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Filip Viktor Helander (born 22 April 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Cypriot club AC Omonia and for the Sweden national team.
.jpg) Helander with Sweden in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Filip Viktor Helander | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 22 April 1993 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Malmö, Sweden | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Omonia | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Kvarnby IK | |||||||||||||||||
| Husie IF | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | Malmö FF | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2015 | Malmö FF | 72 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Verona | 24 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Bologna | 60 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | Rangers | 36 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | OB | 22 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Omonia | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Sweden U17 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Sweden U19 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Sweden U21 | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Sweden | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:42, 20 November 2023 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Helander made his Allsvenskan debut in a match against Syrianska on 17 October 2011.[2] Helander played the first matches beside Pontus Jansson in defence before being replaced by Daniel Andersson after the second round of matches. On 17 July 2012, Helander signed a first team contract with Malmö until the end of the 2015 season.[3] When Andersson played less and less after the summer break Helander established himself in the starting lineup and finished the season as a regular starter in the defence. Helander played a total of 12 league matches for Malmö during the 2012 season.[citation needed]
The league title winning 2013 season proved to be the real breakthrough season for Helander as he played 18 matches for the club.[citation needed] He was injured in the early stages of the season and was replaced in the starting line-up by Erik Johansson but later reclaimed this spot in the second part of the season.[citation needed] For the 2014 season Helander played regularly throughout the entire season as the club defended their league title and qualified for the group stage of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League.[citation needed] He also scored his first league goal for Malmö in 2014 on 23 August in a 3–0 home win against IFK Norrköping.[4] For his performances in the league Helander was nominated for the award of Allsvenskan defender of the year.[5] He was also nominated for Swedish defender of the year at Fotbollsgalan.[6]
On 22 July 2015, Helander signed for Hellas Verona in the Italian Serie A.[citation needed] On 23 September, he made his debut against Internazionale in a 1–0 defeat at the San Siro.[citation needed] In the next game against Lazio at home he again was in the starting line up and in the 33rd minute he scored his first Serie A goal.[citation needed] Lazio went on to win the game 2–1.[citation needed]
On 31 August 2016, Helander joined Bologna on a season-long loan deal, with an obligation to sign outright at the end of season. As part of the deal, Nicolò Cherubin moved to Verona.[7] On 12 June 2017, Helander joined Bologna on a definitive basis.[8]
The following season, his second with the Rossoblù, Helander found more space in the rotation under coach Roberto Donadoni, playing 29 games.[citation needed] His club season ended early in April 2018 because of an injury, but without risking the World Cup in which he participated as a reserve.
Helander was announced as a new signing for Rangers in the Scottish Premiership on 13 July 2019.[9] Helander's cost was £3.5 million.[10][failed verification] He made his debut in a Scottish League Cup tie against East Fife, scoring a goal as Rangers came out 3–0 victors.[11]
On 11 March 2021, Helander scored the equaliser for Rangers in a 1–1 draw away to Slavia Prague in their Europa League Round of 16 first leg match.[12]
On 29 August 2021, Helander scored the only goal of the game for Rangers against Celtic in the first Old Firm derby of the 2021–22 season.[13] On 15 September 2021, Rangers manager Steven Gerrard announced that Helander would be out for the foreseeable future after having undergone surgery on a knee injury sustained in a 2–1 win over St Johnstone four days prior.[14]
Rangers confirmed on 23 May 2023 that Helander would leave the club at the end of the 2022–23 season.[15]
On 31 August 2023, Helander joined Danish Superliga side OB on a one-year deal.[16] Made his debut in a 3-0 defeat to Silkeborg IF on 18 September 2023.
He left OB at the end of the season.[17]
On 4 July 2024 his signing by cypriot club AC Omonia was announced.
Helander was called up to the senior Sweden squad to face Moldova in October 2015.[18]
He was part of Sweden's squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[19]
In May 2021, he was named in Sweden's squad for the postponed UEFA Euro 2020 tournament.[20]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Malmö FF | 2011 | Allsvenskan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2012 | Allsvenskan | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2013 | Allsvenskan | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | Allsvenskan | 28 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 10[b] | 0 | 42 | 2 | ||
| 2015 | Allsvenskan | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
| Total | 71 | 1 | 11 | 2 | — | 12 | 0 | 94 | 3 | |||
| Hellas Verona | 2015–16 | Serie A | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 2 | ||
| 2016–17 | Serie B | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 2 | ||||
| Bologna | 2016–17 | Serie A | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||
| 2017–18 | Serie A | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | Serie A | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | |||
| Total | 60 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 63 | 1 | ||||
| Rangers | 2019–20 | Scottish Premiership | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6[a] | 0 | 18 | 2 |
| 2020–21 | Scottish Premiership | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[a] | 2 | 31 | 3 | |
| 2021–22 | Scottish Premiership | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 11 | 2 | |
| Total | 36 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 60 | 7 | ||
| Career total | 191 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 245 | 13 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 2017 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 0 | |
Malmö FF
Rangers
Sweden U21
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