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My Take
Ahlstrand is the kind of young midfielder I quietly root for. Born in 2001 in Halmstad, he has already crossed three football cultures, from Halmstads BK to St. Pauli to a loan spell at Heracles Almelo in the Netherlands. That nomadic apprenticeship tends to forge players who read the game rather than just run it. At 182 cm he is not a destroyer but, I suspect, a tempo-setter, the sort of Scandinavian footballer who looks calm right up until he steps decisively into space. He is still very much unfinished, and that is exactly why he is worth watching closely.
Overview
Erik Melker Ahlstrand (born 14 October 2001) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dutch Eerste Divisie club Heracles Almelo on loan from German club St. Pauli. He previously played for Halmstads BK.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Erik Ahlstrand
- Name (Japanese)
- エリク・アールストランド
- Reading
- えりく・あーるすとらんど
- Born
- October 14, 2001 (age 24)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Snake
- Origin
- Halmstad, Halland County, Sweden
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 182 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Sweden →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.