK, aboard chap young striker Carlos Strandberg. He secured the victory for his side, scoring the moment goal in a 2–0 succeed, thus becoming the youngest scorekeeper for AIK in Allsvenskan history at the long time of 16 years and 199 days. [ 6 ] On 25 April, Isak scored his first goal at AIK ‘s home labor, Friends Arena, opening the score in a 2–1 victory against IF Elfsborg. [ 7 ]
Isak train with AIK 2016 On 3 May 2016, Isak signed his beginning professional condense through the end of the 2018 season, having impressed in his first base few games, and establishing himself as a first-team regular. [ 5 ] Between matchdays 8 and 9, principal bus Alm was sacked, but Isak was confirmed in the lineup by modern director Rikard Norling. [ 8 ] On 21 September 2016, Isak ‘s seventeenth birthday, he scored two critical goals in AIK ‘s 3–0 bowler hat winnings over arch-rivals Djurgårdens IF. He was later described by teammate Chinedu Obasi as “ Sweden ‘s modern Zlatan Ibrahimović “. [ 9 ]

Borussia Dortmund [edit ]

Isak training with Dortmund in July 2017 On 23 January 2017, Isak signed for Bundesliga golf club Borussia Dortmund on a long-run condense, lasting until the summer of 2022. [ 10 ] The transfer tip was undisclosed, but reports suggested that it was set at € 9 million, which would be the highest transfer tip ever paid for an Allsvenskan musician. [ 11 ] Before signing with Dortmund, Isak reportedly turned down a move to Real Madrid. [ 12 ] Isak made his foremost appearance for the clubhouse in a 3–0 cup win over Sportfreunde Lotte on 14 March 2017. [ 13 ] Isak won his first decoration with the golf club when Dortmund won the 2016–17 DFB-Pokal, only appearing once in the tournament, and not being in the police squad for the final. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] He scored his first competitive goal for Dortmund in a 2017–18 DFB-Pokal second round win against 1. FC Magdeburg on 24 October 2017, scoring the second finish in a 5–0 gain. [ 16 ]

loanword to Willem II [edit ]

After making no appearances in the 2018–19 Bundesliga season for Borussia Dortmund, Isak was loaned to Dutch Eredivisie club Willem II. [ 17 ] On 28 February 2019, he scored the equalizer and the winning punishment against AZ Alkmaar in the semi-finals of the KNVB Cup, helping Willem II reach the dutch cup final for the first time since 2005. On 30 March 2019, he became the first musician ever to score three penalties in an Eredivisie match, in a 3–2 acquire against Fortuna Sittard. [ 18 ] On 14 April 2019, Isak became the first foreign-born actor in the Eredivisie to score 12 goals in his beginning 12 league games. [ 19 ]

real Sociedad [edit ]

2019–20 season

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On 12 June 2019, Isak signed a five-year cover with Real Sociedad, worth £988,000, £19000 per week, [ 20 ] joining the La Liga cabaret on 1 July 2019, in which he scored his first goal in his inaugural game. He strongly continued the pre-season, scoring four goals in five games. [ 21 ] Isak scored his inaugural competitive goal for real number Sociedad in a 3–1 La Liga acquire against RCD Espanyol on 22 September 2019. [ 22 ] On 6 February, Isak scored two goals and made one assist in the Copa del Rey quarter-final against real Madrid. [ 23 ] On 9 February, he scored the winning goal in the Basque bowler hat against Athletic Bilbao. [ 24 ] On 3 April 2021, Isak won his first gear silverware with the club when he started and played in 89 minutes of the 2020 Copa del Rey Final in a 1–0 succeed against Athletic Bilbao, helping veridical Sociedad win the 2019–20 Copa del Rey. [ 25 ] [ 26 ]

2020–21 season [edit ]

He scored his foremost hat-trick for the clubhouse on 21 February 2021 in a 4–0 league winnings against Deportivo Alavés, becoming the first Swedish player to score a La Liga hat-trick since Henry “ Garvis ” Carlsson did the like for Atletico Madrid in 1949. [ 27 ] [ 28 ]

International career [edit ]

Isak was born in Sweden to Eritrean parents. He was playing for young swedish national teams since U-16 to U-21 category. [ 29 ] Isak was called up to the Sweden national team for the friendly matches against Ivory Coast on 8 January 2017 and Slovakia on 12 January. He made his introduction against the Ivory Coast, coming on for Per Frick in the 62nd minute of a 1–2 loss. He started the second game against Slovakia, scoring the first goal in a 6–0 acquire in the 19th minute, becoming the youngest goalscorer always in the history of the Sweden national team. [ 30 ] On 23 March 2019, Isak made his first competitive appearance for Sweden, when he replaced Robin Quaison in the 88th moment in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying game against Romania, which Sweden won 2–1. [ 31 ] Isak scored his first competitive finish for Sweden on 7 June 2019, when Sweden beat Malta in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying game at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. [ 32 ] Isak scored the last goal in a 3–0 win. [ 33 ] Isak was called up for a major tournament for the first fourth dimension when he was included in Sweden ‘s 26-man team for UEFA Euro 2020. [ 34 ]

career statistics [edit ]

golf club [edit ]

As of match played 4 November 2021[35][36]

International [edit ]

As of match played 14 November 2021
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 2017 2 1
2018 0 0
2019 10 3
2020 6 1
2021 14 4
Total 32 9
As of match played 14 November 2021
Scores and results list Sweden’s goal tally first.

Honours [edit ]

Real Sociedad
Individual

  • Allsvenskan Newcomer of the Year: 2016[40]
  • Allsvenskan Player of the Month: September 2016[41]

References [edit ]