Johan Elmander

He is a Swedish football player. He plays as a forward. He is also playing for the Swedish national team.

Johan Elmander (born May 27, 1981 in Alingsås, Sweden) is a Swedish football player, who plays as a forward for French club Toulouse FC in the Ligue 1 championship. Elmander has scored nine goals in 26 games for the Swedish national team, and he was chosen to represent his country at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Elmander started his career as a striker for Swedish clubs Holmalunds IF and Örgryte, before making the move to the Dutch club Feyenoord at the age of 18. Although never a first team regular, he came on as a substitute in the 2002 UEFA Cup final 3-2 win against German team Borussia Dortmund.
Elmander was subsequently put on loan back in Sweden with Djurgården, where he won the Double of both Allsvenskan championship and Swedish Cup title in 2002. He also debuted for the Swedish national team, in a February 2002 friendly match against Greece. In 2003, he was loaned out to Feyenoord's Dutch league rivals NAC Breda.
Before the 2004-05 season, he was bought by Danish Superliga outfit Brøndby. Despite not scoring as many goals for the club as was expected, he was the playmaker and creative spark of the Brøndby team in the 2004-05 Superliga season. The team won the Double of both Superliga championship and Danish Cup title, and Elmander was voted Brøndby's 2005 Player of the year.
In his two seasons at Brøndby, Elmander scored 22 goals in 58 Superliga games, attracting the attention of several clubs throughout Europe. He was called up to represent Sweden at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, where he played two games. Having initially been linked with Scottish club Rangers, Elmander signed a four-year contract with French side Toulouse for an undisclosed fee on 7 July 2006.
Elmander scored 11 goals in his first season with Toulouse FC and was nominated as player of the year by his fellow players. This award was subsequently won by Olympique Lyonnais player Florent Malouda. The season was very successful with Elmander guiding Toulouse FC to third place and a berth in the qualifying rounds of UEFA Champions League.
In July 2007 Toulouse rejected a ₤7 million offer from French Ligue 1 team Olympique Lyonnais and there are strong links with a transfer to West Ham United under coach Alan Curbishley. It is believed Toulouse FC are extremely reluctant for him to leave but will settle for a fee of around £3million + Carlton Cole.

Toulouse
27 May 1981
Source: Wikipedia