Hans Patrik Eklund (born 16 April 1969) is a

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football manager, and former football player. In his active career, Eklund played seven games for the Sweden national football team and was the 1992

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Club career

Eklund started his career at Mönsterås GIF. In 1987, he moved to

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. With 16 goals in the 1992 Allsvenskan season, he was the league top goal-scorer. He stayed at Östers until 1997, when he moved abroad to play for Servette FC in Switzerland. He moved on to

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club

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, before playing for

Viborg FF Viborg Fodsports Forening ("Viborg Footsport Association"), or Viborg F.F. and VFF for short, is a Danish professional football club based in Viborg. The club was founded in 1896 and waited more than a century before winning its only national ...

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. Eklund secured Viborg their first nationwide title, when he scored the only goal as Viborg beat

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1–0 in the 2000

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final. He returned to Sweden, to play for

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. Eklund ended his career in 2003.

International career

Eklund represented the Sweden U17, U19, and U21 teams a combined total of 33 times, scoring 15 goals. He made his full international debut for Sweden on 12 January 1988, in a friendly 4–1 win against

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when he replaced Leif Engqvist in the 71st minute. He made his first and only competitive appearance for Sweden on 19 May 1993 in a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier against

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, replacing

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in the 86th minute of a 1–0 win. He won his seventh and final

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on 24 February 1994 in a friendly game against

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, playing for 87 minutes before being replaced by Anders Andersson in a 1–2 loss.

Managerial career

As he ended his active career, Eklund was hired as youth team coach at Helsingborgs IF. He was later promoted to assistant coach for the team. In November 2007, he was hired as manager of his former team Viborg FF. He was fired in April 2009 due to mixed results. In December 2009 it was announced that he would join

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, working as an assistant manager.

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

Honours

Manager

;Falkenbergs FF * Superettan:

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References

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