Tim Anders Junior Erlandsson (born 25 December 1996) is a Swedish

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who plays as a

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for

Falkenbergs FF Falkenbergs Fotbollsförening, also known simply as Falkenbergs FF, Falkenberg or (especially locally) FFF, is a Swedish football club based in Falkenberg. Formed on 3 January 1928, the club plays in the second highest Swedish league, Superetta ...

Club career

Nottingham Forest

On 2 June 2015, Erlandsson signed a three-year contract with

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, for whose under-18 side he had spent a successful season on loan from

Halmstads BK Halmstads Bollklubb, also known simply as Halmstad () or (especially locally) HBK or Bollklubben, is a Swedish Association football, football club located in Halmstad in the county of Halland. The club, formed 7 February 1914 and approved members ...

Loan spells

On 25 November 2016, Erlandsson signed a one-month loan deal with Barrow as cover for injured first-choice goalkeeper Joel Dixon. Erlandsson made his debut for Barrow the following day as his new club defeated

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4–1. In spite of efforts by Barrow to extend Erlandsson's loan spell, the goalkeeper returned to Forest on 25 December in order to experience football in a higher division. On 20 January 2017, Erlandsson was loaned to newly promoted

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

AFC Eskilstuna Athletic Football Club Eskilstuna, also known as AFC Eskilstuna or simply AFC, is a Swedish football club located in Eskilstuna. The club has previously been known under the names FC Café Opera and Väsby United before switching ownership and th ...

until 5 November; the end of the Swedish football season. He made his league debut for the club on 2 April 2017 in a 3–1 away loss to

GIF Sundsvall Gymnastik- och Idrottsföreningen Sundsvall, more commonly known as GIF Sundsvall (), Giffarna or simply Sundsvall, is a Swedish professional football club based in Sundsvall. The club is affiliated with Medelpads Fotbollförbund and plays its h ...

. After time back in Nottingham, Erlandsson again moved out on a one-month loan to

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club Salford City on 16 March 2018. His league debut for the club came on 20 March 2018 in a 1–1 away draw with

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. In January 2019, Erlandsson parted ways with Forest to return to Sweden.

IK Frej

On 23 January 2019, Erlandsson joined

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team

IK Frej IK Frej is a Swedish sports club located in Täby kyrkby. It currently plays in Division 4, the sixth tier in Swedish football. Background IK Frej was founded 5 February 1968 by Åke Berghagen and his friends. Today, IK Frej has more than 1200 ...

. Erlandsson opted to leave Frej in June 2019, without making a first-team appearance, and take a break from playing professional football due to mental health issues around anxiety.

Falkenbergs FF

On 29 November 2019, Erlandsson joined

ahead of their 2020 season in the

International career

In July 2016, Erlandsson was named to Sweden U23 that participated in the

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Honours

Sweden U17 *

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Third place:

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Erlandsson, Tim 1996 births Living people Association football goalkeepers Nottingham Forest F.C. players Barrow A.F.C. players AFC Eskilstuna players Salford City F.C. players IK Frej players Falkenbergs FF players Superettan players Swedish footballers Sweden youth international footballers Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Sweden