Johan Wiland

Johan Kristoffer Sellberg-Wiland (born 24 January 1981) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

In 1997, Wiland joined the club's youth system.

Starting off his career in Sweden with IF Elfsborg in the early 2000s, he went on to represent F.C. Copenhagen and Malmö FF before retiring at Hammarby IF in 2019.

Wiland made his senior debut for Elfsborg in an away game against Halmstad BK on 4 May 2000, and was denied the clean sheet from a 91st-minute penalty kick.

Throughout the rest of the season, the 19-year old Wiland rotated with the far more experienced Anders Bogsjö as Elfsborg's first choice.

During the upcoming season, Wiland established himself as the starting goalkeeper at Elfsborg.

On 25 May 2001, he started in the final of the Svenska Cupen against AIK.

The game ended 1–1 after full-time and overtime, but Elfsborg won 9–10 on penalties.

On 9 August the same year, Wiland made his continental debut in a UEFA Cup qualifying fixture against the Estonian side Narva Trans.

Elfsborg won the game 1–3.

Except from missing a few games due to suspensions, Wiland played all of Elfsborg's competitive games in Allsvenskan between 2002 and 2004.

The club finished in the lower regions of the table during all three of the campaigns.

In 2003, Elfsborg won the Svenska Cupen again, beating Assyriska FF in the final on 1 November.

Johan Wiland kept a clean sheet as Lasse Nilsson scored a brace, deciding the result to 2–0 at Råsunda Stadium.

Elfsborg participated in the 2004–05 UEFA Cup, where the club eventually lost in the first round against the Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb.

Wiland kept a clean sheet in the home leg, 0–0, but Elfsborg lost 2–0 in the away fixture and got knocked out of the tournament.

In 2005, Wiland missed the more part of the season due to a fracture in the forearm, and only played 11 games in Allsvenskan.

The club's best season in its history came in 2006, when they won Allsvenskan.

Wiland started in all 26 matches throughout the campaign, conceded 19 goals (least in the league) and kept 12 clean sheets.

A full international between 2007 and 2013, he won nine caps for the Sweden national team and was a part of their UEFA Euro 2008 and 2012 squads.

Johan Wiland was born in Borås, but grew up in the locality of Viskafors.

He started playing football at a young age at the local club Rydboholms SK.

Simultaneously, he played ice hockey in his early teens.

He made his debut in Rydboholms senior team at age 16, in the Swedish seventh level, and got scouted by the goalkeeping coach of local club IF Elfsborg.

As reigning Swedish champions, Elfsborg participated in the qualification to the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League.

The club got knocked out in the third qualifying round against Valencia CF on 29 August 2007, 1–5 on aggregate, as the Spanish side became the first visiting team to win at Borås Arena in eight months.

Subsequently, Elfsborg competed in the 2007–08 UEFA Cup where they got knocked out in the group stage.

Wiland appeared in all of the six fixtures.

In 2008, Wiland set a new league record when he kept 19 clean sheets in one season.

Elfsborg eventually finished 2nd in the league and Wiland attracted much interest from clubs abroad.

During the fall of 2008, he turned down a move to the Premier League side Tottenham.

He was reportedly sought out as a back-up to Heurelho Gomes, but Wiland wanted to play more regularly.

At the end of the year, Wiland was prized as the Swedish Goalkeeper of the Year at the annual Fotbollsgalan, hosted by the Swedish Football Association.

In January 2009, Wiland moved to F.C. Copenhagen in the Danish Superliga.

He signed a five-year deal with the club, and a fee of 8 million Danish kroner (approximately £1 million) was suggested.

At first, Wiland struggled to get playing time, acting as a back-up to Danish international Jesper Christiansen during the whole spring of 2009.

During the next season, in 2009–10, Wiland established himself as the first choice goalkeeper at Copenhagen.

In 2010, Wiland won a number of honours including Goalkeeper of the Year in Denmark and Swedish Goalkeeper of the Year (for the second time in his career).

During the campaign, Wiland was also named in the UEFA Champions League "Team of the week".

The following season, in 2011–12, he recorded the second most clean sheets in the league.