Playing position 0000–2010 Hägerstens SK Height 1.85 m Parents Martin Lidberg Position Forward | Number 27 Weight 82 kg Current team Hammarby Fotboll | |
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Full name Isac Alexi Sivert Lidberg Date of birth (1998-09-08) 8 September 1998 (age 18) Similar Dusan Jajic, Martin Lidberg, Jimmy Lidberg | ||
Isac Alexi Sivert Lidberg (born 8 September 1998) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Hammarby IF, as a forward.
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He is son to wrestler Martin Lidberg.
Personal life
Isac grew up mainly in Stockholm and is the second born child to Swedish reality television star and wrestling world champion Martin Lidberg. He practiced wrestling as well for several years and was a big talent, but quit to focus on his football instead. Lidberg dreams of playing for Bayern Munich one day and his idol footballer is the German striker Mario Gomez.
Hammarby IF
Lidberg started out his football career with local side Hägerstens SK, but moved to Hammarby Sjöstad and began to play for Hammarby IF as an eleven-year-old. Advancing through the youth teams, Lidberg played his first game for Hammarby's under 21-team against GIF Sundsvall 2014 as a substitute, and scored a 2–1 goal within a minute. In March 2015, Hammarby offered him a 3-year-long senior contract, which he signed.
The senior debut came already the same year in Allsvenskan, when Isac Lidberg got substituted with Linus Hallenius in a game against Falkenbergs FF on July 13. The 16-year-old Lidberg became the youngest player ever representing Hammarby in Allsvenskan. He played his second game in Allsvenskan on the last game day of the 2015 season in Hammarby's 2–1 lost away against Halmstads BK.
Lidberg made another five appearances in Allsvenskan for the club during the 2016 season.
Loan to Enskede IK
On 8 April 2016 it was announced that Lidberg was going to be on loan to newly promoted Division 1 club Enskede IK for the whole season. With Enskede being Hammarby's partner club, an agreement was made that the player was allowed to represent both clubs during the loan period.
In his first start for the club, he scored two goals in Enskede's 3–1 win against Piteå IF on May 1. Lidberg would later move on to make another 14 appearances for the side during the season, scoring 6 goals in the league play.
International career
Isac Lidberg played 14 games for Sweden U17, in which he scored nine goals, between 2014 and 2015.
As of the end of 2016, he has won 11 caps for Sweden U19 and scored 10 goals in total.
Style of play
He describe himself as a "powerful forward that can score on anything", which is something manager Nanne Bergstrand agree upon, stating that he's strong for his age due to training from an early age. Hammarby's sport director Mats Jingblad added that Lidberg is a modern forward that often make runs behind the defenders.