Rasmus Sebastian Holmén (born 29 April 1992) is a Swedish professional
footballer
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who plays as a
centre back
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for
Allsvenskan
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Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...
club
IF Elfsborg
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. He has won six
caps
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for the
Sweden national team.
Club career
Elfsborg
Holmén made his debut in
Allsvenskan
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on 22 April 2013 against
Djurgården
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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
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.
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
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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
Ivory Coast
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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
caps
Caps are flat headgear.
Caps or CAPS may also refer to:
Science and technology Computing
* CESG Assisted Products Service, provided by the U.K. Government Communications Headquarters
* Composite Application Platform Suite, by Java Caps, a Java ...
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
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:
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
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* 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 Holménat
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 ...
*
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
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