Johan Wiland

Early career

Johan Wiland was born in Borås, but grew up in the locality of Viskafors. He started playing football at a young age at the local club Rydboholms SK. Simultaneously, he played ice hockey in his early teens. He made his debut in Rydboholms senior team at age 16, in the Swedish seventh level, and got scouted by the goalkeeping coach of local club IF Elfsborg. In 1997, Wiland joined the club's youth system.

IF Elfsborg

Wiland made his senior debut for Elfsborg in an away game against Halmstad BK on 4 May 2000, and was denied the clean sheet from a 91st-minute penalty kick. Throughout the rest of the season, the 19-year old Wiland rotated with the far more experienced Anders Bogsjö as Elfsborg's first choice. During the upcoming season, Wiland established himself as the starting goalkeeper at Elfsborg. On 25 May 2001, he started in the final of the Svenska Cupen against AIK. The game ended 1–1 after full-time and overtime, but Elfsborg won 9–10 on penalties. On 9 August the same year, Wiland made his continental debut in a UEFA Cup qualifying fixture against the Estonian side Narva Trans. Elfsborg won the game 1–3. Except from missing a few games due to suspensions, Wiland played all of Elfsborg's competitive games in Allsvenskan between 2002 and 2004. The club finished in the lower regions of the table during all three of the campaigns. In 2003, Elfsborg won the Svenska Cupen again, beating Assyriska FF in the final on 1 November. Johan Wiland…

Wiland made his debut in the Sweden national team came against Ecuador on a tour in South America in January 2007. He represented his country at the UEFA Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland where he acted as back up to Andreas Isaksson. He was seen as manager Lars Lagerbäck's third choice, behind Isaksson and Rami Shaaban. Wiland was also called up to the Swedish side by manager Erik Hamrén ahead of the UEFA Euro 2012, again acting as a back up to Isaksson. His last competitive appearance for Sweden came in a 5–3 loss against Germany on 15 October 2013. Ultimately, his country failed to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and Wiland subsequently announced his international retirement to the Swedish coaching staff.

International

IF Elfsborg

Allsvenskan: 2006 Svenska Cupen: 2001, 2003 Svenska Supercupen: 2007 F.C. Copenhagen

Danish Superliga: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13 Danish Cup: 2008–09, 2011–12, 2014–15 Malmö FF

Allsvenskan: 2016, 2017 Individual

Swedish Goalkeeper of the Year: 2008, 2010 Goalkeeper of the Year in Denmark: 2010, 2011 F.C. Copenhagen Player of the Year: 2012 Allsvenskan Goalkeeper of the Year: 2016, 2017