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Emil Krafth
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Swedish association football player
OverviewAI-generated
Emil Henry Kristoffer Krafth is a Swedish association football player born on August 2, 1994, in Ljungby. He plays as a defender, specifically as a right-back, and wears the number 17 shirt. Krafth represents Sweden in international competition and has participated in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
His club career includes stints with Helsingborgs IF, Östers IF, Bologna F.C. 1909, and Newcastle United. He also played for the Sweden national under-17 football team. Krafth began his professional work period in 2011 and speaks Swedish.
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Key facts
- 2010
- Lagans AIK
- 2011
- Östers IF
- 2014
- Sweden
- 2019
- Newcastle United
- Full name
- Emil Henry Kristoffer Krafth
- Date of birth
- ( 1994-08-02 ) 2 August 1994 (age 31)
- Place of birth
- Ljungby , Sweden
- Height
- 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
- Position
- Right-back
- Current team
- Newcastle United
- Years
- Team
- 2012 2015
- Helsingborgs IF
- 2015 2019
- Bologna
- 2018 2019
- → Amiens (loan)
- 2012 2013
- Sweden U19
- 2012 2016
- Sweden U21
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Newcastle United
- Position
- Right-Back
- Nationality
- Sweden
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kristoffer
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Ljungby
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Participant in
- 2018 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Newcastle United F.C.
- Position played
- defender
- Country for sport
- Sweden
- Mass
- 79
- Image
- Emil Krafth (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 181
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- date of birth
- 1994-08-02
- sport number
- 17
- birth name
- Emil Henry Kristoffer Krafth
- Commons category
- Emil Krafth
- start of work period
- 2011-00-00
- name in native language
- Emil Krafth
- social media followers
- 3294
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Emil Henry Kristoffer Krafth ( Swedish: [ˈeː.mɪl ˈkrɑːft]; born 2 August 1994) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Premier League club Newcastle United and the Sweden national team.
Developed at Lagan, Krafth had played for Öster, Helsingborg and Bologna, before joining Newcastle United in 2019. He also had a loan spell at Amiens.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Emil Krafth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.