Johnny Lundberg (born 15 April 1982) is a retired

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who played for

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FC Nordsjælland Football Club Nordsjælland, commonly known as FC Nordsjælland, Nordsjælland () or FCN, is a professional Danish football team from the North Zealand town of Farum. Founded as ''Farum Boldklub'' from the merger of the town's two football club ...

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and

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as a defender.

Career

Starting his career in

at the age of 6, he then made his debut for the club in 2001 in

Superettan Superettan (; meaning the super first (division)) is an association football league and the second highest league in the league system of Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Al ...

, coming on as a substitute against

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. He was regular starting player during the 2004 season and followed the club back down to Superettan. In 2006, he signed for

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club

, however he did not leave until 1 January 2007, he stayed until the summer 2009 when he signed for Swedish Allsvenska club Halmstads BK. Prior to the 2010 season Halmstads BK manager

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announced that Lundberg would be the new

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, replacing

Tommy Jönsson Ulf Tommy Jönsson (born 4 March 1976) is a Swedish former footballer who played as defender. He represented Malmö FF and Halmstads BK during a career that spanned between 1992 and 2010. A full international in 2003, he won three caps for the S ...

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* * * 1982 births Living people Swedish men's footballers FC Nordsjælland players Landskrona BoIS players Halmstads BK players Danish Superliga players Allsvenskan players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Sandnes Ulf players Men's association football defenders People from Landskrona Municipality Footballers from Skåne County {{Sweden-footy-defender-stub