Rasmus Elm
With CSKA Moscow in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Rasmus Christoffer Elm | ||
| Date of birth | 17 March 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Kalmar, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Kalmar FF | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2009 | Kalmar FF | 96 | (19) |
| 2009–2012 | AZ Alkmaar | 83 | (18) |
| 2012–2015 | CSKA Moscow | 47 | (5) |
| 2015– | Kalmar FF | 30 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 2003–2005 | Sweden U17 | 15 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Sweden U19 | 19 | (5) |
| 2007–2010 | Sweden U21 | 18 | (0) |
| 2009–2013 | Sweden | 39 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 November 2016. |
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Rasmus Christoffer Elm (born 17 March 1988) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Kalmar FF in Allsvenskan as a midfielder. He has previously played for Kalmar FF in Sweden, for AZ in the Netherlands and the Russian side CSKA Moscow. Elm has been capped playing for Sweden and competed at UEFA Euro 2012. He has two brothers, Viktor and David, who are also footballers.
In his childhood, Elm played for Johansfors IF and Emmaboda IS, before he signed in January 2005 to Kalmar FF. In four-and-a-half years with the Allsvenskan club, Elm played 96 games and scored 17 goals.
On 27 August 2009, Elm signed a four-year deal with Eredivisie side AZ Alkmaar. He made his debut on 12 September 2009 in the 2–1 loss against ADO Den Haag.
Former Swedish national team coach Lars Lagerbäck once commented that Elm was the biggest talent Sweden has produced since Zlatan Ibrahimović. While suffering from injuries and illness during his first two seasons in AZ, Elm experience a successful 2011–12 season. He received several player of the match awards during that season and was praised by the press and the fans for his passing and freekicks as well as his goal scoring.
Elm played a total of 83 matches for AZ before he left the club during the summer of 2012.
On 30 July 2012, Elm signed a three-year contract with Russian Premier League side CSKA Moscow, taking the shirt number 20. On 21 October 2012, he scored his first goal for CSKA after converting a penalty at home against Rubin Kazan in a 2–0 victory. On 3 January 2015, Elm had his contract with CSKA terminated by mutual consent in order to recover from a long-term stomach illness that had left him unable to train with the club.
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