Erik Figueroa (born 4 January 1991) is a Chilean-Swedish footballer who plays for Vasalund.

Career

Club career

Figueroa grew up in

Sundbyberg Sundbyberg Municipality (''Sundbybergs kommun'' or ''Sundbybergs stad'') is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, just north of the capital Stockholm. Sundbyberg is wholly within the Stockholm urban area and has a 100% urban p ...

.22. ERIK FIGUEROA
hammarbyfotboll.se He played for

AIK AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...

during his youth years. On his 20th birthday, he signed a professional contract with Hammarby IF after previously playing in the cooperation club Hammarby IF. Figueroa left Hammarby after the 2013 season when the club decided to not extend his contract. On 25 February 2014, Figueroa signed with Division 1 club

Vasalunds IF Vasalunds IF is a Swedish football club based in Solna, Stockholm. The club is affiliated with Stockholms Fotbollförbund. History Vasalund was formed in 1934 and play in the Swedish Third Division: Division 1 Norra. In 2002 the club merged wit ...

. Before the 2015 season, he moved to

IK Sirius IK Sirius is a Swedish bandy club located in Uppsala, currently playing in Elitserien. IK Sirius were formed in 1907 and play their home games at Studenternas Idrottsplats. History IK Sirius' first success was becoming Swedish runners-up in ...

. In December 2016, Figueroa was recruited by

IF Brommapojkarna Idrottsföreningen Brommapojkarna, more commonly known as Brommapojkarna (meaning ''the Bromma boys'') or simply BP, is a Swedish football club located in the borough of Bromma, in the western parts of Stockholm municipality. Brommapojkarna is t ...

, where he signed a two-year contract. On 9 January 2019, Figueroa was joined Chilean club

Unión La Calera Unión La Calera is a Chilean football club based in La Calera and competes the Primera División de Chile. It was founded as Club de Deportes La Calera on 26 January 1954, after the merger of three teams from the city: ''Condor'', ''Calera Com ...

. On 20 January 2020, Figueroa then moved back to Sweden and joined

Helsingborgs IF Helsingborgs IF (full name Helsingborgs Idrottsförening), commonly referred to as HIF (), is a Swedish professional football club located in Helsingborg. They play in the Swedish first tier, Allsvenskan, following promotion in the 2021 Superett ...

, where he signed a one-year contract. On 20 March 2021, Figuero signed with Akropolis.

Personal life

His mother is Swedish and his father is Chilean. Figueroa is a

dual national Multiple/dual citizenship (or multiple/dual nationality) is a legal status in which a person is concurrently regarded as a national or citizen of more than one country under the laws of those countries. Conceptually, citizenship is focused on t ...

; he holds a Swedish EU passport as well as a Chilean passport.

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* 1991 births Living people People from Sundbyberg Municipality Swedish men's footballers Swedish expatriate men's footballers Swedish people of Chilean descent Sportspeople of Chilean descent Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Hammarby Talang FF players Hammarby Fotboll players Vasalunds IF players IK Sirius Fotboll players AFC Eskilstuna players IF Brommapojkarna players Unión La Calera footballers Helsingborgs IF players Akropolis IF players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Ettan Fotboll players Chilean Primera División players Men's association football midfielders {{Sweden-footy-defender-stub