Personal Statement
I am a very passionate goalkeeper and started playing soccer at the age of 5. Presently, I am playing in one of the best U-19 Division 1 teams in Sweden – we won the National Swedish Championship in November 2023. I am also enrolled in the National Soccer Programme focused on development of young players to become professional soccer players.
As a goalkeeper, I am mentally very focused, stable, quick on decision, physically agile and one of by many strengths is distribution of play. I am a strong team player and provides leadership to the team’s defence.
Academically, I have always been interested in schoolwork. I have maintained good results throughout high school, studying Economics, despite the National Soccer programme being very intense. I have yet to decide my future academic focus, but coming from a family of many university teachers, I know the tremendous value of a good education. Areas of interests are business & administration and political science, but I am open to other fields.
I see colleagues’ studies in the US as a great opportunity. Being fluent in Swedish, Spanish, and English having lived abroad in Latin America in my childhood, combining soccer and academic studies in the U.S. would provide the perfect combination. In Sweden, I would have to pick sports or academics.
STATS EMIL HOLMBERG
Bornin April 2005 (18)
Height 183 cm/6 Feet
Weight 71 kg/157Pounds
High Schoolgraduation from Kungsgård High School, Norrköping in June 2024
GPA 3,4
Fluent in Swedish,English, and Spanish
-Plays in IFK Norrköping Academy – a club with 125 years of experience - in thehighest league. The IFK Norrköping Academy is ranked as the 5th best in Swedenby the National Football Associationhttps://unicoach.se/2024/01/2023-ars-resultat-av-certifieringen-av-klubbarnas-akademiverksamheter-hela-listan/
-Plays in the 2024 U-19 “Allsvenskan”. Top U-19 division in Sweden. Trains with the Senior Team- Until Mid May 7/8 games with 80% save ration and 1 clean sheet. GAA 1,8.
-Plays in the 2023 U-19 “Allsvenskan”. Top U-19 division in Sweden. Trains with the Senior Team- U-19 National League Gold, 2023. Least conceded goals in theseries. 27% of the games without conceded goal - clean sheet. GAA 1,2
-U-19 bronze in the Scandinavians Masters in December, 2023 playing with the best teams in Northern Europe. Marbella, Spain.
-U-17 National League U-17 "Allsvenskan Södra" with place. 19% of the games without conceded goal - clean sheet. GAA 1,7
U-16 National League Silver, 2021. Least conceded goals in the final series and“player of the match” in the finals. 27% of the games without conceded goal - clean sheet. GAA 1,3
Played in the Scandinavians Masters in 2021 with the best teams in Northern Europe up to the quarter finals.
