Erik Ahlstrand
.jpg) Ahlstrand with Halmstads BK in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Erik Melker Ahlstrand | ||
| Date of birth | 14 October 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Halmstad, Sweden[1] | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | St. Pauli | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2018 | Halmstads BK | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2023 | Halmstads BK | 127 | (8) |
| 2024– | St. Pauli II | 23 | (3) |
| 2024– | St. Pauli | 5 | (0) |
| 2026 | → Heracles Almelo (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Sweden U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Sweden U19 | 5 | (1) |
| 2024 | Sweden | 1 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:45, 12 January 2024 (UTC) | |||
Erik Melker Ahlstrand (born 14 October 2001) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for German 2. Bundesliga club St. Pauli.[2][3] He previously played for Halmstads BK.
Club career
On 27 January 2024, Ahlstrand joined FC St. Pauli in Germany.[4]
On 8 January 2026, he was loaned by Heracles Almelo in the Netherlands, with an option to buy.[5]
International career
After having represented the Sweden U17 and U19 teams, Ahlstrand made his full international debut for the Sweden national team on 12 January 2024 in a friendly game against Estonia when he replaced Anton Saletros in the 76th minute of a 2–1 win.[6]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 23 August 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Halmstads BK | 2019 | Superettan | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 27 | 2 | |
| 2020 | Superettan | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 28 | 2 | ||
| 2021 | Allsvenskan | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0[b] | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Superettan | 30 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 34 | 3 | ||
| 2023 | Allsvenskan | 29 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | 33 | 4 | ||
| Total | 127 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 11 | ||
| FC St. Pauli II | 2023–24 | Regionalliga Nord | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Regionalliga Nord | 13 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2025–26 | Regionalliga Nord | 8 | 3 | — | — | 8 | 3 | |||
| Total | 23 | 3 | — | — | 23 | 3 | ||||
| FC St. Pauli | 2023–24 | 2. Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2026–27 | 2. Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Heracles (loan) | 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
| Career total | 170 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 14 | ||
- ↑ Includes Svenska Cupen, DFB-Pokal
- ↑ Appearances in Relegation Allsvenskan
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
Honours
FC St. Pauli
References
- ↑ Erik Ahlstrand at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ Erik Ahlstrand at Soccerway
- ↑ "16. Erik Ahlstrand" (in Swedish). Fotbolltransfers. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ↑ "DER FC ST. PAULI VERPFLICHTET ERIK AHLSTRAND" [FC ST. PAULI SIGNS ERIK AHLSTRAND] (in German). FC St. Pauli. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ↑ "Heracles Almelo trekt veelzijdige Erik Ahlstrand aan" [Heracles Almelo signs versatile Erik Ahlstrand] (in Dutch). Heracles Almelo. 8 January 2026. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
- ↑ "Sweden vs Estonia". SvFF.
Categories:
- 2001 births
- Footballers from Halmstad
- Living people
- 21st-century Swedish sportsmen
- Men's association football midfielders
- Swedish men's footballers
- Sweden men's youth international footballers
- Sweden men's international footballers
- Halmstads BK players
- FC St. Pauli players
- FC St. Pauli II players
- Heracles Almelo players
- Allsvenskan players
- Superettan players
- Bundesliga players
- Regionalliga players
- Eredivisie players
- Swedish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Swedish football midfielder, 2000s birth stubs