Rasmus Sebastian Holmén (born 29 April 1992) is a Swedish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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 ...

club

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 ...

. He is known for his passing-skills and strong positioning. A full international between 2015 and 2020, he won six

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for the Sweden national team.

Club career

Elfsborg

Holmén made his debut in

on 22 April 2013 against Djurgårdens, replacing injured

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. He was later invited to the Sweden U21 to play against

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and Cuba U20.

Dynamo Moscow

On 18 February 2016, he moved to Russia on a 3.5-year contract with

Dynamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first ...

. On 12 June 2019, he left Dynamo upon the expiration of his contract.

Willem II

On 24 July 2019, he signed a two-year contract with the Dutch club Willem II.

International career

Holmén was a part of the Sweden U21 team that won the

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. He made his full international debut for the Sweden national team on 15 January 2015 in a friendly 2–0 win against the

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, replacing Johan Mårtensson in the 89th minute. On 16 March 2022, he announced his retirement from international football after having won six

for his country between 2015 and 2020.

Personal life

Sebastian is the younger brother of the former Sweden national team midfielder

Samuel Holmén Samuel Tobias Holmén (born 28 June 1984) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Holmén's favourite position was in the central midfield, and his style of play was that of a box-to-box player, being a good def ...

Career statistics

Club

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International

Honours

Sweden U21 *

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References

External links

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* * 1992 births Living people People from Borås Association football defenders Swedish footballers Allsvenskan players Russian Premier League players Eredivisie players IF Elfsborg players FC Dynamo Moscow players Willem II (football club) players Sweden under-21 international footballers Sweden international footballers Swedish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Russia Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Sportspeople from Västra Götaland County {{Sweden-footy-defender-stub