Marcus Christer Rohdén (born 11 May 1991) is a Swedish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. Beginning his career with

IF Elfsborg Idrottsföreningen Elfsborg, more commonly known as IF Elfsborg or simply Elfsborg (), is a professional football club based in Borås, Sweden, and is affiliated to the Västergötlands Fotbollförbund. They play in the Allsvenskan and have spent ...

in 2011, he won

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

and

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with the club before moving to

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and

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in 2016. In 2019, he signed with Frosinone. A full international since 2015, he has won 16

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for the Sweden national team and represented his country at the

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Club career

Rohdén started his career in Hössna IF and moved to

as a 16-year-old signing a youth contract. In December 2011 Marcus signed a senior contract with IF Elfsborg on a five-year deal after returning from a loan at

Skövde AIK Skövde AIK is a Swedish football club from Skövde. It was founded on 21 June 1919. The club is currently in Superettan. Background Skövde AIK has played 14 seasons in second tier Swedish football, the last time being as recently as 1995 ...

. He scored his first goal in

against

BK Häcken Bollklubben Häcken, more commonly known as BK Häcken or simply Häcken (), is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Gothenburg. It currently plays in Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. Formed on 2 Augu ...

on 26 August 2012, in his debut season in both

Elfsborg Idrottsföreningen Elfsborg, more commonly known as IF Elfsborg or simply Elfsborg (), is a professional football club based in Borås, Sweden, and is affiliated to the Västergötlands Fotbollförbund. They play in the Allsvenskan and have spe ...

and

. On 3 August 2016, Rohdén signed for

newcomers

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. On 13 August 2019, Rohdén was announced as a

player.

International career

Rohdén represented the Sweden U17 and U21 teams before making his full international debut for

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on 15 January 2015 in a

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2–0 win against the

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. He also scored his first international goal in the same match. He made his competitive debut for Sweden in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against the

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, playing for 77 minutes before being replaced by Emir Kujovic in a 1–1 draw. In May 2018 he was named in Sweden's 23 man squad for the

in Russia. He remained on the bench in all five games as Sweden reached the

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in a

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for the first time since

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Career statistics

Club

International

: ''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rohdén goal''.

Honours

Elfsborg *

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: 2012-13

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rohden, Marcus 1991 births Living people People from Ulricehamn Municipality Association football midfielders Swedish footballers Sweden youth international footballers Sweden under-21 international footballers Sweden international footballers Swedish expatriate footballers Allsvenskan players Serie A players Serie B players IF Elfsborg players Skövde AIK players F.C. Crotone players Frosinone Calcio players Expatriate footballers in Italy Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Italy 2018 FIFA World Cup players Sportspeople from Västra Götaland County