Name: Johnny Douglas Ekström

Nicknames: "Kallebäcksexpressen", "Il Ciclone", "Johnny Bråttom"



Country: Sweden
Club: IFK Göteborg, Empoli FC
Position: *CF, WF
Side: RF/BS
Age: 20-23 years (05/03/1965)

Height: 188 cm
Weight: 82 kg

Attack: 83
Defence: 42
Balance: 85
Stamina: 81
Top Speed: 92
Acceleration: 90
Response: 81
Agility: 78
Dribble Accuracy: 79
Dribble Speed: 86
Short Pass Accuracy: 78
Short Pass Speed: 74
Long Pass Accuracy: 76
Long Pass Speed: 73
Shot Accuracy: 80
Shot Power: 84
Shot Technique: 81
Free Kick Accuracy: 68
Curling: 71
Header: 79
Jump: 78
Technique: 78
Aggression: 85
Mentality: 76
Keeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 78

Injury Tolerance: B
Condition: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 6
Weak Foot Frequency: 5
Consistency: 5
Growth Type: Standard

CARDS:
P06: Speed Merchant
S06: Outside Curve
S21: Super-Sub

SPECIAL ABILITIES: Outside

Attack / Defence Awareness Card: Attack Minded


INFO:

Johnny Ekström is former Swedish striker. He was more like a sprinter than a footballer, very fast and lethal in counterattacks. Despite being labeled just with pace, he actually scored goals even in champions league. Strong player with good shot and positioning but couldn't settle in any club he played for. He could even provide assists for other strikers or serve as target man in the box due to his height. Emerged from the youth of the IFK Gothenburg, Johnny Ekstrom came there in 1984 into the first team. There, he managed his breakthrough, as a fast striker, he made international attention when his club to the semifinals of the 1986 European Champions' Cup (forerunner of the Champions League) and then pushed forward in a penalty shootout against FC Barcelona was eliminated. For 1986/87 season was followed by the first transfer abroad - to the Italian first division side FC Empoli (newcomer to the series A). After two seasons, he moved to the Bundesliga for Bayern Munich. On 23 July 1988 (Round 1) he was at home against Eintracht Frankfurt debut and crowned it with his first goal, 2-0 in the 81st Minute (Final 3:0). With 23 league games and seven goals scored, he contributed to the German championship in 1989, he also met twice (on October 5, 1988 at Legia Warsaw - Final 7-3 to FC Bayern Munich) in eight UEFA Cup matches. After just one season in Germany, followed by engagements in France, Sweden, Italy and Spain before returning back to Germany. From 1 July 1994 was Johnny Ekström at Dynamo Dresden under the contract. Here, too, he managed his first goal on the first match day. The end of season seven goals in 30 matches were to book. Eintracht Frankfurt was from 1 July 1995 Ekström's third club in Germany, for whom he scored two goals in 16 games, but the speed with which he the 2nd League had to compete. After 18 games and five goals scored, he finished on 11 June 1997 (34th Round) his footballing activity in Germany. His football career did he - returned in 1997 after Sweden - 31 End in December 1998 during his youth club. The Swedish national team wore Ekstrom total of 47 times and was at the 1990 World Cup in Italy and the EURO 1992 on home soil in the squad. His debut in the Swedish national team he was on 1 May 1986 in the home match against Greece (0-0).