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Melker Hallberg (born 20 October 1995) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for St Johnstone.[1] Hallberg began his senior career at Kalmar FF, then in 2014, he signed for Italian club Udinese, and during his time there went on loan to Vålerenga, Hammarby IF, Ascoli and Kalmar FF. He signed for Vejle BK in 2018, where he spent one season. Hallberg then played in three seasons for Scottish club Hibernian. He made his full international debut for the Sweden national team in 2016, and has won a total of three caps and scored one goal.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charles Melker Otto Hallberg | ||
| Date of birth | 20 October 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Ljungbyholm, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | St Johnstone | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Möre BK | |||
| 2010–2011 | Kalmar FF | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | Kalmar FF | 54 | (6) |
| 2014–2018 | Udinese | 4 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Vålerenga (loan) | 10 | (2) |
| 2016 | → Hammarby IF (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2016 | → Ascoli (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | → Kalmar FF (loan) | 40 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | Vejle BK | 25 | (1) |
| 2019–2022 | Hibernian | 45 | (1) |
| 2022– | St Johnstone | 14 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010–2012 | Sweden U17 | 19 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Sweden U19 | 9 | (1) |
| 2013–2017 | Sweden U21 | 23 | (3) |
| 2016–2019 | Sweden | 3 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:21, 15 May 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 January 2019 | |||
Career
Early career
Hallberg grew up in the small town of Ljungbyholm, shortly to the south of Kalmar. There he started with the local club Möre BK where he played for the first team in the seventh tier of Swedish football at age thirteen.[2]
In 2010 Hallberg was brought into the Kalmar FF youth section. Two years later he became the youngest-ever first-team player for the club when he made his Allsvenskan debut at the age of sixteen.[3] On July 15, 2012, Hallberg became the fourth-youngest Allsvenskan goalscorer of all time when he scored the game-winning 2–1 goal against IF Elfsborg.[4] In December 2012 he signed a new four-year contract extension.[3] After his second season in Allsvenskan as a seventeen-year-old, Hallberg was ranked as the 14th-best player in the league by newspaper Expressen.[5]
Udinese
In August 2014, Hallberg signed for Italian club Udinese. He made his debut in January 2015.
In 2015, he was loaned out to Norwegian club Vålerenga Fotball, and in 2016 he was loaned out to Hammarby Fotboll in his native Sweden.
Vejle BK
Hallberg joined Danish club Vejle Boldklub in the summer 2018. He left the club at the end of the 2018–19 season.[6]
Hibernian
Hallberg signed a three-year contract with Scottish Premiership club Hibernian in August 2019.[7] He scored his first goal for the club in a Scottish League Cup tie against Celtic on 2 November 2019.[8] He was released from his contract with Hibernian in January 2022.[9]
St Johnstone
Following his release by Hibernian, Hallberg signed an 18-month contract with St Johnstone in January 2022.[10]
International career
Hallberg has featured regularly at all age levels of Swedish youth national teams. In August 2013 he got selected for the first time ever to the Swedish U21 squad in a friendly against Norway.[11] He was selected for Sweden squads in January 2016[12] and January 2019.[13]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Kalmar FF | 2012 | Allsvenskan | 11 | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
| 2013 | Allsvenskan | 29 | 4 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | — | 31 | 4 | |||
| 2014 | Allsvenskan | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | |||
| Total | 54 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 6 | ||
| Udinese | 2014–15 | Serie A | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Vålerenga (loan) | 2015 | Tippeligaen | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 2 | ||
| Hammarby IF (loan) | 2016 | Allsvenskan | 12 | 1 | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | — | — | 16 | 2 | ||
| Ascoli (loan) | 2016–17 | Serie B | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 1 | ||
| Kalmar FF (loan) | 2017 | Allsvenskan | 27 | 2 | 3[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | — | — | 30 | 2 | ||
| 2018 | Allsvenskan | 13 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| Total | 40 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 2 | ||
| Vejle BK | 2018–19 | Danish Superliga | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
| Hibernian | 2019–20 | Scottish Premiership | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 25 | 2 | |
| 2020–21 | Scottish Premiership | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | 35 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 45 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 3 | ||
| St Johnstone | 2021–22 | Scottish Premiership | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Career total | 211 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 248 | 17 | ||
- Appearances in the 2012–13 Svenska Cupen
- Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in the 2015–16 Svenska Cupen
- Appearances in the 2016–17 Svenska Cupen
- Appearances in the 2017–18 Svenska Cupen
- Appearances in the Danish Superliga Relegation round
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 2016 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hallberg goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 January 2016 | Armed Forces Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |  Finland |
2–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | [17] |
Honours
Individual
- Allsvenskan newcomer of the year: 2013
References
- "Melker Hallberg" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll. Archived from the original on 7 October 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
- "Stortalangens första mål sänkte Elfsborg" (in Swedish). Expressen. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- "Fyraårskontrakt för Melker Hallberg" (in Swedish). Kalmar FF. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- "Tuffare Hallberg ska slå sig in på mitten" (in Swedish). Östran. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- "Här är allsvenskans 50 bästa spelare - år 2013" (in Swedish). Expressen. 6 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- Vejle siger farvel til svensk midt, bold.dk, 24 June 2019
- "Melker Hallberg: Hibernian sign Swedish midfielder from Udinese". BBC Sport. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- "Hibernian 2-5 Celtic". BBC Sport. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- "Runar Hauge: Hibernian close to securing 20-year-old Bodo/Glimt winger". BBC Sport. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- "Melker Hallberg: St Johnstone sign midfielder from Hibs on 18-month deal". BBC Sport. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- "Hallberg tar nu plats i U21-landslagstruppen" (in Swedish). Expressen. Archived from the original on 9 August 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- "Hallberg ersätter Olsson i Abu Dahbi". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). 15 December 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- "Sweden vs. Iceland". ESPN. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- "Eliteprospects.com - Melker Hallberg". Eliteprospects. 20 August 2014. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013.
- Melker Hallberg at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- "Melker Hallberg - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-06-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Sverige - Finland - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-06-03.
External links
- Melker Hallberg at SvFF (in Swedish)
- Melker Hallberg national team profile at SvFF (in Swedish) (archive)
- Melker Hallberg at National-Football-Teams.com
На других языках
- [en] Melker Hallberg
[fr] Melker Hallberg
Melker Hallberg, né le 20 octobre 1995 à Ljungbyholm, est un footballeur international suédois. Il évolue au poste de milieu relayeur avec le club du St Johnstone FC.[it] Melker Hallberg
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