Pontus Almqvist

Pontus Almqvist (born 10 July 1999) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Dutch club Utrecht. Almqvist is also under contract with Russian club FC Rostov, but that contract is suspended.[2] He is deployed as a winger (most often on the right side) or centre-forward.

Pontus Almqvist
Almqvist with FC Rostov in 2021
Personal information
Full name Pontus Skule Erik Almqvist
Date of birth (1999-07-10) 10 July 1999
Place of birth Nyköping, Sweden
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger[1]
Club information
Current team
 Utrecht
Number 17
Youth career
0000–2013 Nyköpings BIS
2014 Syrianska FC
2014 IFK Norrköping
2015–2016 Nike Academy
2016 IFK Norrköping
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 IFK Norrköping 28 (5)
2017 → IF Sylvia (loan) 3 (1)
2018 → Varbergs BoIS (loan) 4 (0)
2018 → Norrby IF (loan) 14 (1)
2019 → IF Sylvia (loan) 6 (2)
2020– Rostov 37 (3)
2022– → Utrecht (special leave) 0 (0)
National team‡
2017–2019 Sweden U19 2 (0)
2020 Sweden U21 5 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 March 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2020

Career

After attending trials in Stockholm, Almqvist joined the Nike Football Academy before signing a professional contract with IFK Norrköping for the 2017 season.[3] On 23 September 2017, he made his debut for Norrköping, playing the last ten minutes in a 2–1 loss to Halmstads.[4] He spent part of the 2017 season loan at Division 2 side IF Sylvia where he played three games and scored one goal.[5] He joined Varbergs BoIS on loan at the start of the 2018 season and played four times before returning to Norrköping in July 2018.[6] He scored his first two goals for Sweden U21 in September 2020 [7]

On 15 October 2020, Almqvist signed a five-year contract with Russian Premier League club FC Rostov.[8] On 7 March 2022, FIFA introduced special regulations related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Those regulations allow foreign players in Russia to unilaterally temporarily suspend their contracts with their Russian clubs until the end of the 2021–22 season and join clubs outside of Russia until that date.[9] On 17 March 2022, Almqvist used the new rule to sign with FC Utrecht in the Netherlands until the end of the 2021–22 season.[10]

Career statistics
As of 7 March 2022
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Norrköping 2017 Allsvenskan 10100020
2019 7020–90
2020 20500–205
Total 2853000315
Sylvia (loan) 2017 Division 2 31––31
Varberg (loan) 2018 Superettan 40––40
Norrby (loan) 2018 Superettan 14110–151
Sylvia (loan) 2019 Ettan 62––62
Total (2 spells) 93000093
Rostov 2020–21 RPL 19110–201
2021–22 18210–192
Total 3732000393
Career total 921260009812

References
  1. Pontus Almqvist at WorldFootball.net
  2. Pontus Almqvist‚ svenskfotboll.se, 4 January 2018
  3. "Pontus Almqvist signs for IFK Norrköping | Nike Academy to pro contract". unisportstore.com. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  4. "HALMSTAD VS. NORRKÖPING 2 - 1". Soccerway. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  5. "18. Pontus Almqvist Slyvia profile". IF Sylvia. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  6. "IFK-mittfältaren tränar med annan klubb". nt.se (in Swedish). 18 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  7. "BBC Football Scores". bbc. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  8. "Понтус Альмквист — игрок "Ростова"" (in Russian). FC Rostov. 15 October 2020.
  9. "FIFA adopts temporary employment and registration rules to address several issues in relation to war in Ukraine". FIFA. 7 March 2022.
  10. "Pontus Almqvist maakt seizoen af bij FC Utrecht" (Press release) (in Dutch). Utrecht. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.


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