Johnny Lundberg is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 professional football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 defender, who currently plays for Halmstads BK

Halmstads BK

Halmstads Bollklubb, also called HBK or just Halmstad, is a Swedish football club located in Halmstad in the southwest of Sweden. The club, formed 6 March 1914, competes in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, and has won 4 national championship titles and 1 national cup title...

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Career

Starting his career in Landskrona BoIS

Landskrona BoIS

Landskrona BoIS is a Swedish professional football club located in Landskrona, which currently plays in the second highest Swedish division, Superettan. The club, formed on 7 February 1915 was a merger of two clubs from the city of Landskrona; IFK Landskrona and Diana...

 at the age of 6, he then made his debut for the club in 2001 in Superettan

Superettan

Superettan is the second highest league in the league system of Swedish football and comprises 16 Swedish football teams. It was created in 2000. Before that, the second level league in Sweden had been Division 1....

, coming on as a substitute against GIF Sundsvall

GIF Sundsvall

GIF Sundsvall is a Swedish football club located in the city of Sundsvall. The club, formed on 25 August 1903, is currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan. The club is affiliated to Medelpads Fotbollförbund.- History :...

. He was regular starting player during the 2004 season and followed the club back down to Superettan. In 2006 he signd for Danish Superliga

Danish Superliga

The Danish Superliga is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest association football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams to be relegated, which proves to be one of the...

 club FC Nordsjælland

FC Nordsjælland

Football Club Nordsjælland is a professional Danish football team from the North Zealand town of Farum, Denmark. Founded as Farum Boldklub from the merger of the town's two football clubs Farum IK and Stavnsholt BK in 1991, the club changed its name to F.C...

, however he did not leave until 1 January 2007, he stayed until the summer 2009 when he signd for Swedish Allsvenska club Halmstads BK. Prior to the 2010 season

2010 Allsvenskan

- Overview :-League table:-Relegation play-offs:-----Results:...

 Halmstads BK manager Lars Jacobsson

Lars Jacobsson

Lasse Jacobsson is a Swedish football manager and former player, who is currently a free agent.-Managerial:Halmstads BK:* Allsvenskan:* Runner-up: 2004* U21 Allsvenskan:* Champion: 2009-External links:*...

 announced that Lundberg would be the new team captain, replacing Tommy Jönsson

Tommy Jönsson

Tommy Jönsson is a former Swedish football player, who played as defender and retired in 2010.-Career:He started his career in the club GIF Nike and at the age of 16 moved to Malmö FF, where he played for 6 years, in 1998 he decided to go to Halmstads BK and have played there ever since.Since 2003...

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External links

• Halmstads BK profile
• Eliteprospects.com profile
• FC Nordsjælland profile
• Career statistics at Danmarks Radio
  Danmarks Radio
  DR – officially rendered into English as the Danish Broadcasting Corporation – is Denmark's national broadcasting corporation. Founded in 1925 as a public-service organization, it is today Denmark's oldest and largest electronic media enterprise...