Alex Douglas (footballer, born 2001)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alex Raymond Douglas | ||
Date of birth | 17 August 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Stockholm, Sweden[1] | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lech Poznań | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
2014–2016 | IF Brommapojkarna | ||
2016–2019 | Hammarby | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2020 | San Roque de Lepe | 2 | (0) |
2020–2021 | FC Stockholm | 10 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Hammarby TFF | 20 | (0) |
2022–2024 | Västerås SK | 61 | (0) |
2022 | → IFK Eskilstuna (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2024– | Lech Poznań | 11 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2024– | Sweden | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:45, 11 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:35, 15 October 2024 (UTC) |
Alex Raymond Douglas (born 17 August 2001) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań and the Sweden national team.
Career
[edit]Douglas is a youth product of IF Brommapojkarna, and finished his development with Hammarby's youth academy at the age of 14. On 6 August 2019, he moved to the Spanish club San Roque de Lepe in the Tercera División.[2] On 2 April 2020, he returned to Sweden with Stockholm in the Ettan division. The following season, he moved to Hammarby Talang FF, where he made 20 appearances.[3] On 22 March 2022, he moved to Västerås SK in the Superettan on a 3-year contract.[4] He spent his first season in 2022 on loan with IFK Eskilstuna, but returned in his second season to Västerås and helped them win the 2023 Superettan and earned promotion to the Allsvenskan.[5]
On 10 July 2024, Douglas moved to the Polish Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań.[6]
International career
[edit]Douglas was born in Sweden to a Ghanaian father and Swedish mother.[7] He was called up to the senior Sweden national team for a set of UEFA Nations League matches in September 2024.[8] He made his international debut in the starting line-up for a 1–3 away win over Azerbaijan on 5 September 2024.[9]
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]- As of match played 14 October 2024
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Sweden | |||
2024 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 4 | 0 |
Honours
[edit]Västerås SK
References
[edit]- ^ "First team - Alex Douglas". www.lechpoznan.pl.
- ^ Huelva, Diario de (6 August 2019). "El San Roque se hace más sueco con Alex Douglas". Diario de Huelva.
- ^ "Alex Douglas är klar för FC Stockholm! | FC Stockholm". 17 January 2021. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021.
- ^ Tengström, Anders (22 March 2022). "Klart: Alex Douglas ansluter till VSK".
- ^ Asafo, Obed (22 December 2023). "Ghanaian defender Alex Douglas eyes success with Västerås sk ahead of new season in the Swedish Allsvenskan".
- ^ "Officiellt: Alex Douglas flyttar till Lech Poznan". fotbolltransfers.com.
- ^ Asafo, Obed (22 December 2023). "Sweden based Ghanaian defender Alex Douglas eyes Black Stars call up".
- ^ "Jätteskrällen i svenska truppen: Alex Douglas får debutera". www.aftonbladet.se. 28 August 2024.
- ^ "Douglas z debiutem w kadrze" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
External links
[edit]- Alex Douglas at Soccerway
- Alex Douglas at National-Football-Teams.com
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Stockholm
- Swedish men's footballers
- Sweden men's international footballers
- Swedish people of Ghanaian descent
- Men's association football defenders
- Tercera División players
- Allsvenskan players
- Superettan players
- Ettan Fotboll players
- Ekstraklasa players
- CD San Roque de Lepe footballers
- FC Stockholm players
- Hammarby Talang FF players
- Västerås SK Fotboll players
- IFK Eskilstuna players
- Lech Poznań players
- Swedish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- 21st-century Swedish sportsmen