Filip Helander

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This article is about the Swedish footballer. For the Hungarian footballer, see Filip Holender.

Filip Helander
File:UEFA EURO qualifiers Sweden vs Romaina 20190323 Filip Helander 14 (cropped).jpg
Helander with Sweden in 2019
Personal information
Full name Filip Viktor Helander[1]
Date of birth (1993-04-22) 22 April 1993 (age 33)
Place of birth Malmö, Sweden
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 BK Häcken
Number 22
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)
2024–2025 Omonia 13 (2)
2025 → BK Häcken (loan) 7 (1)
2025– BK Häcken 0 (0)
International career‡
2010 Sweden U17 2 (0)
2011–2012 Sweden U19 2 (0)
2012–2015 Sweden U21 19 (0)
2017–2023 Sweden 23 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2015
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 November 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:42, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Filip Viktor Helander (born 22 April 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for BK Häcken.

Club career

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Malmö

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Helander made his Allsvenskan debut in a match against Syrianska on 17 October 2011.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] For his performances in the league Helander was nominated for the award of Allsvenskan defender of the year.[6] He was also nominated for Swedish defender of the year at Fotbollsgalan.[7]

Hellas Verona

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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]

Bologna

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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.[8] On 12 June 2017, Helander joined Bologna on a definitive basis.[9]

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.

Rangers

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Helander was announced as a new signing for Rangers in the Scottish Premiership on 13 July 2019.[10] Helander's cost was £3.5 million.[11][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.[12]

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.[13]

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.[14] 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.[15]

Rangers confirmed on 23 May 2023 that Helander would leave the club at the end of the 2022–23 season.[16]

OB

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On 31 August 2023, Helander joined Danish Superliga side OB on a one-year deal.[17] Made his debut in a 3-0 defeat to Silkeborg IF on 18 September 2023.

He left OB at the end of the season.[18]

AC Omonia

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On 4 July 2024 his signing by cypriot club AC Omonia was announced.

International career

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Helander was called up to the senior Sweden squad to face Moldova in October 2015.[19]

He was part of Sweden's squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[20]

In May 2021, he was named in Sweden's squad for the postponed UEFA Euro 2020 tournament.[21]

Career statistics

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File:UEFA EURO qualifiers Sweden vs Romania 20190323 Filip Helander 13.jpg
Helander in 2019

Club

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As of 17 April 2022[22]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

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As of match played on 19 November 2023[23]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
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

Honours

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Malmö FF

Rangers

Sweden U21

Individual

References

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  17. ^ Filip Helander er ny forsvarsspiller på Fyn, ob.dk, 31 August 2023
  18. ^ OB-legende lægger støvlerne på hylden, tv2fyn.dk, 18 June 2024
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