Johan Dahlin

Johan Dahlin

Dahlin playing for Malmö FF in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Johan Helge Dahlin
Date of birth	(1986-09-08) 8 September 1986
Place of birth	Trollhättan, Sweden
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Malmö FF
Number	27
Youth career
0000–2003	FC Trollhättan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003	FC Trollhättan	1	(0)
2004	Åsebro IF	18	(0)
2005–2009	Lyn	30	(0)
2008	→ Trelleborgs FF (loan)	14	(0)
2009–2013	Malmö FF	104	(0)
2014–2015	Gençlerbirliği	20	(0)
2015–2017	FC Midtjylland	39	(0)
2017–	Malmö FF	148	(0)
International career
2006–2009	Sweden U21	24	(0)
2009–2014	Sweden	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 April 2024

Johan Helge Dahlin (born 8 September 1986) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Malmö FF.

Club career

FC Lyn

Dahlin was born in Trollhättan. He began his senior career at Åsebro IF in 2004. After one season with the Swedish Division 3 side, he was invited to Oslo to train with Lyn and was subsequently signed until the end of the 2009 season.

In 2005, Dahlin was the third choice as goalkeeper behind Ali Al-Habsi and Nuno Marques. With both Al-Habsi and Marques gone after the season, and having made a good impression during the winter months, Dahlin became manager Henning Berg's preferred choice in goal, ahead of newcomer Eddie Gustafsson. He made thirteen appearances in the first half of the 2006 season. His debut came against Start in the league opener on 9 April, a game that ended in a goalless draw. After the summer, the roles were reversed and Dahlin received little playing time, only making one more appearance when he came on a substitute for an injured Gustafsson. For his performance in 2006, Dahlin received his first call-ups to the Swedish under-21 team, making six appearances in total that year.

In 2007, Dahlin acted mainly as a reserve for Eddie Gustafsson, making only four appearances all season, and it became clear that Gustafsson would also be the first choice in goal in 2008. Therefore, in a bid to receive playing time at a high level, Dahlin agreed to a loan deal with Swedish side Trelleborgs FF. He returned to Lyn in August 2008, having made fourteen appearances in the Allsvenskan.

Malmö FF

On 8 July 2009, Dahlin was announced as a Malmö FF player. He instantly became first choice as goalkeeper and played for a majority of the games of the later season, 2009. However, it emerged that Dahlin had chronic back pains which made him unable to play in a couple of games. These problems continued during the 2010 season but as Dahlin himself and club doctors worked hard to minimize the pain he was able to play all games except one and a half. For the 2010 league winning season he kept a clean sheet for 15 games.

Dahlins injury problems continued for the 2011 season and he missed the majority of the league matches but recovered to play 12 league matches and played for the club in the group stage of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League. On 13 June 2012 Dahlin signed a new two-year-long contract until the end of the 2014 season. In the 2012 season Dahlin wasn't as affected by his back injury as in the previous season and played 29 out of 30 matches for Malmö FF, he missed one match due to racking up three yellow cards.

During the league title winning 2013 season Dahlin played 22 matches out of 30. He missed some matches due to injury and was briefly replaced as first choice goalkeeper by Robin Olsen after some solid performances by the latter. Dahlin held seven clean sheets during the season. He also played all six matches for the club during its participation in the qualifying stages of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League. His performance throughout the season earned him a nomination for goalkeeper of the year.

Gençlerbirliği

On 23 December 2013, Malmö FF confirmed the transfer of Johan Dahlin to the Turkish Süper Lig club Gençlerbirliği under contract until 2017. The transfer went through on 7 January 2014 when the Turkish transfer window opened.

International career

Dahlin made his first cap for the Sweden national team against USA in January 2009. He was selected for the annual training camp for the Sweden national team in January 2012. The squad selection for the camp traditionally feature the best Swedish players in domestic and other Scandinavian leagues.

Career statistics

Club

Dahlin playing for Malmö FF in 2011

Dahlin playing for Malmö FF in 2011

Dahlin playing for Gençlerbirliği in 2014

Dahlin playing for Malmö FF in 2021

As of 2 July 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FC Trollhättan	2003	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
Åsebro IF	2004	18	0	0	0	—		18	0
Lyn	2005	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2006	12	0	1	0	1	0	14	0
	2007	4	0	0	0	—		4	0
	2008	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2009	13	0	1	0	—		14	0
	Total	30	0	2	0	1	0	33	0
Trelleborgs FF (loan)	2008	14	0	0	0	—		14	0
Malmö FF	2009	12	0	0	0	—		12	0
	2010	29	0	1	0	—		30	0
	2011	12	0	0	0	6	0	18	0
	2012	29	0	0	0	—		29	0
	2013	22	0	3	0	6	0	31	0
	Total	104	0	4	0	12	0	120	0
Gençlerbirliği	2013–14	10	0	0	0	—		10	0
	2014–15	10	0	0	0	—		10	0
	Total	20	0	0	0	0	0	20	0
FC Midtjylland	2014–15	10	0	0	0	—		10	0
	2015–16	4	0	0	0	5	0	9	0
	2016–17	25	0	3	0	8	0	36	0
	Total	39	0	3	0	13	0	55	0
Malmö FF	2017	11	0	1	0	0	0	12	0
	2018	25	0	7	0	14	0	46	0
	2019	29	0	2	0	12	0	43	0
	2020	14	0	6	0	2	0	22	0
	2021	19	0	1	0	12	0	32	0
	2022	19	0	5	0	9	0	33	0
	2023	13	0	2	0	—		15	0
	Total	130	0	24	0	49	0	203	0
Career total		356	0	33	0	66	0	458	0

International

As of 5 March 2014

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Sweden	2009	1	0
	2010	1	0
	2011	0	0
	2012	1	0
	2013	0	0
	2014	1	0
Total		4	0

Honours

Malmö FF

• Allsvenskan: 2010, 2013, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2023
• Svenska Cupen: 2021–22
• Svenska Supercupen: 2013

External links

• Johan Dahlin at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
• Johan Dahlin at Soccerway