Viktor Lundberg (born 4 March 1991) is a Swedish

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who plays for Helsingborgs IF. Mainly a

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, he can also operate as a

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Career

AIK

Viktor came through AIK's youth ranks from an early age. In 2008, he was placed in AIK's feeder club FC Väsby United to get senior team experience.

2009

In March 2009 he rejoined AIK but this time to play with the first team. His debut was against fellow

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team IF Brommapojkarna, in which he scored his first goal. He took place in the starting eleven and it took less than two minutes until he scored. He made a total of six appearances for AIK in the league this year, and one appearance in the Swedish Cup. For the rest of 2009 he was once again loaned out to

Väsby United 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 ...

, where he made two goals in 12 appearances.

2010

During 2010 he made his big breakthrough in

AIK AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...

. Even though he was just nineteen years old, he managed to make 22 appearances, in 12 of these he was in the starting-eleven. In these appearances he managed to make four goals and one assist. On 21 July he made his first European-staged game, coming on as a substitute against Jeunesse Esch in the qualifying stage of the

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2011

In 2011,

made a very good season and finished second in

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 ...

. The season wasn't equally good for Lundberg, even though he managed to make 24 appearances. During a few weeks he was troubled by an injury, and only managed to score two goals during the season.

2012

During 2012, Lundberg made a much better season then the previous. In

he managed to make five goals and five assist, in 27 appearances. In round two of the Swedish Cup, he made the game-winning goal against

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, therefore qualifying

for the group stage of the cup. He also had great success in the

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, making a total of 11 appearances, during which he managed to score on two occasions; against polish side

Lech Poznań Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional association football, football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation' ...

, and Icelandic side FH. He also made three assist during the European campaign.

Randers

In the summer of 2013, Lundberg transferred to the Danish club Randers FC for an undisclosed fee from Swedish side AIK Fotboll. He left the club in the summer of 2017.

Marítimo

On 29 June 2017, Lundberg signed a three years contract with Marítimo

BK Häcken

Lundberg was acquired by BK Häcken on a 3-year contract, making his second stint in

Helsingborgs IF

On 11 February 2021, Lundberg signed a three-year contract with Helsingborg.

Career statistics

Honours

AIK *

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* Svenska Cupen:

* Svenska Supercupen:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lundberg, Viktor 1991 births Living people Swedish footballers Sweden youth international footballers Sweden under-21 international footballers Allsvenskan players Superettan players Primeira Liga players Danish Superliga players AIK Fotboll players AFC Eskilstuna players Randers FC players C.S. Marítimo players BK Häcken players Helsingborgs IF players Swedish expatriate footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate footballers in Portugal Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal People from Solna Municipality Association football forwards Sportspeople from Stockholm County