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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 (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...
club
IF Elfsborg Idrottsföreningen Elfsborg, more commonly known as IF Elfsborg or simply Elfsborg (), is a professional association football, football club based in Borås, Sweden, and is affiliated to the Västergötlands Fotbollförbund. They play in the Alls ...
. He has won six
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for the Sweden national team.


Club career


Elfsborg

Holmén made his debut in
Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...
on 22 April 2013 against
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, replacing injured
Jon Jönsson Jon Martin Olof Jönsson (born 8 July 1983) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Career Jönsson made his first team debut in IFK Hässleholm aged 15, and his talent was recognised by Tottenham Hotspur who brou ...
.


Dynamo Moscow

On 18 February 2016, he moved to Russia on a 3.5-year contract with
Dynamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (), is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first institution created from the All-Union Dynamo Sports Club. Dynamo Mosco ...
. 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
2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship The 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 20th edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, a biennial international association football, football competition for men's under-21 national teams organised by UEFA. The final tourn ...
. 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 Johan Daniel Mårtensson (born 16 February 1989) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career GAIS During his career at GAIS, he first came from the third-tier club Skövde AIK and, therefore, had some ti ...
in the 89th minute. On 16 March 2022, he announced his retirement from international football after having won six
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for his country between 2015 and 2020.


Personal life

Sebastian is the younger brother of the former Sweden national team midfielder Samuel Holmén.


Career statistics


Club


International


Honours

Sweden U21 *
UEFA European Under-21 Championship The UEFA European Under-21 Championship, the UEFA Under-21 Championship or simply the Euro Under-21, is a biennial football competition contested by the European men's under-21 national teams of the UEFA member associations. Since 1992, the comp ...
:
2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...


References


External links


Sebastian Holmén
at
IF Elfsborg Idrottsföreningen Elfsborg, more commonly known as IF Elfsborg or simply Elfsborg (), is a professional association football, football club based in Borås, Sweden, and is affiliated to the Västergötlands Fotbollförbund. They play in the Alls ...
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archive
* 1992 births Living people Footballers from Borås Men's association football defenders Swedish men's footballers Allsvenskan players Russian Premier League players Eredivisie players IF Elfsborg players FC Dynamo Moscow players Willem II Tilburg players Sweden men's under-21 international footballers Sweden men's international footballers Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Russia Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands 21st-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-footy-defender-stub