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Appearances:

263

Starts:

262

Substitute:

1

Unused:

2

Goals:

8

Games per Goal:

32.88

Assists:

4

Goal Involvements:

12

Player #755

Born:

Citizenship:

Position:

From:

To:

Seasons:

Bookings:

Red Cards:

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Centre Back

2001-02

2007-08

7

36
1

Olof Mellberg

Olof Mellberg

Seasons Quick-View

Season

2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08

Age

23
24
25
26
27
28
29

Division

PL
PL
PL
PL
PL
PL
PL

Squad #

#4
#4
#4
#4
#4
#4
#4

Appearances

36
44
39
33
33
41
37

Starts

36
44
39
33
33
41
36

Subs

0
0
0
0
0
0
1

Unused

0
0
1
0
1
0
0

Goals

0
1
1
3
0
1
2

Assists

1
1
0
1
0
0
1

Bookings

3
1
4
6
7
9
6

Red Cards

0
0
0
0
0
0
1

Games / Goals

0.00
44.00
39.00
11.00
0.00
41.00
18.50

Goal

Involvements

1
2
0
4
0
1
3

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

Goalkeeping Statistics

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3
4
5
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11
12
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18
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20
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08

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%

🥅 : Goals Conceded; 🔢 : Goals Conceded per Game; ⛔ : Clean Sheets.

Erik Olof Mellberg

Birth Date

3 September 1977

Birth Place

Gullspång

Birth Country

Sweden

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Citizenship

Sweden

Villa Youth

n/a

Previous Teams

1994-96 Gullspångs IF Youth

1996-98 Degerfors IF, Free
Allsvenskan, Division 1 Norra, 🕒 47 | 47 (0) | ⚽ 0 |

1998 AIK Fotboll, Free
Allsvenskan, 🕒 17 | 17 (0) | ⚽ 0 |

1998-01 Racing Santander, Free
La Liga 2, 🕒 98 | 97 (1) | ⚽ 0 |

Transfer in

Aged

23

From

Racing Santander

For

£6,120,000

On

18 July 2001

Under

John Gregory 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Promoted to First Team Squad

In

Transfer In

Under

Transfer In

Loans Out

None

Transfer Out

Aged

30

Juventus FC

To

For

Free

On

30 June 2008

Under

Martin O’Neill 🇬🇧

Subsequent Clubs

2008-09 Juventus FC, Free
Serie A, 🕒 38 | 32 (6) | ⚽ 2 |

2009-12 Olympiacos Piraeus, £2.25m
Super League Greece, 🕒 106 | 103 (3) | ⚽ 9 |

2012-13 Villarreal CF
La Liga, 🕒 29 | 26 (3) | ⚽ 2 |

2013-14 FC Copenhagen
Danish Superliga, 🕒 29 | 29 (0) | ⚽ 4 |

2014 Retired aged 36

Villa Career

2001-08 | £6.12m |
PL |
🕒 263 | 262 (1) | ⚽ 8 | 🔥 4 | 🇺 2 | #755 |

Seasons | Fee |
Leagues | PL: Premier League; CH: Championship; D1: First Division; D2: Second Division; D3 Third Division.

🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |

Appearances

Unused

263

2

Goals

8

Played Under

John Gregory 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2001-02
John Deehan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2002
Graham Taylor 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2002-03
David O'Leary 🇮🇪 2003-06
Martin O’Neill 🇬🇧 2006-08

Debut

Season

Date

Match

2001-02

18 August 2001

Tottenham Hotspur (a), Premier League

Age

Manager

(First Squad)

23

John Gregory 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

18 August 2001

Manager

First Goal

John Gregory 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

26 October 2002

Appearances

Goals

263

8

Final Appearance

Season

Date

Match

2007-08

11 May 2008

West Ham United (a), Premier League

Aged

Manager

(Final Squad)

Martin O’Neill 🇬🇧

30

11 May 2008

Manager

Martin O’Neill 🇬🇧

Honours

Played for the Villa

Height

(6 ft 1 in) 1.87 m

Foot

Right

International Record

National Team

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Sweden

Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |

2000-12 🕒 117 | 113 (4) | ⚽ 8 |

Caps with Villa

🕒 69 | 69 (0) | ⚽ 4 |

Olof Mellberg

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