Fredric Lundqvist

Fredric Tommy Lundqvist (born 3 August 1976) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is best remembered for his time in Allsvenskan with GIF Sundsvall. A full international between 2003 and 2005, he won five caps for the Sweden national team.

Fredric Lundqvist
Personal information
Full name Fredric Tommy Lundqvist
Date of birth (1976-08-03) 3 August 1976
Place of birth Luleå, Sweden
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Gammelstads IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994 Lira BK 17 (0)
1995–1998 IFK Luleå 117 (1)
1999 Lira BK 23 (1)
2000–2005 GIF Sundsvall 127 (13)
2005–2007 Viking Stavanger 5 (0)
Total 261 (15)
National team
1994 Sweden U19 6 (0)
2003–2005 Sweden 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Starting his career with Gammelstads IF, Lundqvist played in Division 2 and Division 1 with Lira BK and IFK Luleå before making his Allsvenskan debut for GIF Sundsvall during the 2000 season.[1][2] In 2005, he signed a contract with the Tippeligaen club Viking Stavanger.[3] In early 2007 he announced his retirement from professional football after having appeared in only five games with Viking Stavanger after a long battle with an Achilles injury.[4]

International career

Lundqvist represented the Sweden U19 team six times before making his full international debut for Sweden on 18 February 2003 in a friendly game against North Korea.[5] He was on the bench for two UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying games against San Marino and Poland, but never appeared in a competitive game for Sweden.[5] He won his fifth and final cap in a friendly game against Mexico on 26 January 2005.[5]

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[6][7]
Club Season League
Division Apps Goals
Lira BK 1994 Division 2 Norrland 17 0
IFK Luleå 1995 Division 1 Norra 23 0
1996 Division 1 Norra 25 0
1997 Division 1 Norra 22 1
1998 Division 1 Norra 24 0
Total 117 1
Lira BK 1999 Division 1 Norra 23 1
GIF Sundsvall 2000 Allsvenskan 23 0
2001 Allsvenskan 20 4
2002 Allsvenskan 25 4
2003 Allsvenskan 23 0
2004 Allsvenskan 23 3
2005 Allsvenskan 11 2
Total 127 13
Viking Stavanger 2005 Tippeligaen 1 0
2006 Tippeligaen 4 0
Total 5 0
Career total 261 15

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year[5]
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden U19 1994 6 0
Sweden 2003 4 0
2005 1 0
Total 5 0
Career total 11 0

Honours

Awards
  • Årets Giffare (GIF Sundsvall Player of the Year): 2001[8]

References
  1. Sandberg, Jesper (11 August 2017). "Klart: Fredric Lundqvist kliver in i IFK Luleå – NSD". nsd.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. Höjer, Moa (13 June 2018). ""Lunkan" om Zlatan: "Jag var chanslös" – NSD". nsd.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  3. "Fredric Lundqvist lämnar Gif Sundsvall". SVT Sport (in Swedish). 26 July 2005. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  4. "Fredric Lundqvist tvingas sluta". SVT Sport (in Swedish). 5 January 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  5. "Fredric Lundqvist - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  6. "Fredric Lundqvist — svenskfotboll.se". archive.is. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  7. "altomfotball.no: Fredric Lundqvist - Viking - Eliteserien, 2005". TV 2. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  8. "SvenskaFans". www.svenskafans.com. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
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