Ivo Pękalski

Ivo Pękalski

Pękalski playing for Malmö FF in 2010.
Personal information
Full name Ivo Dominik Pękalski
Date of birth (1990-11-03) 3 November 1990
Place of birth Lund, Sweden
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Halmstads BK
Number 4
Youth career
0000–2001 Linero IF
2001–2005 Lunds BK
2005–2007 Landskrona BoIS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Landskrona BoIS 56 (3)
2009–2013 Malmö FF 65 (4)
2014–2015 BK Häcken 30 (0)
2016– Halmstads BK 8 (0)
National team
2005–2007 Sweden U17 15 (2)
2008–2009 Sweden U19 7 (0)
2010–2011 Sweden U21 6 (0)
2013 Sweden 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 August 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 January 2013

Ivo Dominik Pękalski (Polish pronunciation: [pɛŋˈkalski] born 3 November 1990 in Lund) is a Swedish footballer of Polish descent who currently plays for Halmstads BK as a midfielder.[1]

Career

Club career

Early career

Pękalski began his career with Linero IF and has also played for Lunds BK, after few years with the club he was bought by Landskrona BoIS.[2] On 27 July 2009 Pękalski was transferred from Landskrona BoIS to Malmö FF.[3]

Malmö FF

After only playing for the reserve team during his first year at the club he clinched a permanent spot in the starting eleven for the 2010 season. Together with Wílton Figueiredo he formed a very strong central midfield in 2010 and that was one of the major reasons why Malmö FF won the title. Consistent injury problems made Pękalski miss some matches for the 2011 season and he eventually decided to rest at the end of the season and focus on recovering fully for the 2012 season. Pękalski continued to struggle with his injury problems during the 2012 season but nevertheless played 21 matches and scored one goal for Mamö FF. Having played only one league match due to injuries as well as being discontent with the club's rehab procedures, Pękalski left the club after the 2013 season.[1]

International career

Pękalski was selected for the annual training camp for the Sweden national team in January 2011, but withdrew due to minor injury problems. He was also selected for the same camp in 2012, but also this time he missed out due to injury problems. The squad selection for the camp traditionally feature the best Swedish players in domestic and other Scandinavian leagues.[4] Pękalski was selected for the third time in 2013 and was finally able to accept the invitation after an injury-ridden season. He made his début for the national team in the 2013 King's Cup on 23 January 2013 against North Korea when he was subbed on in the second half. Pękalski played from the start in the following fixture against Finland on 26 January in the same tournament.

Personal life

Pękalski's parents are from Rzeszów, Poland.[5] His father, Roman Pękalski, coached him until he was 14.[5] He has a brother, Phillip, 12 years younger.[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 April 2013.[6]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Landskrona BoIS 2007 262262
2008 180180
2009 121121
Total 563563
Malmö FF 2009 000000
2010 24120261
2011 19200100292
2012 21100211
2013 10310041
Total 65451100805
BK Häcken 2014 000000
Total 00000000
Career total 1217511001368

International

As of 26 January 2013.[6]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden 201320
Total20

Honours

Club

Malmö FF

Individual

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 "Ivo Pekalski lämnar MFF" (in Swedish). mff.se. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  2. Ivo Pękalski - Landskrona BoIS - Player stats
  3. Ivo Pekalski klar för Malmö FF
  4. "Landslaget blir himmelsblågult: "Vi är stolta"" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 Dobosz, Marcin (13 August 2011). "Polski piłkarz odkryciem roku w Szwecji. Weźmie go Smuda?". Przegląd Sportowy. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  6. 1 2 "Ivo Pękalski". soccerway.com (in Swedish). Soccerway. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
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