Johnny Ekström

**Johnny Ekström** (born 5 March 1965) is a former Swedish footballer. He is most known for his time at IFK Göteborg.

He became both a Swedish and German champion, with Bayern Munich and IFK Göteborg. He was also a fan-favorite at Italian team Empoli F.C. There he received the Italian nickname of "Il Ciclone" (The Cyclone) because of his quickness while dribbling the ball.

Ekström also played for the Sweden national team and took part in the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

His nicknames in Sweden include "Kallebäcks-Expressen" (the express train from Kallebäck) and "Johnny Bråttom" (Johnny in a Hurry), named after his speed. He played for IFK Göteborg when he was a child, and made his way to the senior squad quickly. He went back to IFK Göteborg years later.

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="10"|Sweden|1986|8|6|
|1987|8|2|||
|1988|5|1|||
|1989|7|1|||
|1990|6|1|||
|1991|0|0|||
|1992|9|0|||
|1993|3|1|||
|1994|0|0|||
|1995|1|1|||

- _Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ekström goal_.
|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|6 August 1986|Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland||align="center"|2–0|align="center"|3–1|Friendly|||||||
|align="center"|2|10 September 1986|Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|1–0|Friendly|||||||
|align="center"|3|rowspan="2"|24 September 1986|rowspan="2"|Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden|rowspan="2"||align="center"|1–0|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–0|rowspan="2"|UEFA Euro 1988 qualifier|rowspan="2"||
|align="center"|4|align="center"|2–0|||||||||||||
|align="center"|5|rowspan="2"|16 November 1986|rowspan="2"|Ta´Qali Stadion, Ta´Qali, Malta|rowspan="2"||align="center"|4–0|rowspan="2" align="center"|5–0|rowspan="2"|UEFA Euro 1988 qualifier|rowspan="2"||
|align="center"|6|align="center"|5–0|||||||||||||
|align="center"|7|24 May 1987|Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|1–0|UEFA Euro 1988 qualifier|||||||
|align="center"|8|17 June 1987|Stade Olympique, Lausanne, Switzerland||align="center"|1–1|align="center"|1–1|UEFA Euro 1988 qualifier|||||||
|align="center"|9|5 November 1988|Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania||align="center"|2–1|align="center"|2–1|1990 FIFA World Cup qualifier|||||||
|align="center"|10|25 October 1989|Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland||align="center"|2–0|align="center"|2–0|1990 FIFA World Cup qualifier|||||||
|align="center"|11|20 June 1990|Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa, Italy||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|1–2|1990 FIFA World Cup|||||||
|align="center"|12|15 April 1993|Nepstadion, Budapest, Hungary||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|2–0|Friendly|||||||
|align="center"|13|8 March 1995|Tsirion Athletic Centre, Limassol, Cyprus||align="center"|2–1|align="center"|3–3|Friendly|||||||

## Honours

**IFK Göteborg**
- Allsvenskan: 1984, 1991, 1993
- Svenska Cupen: 1991
- UEFA Cup: 1986–87

**Bayern München**
- Bundesliga: 1988–89

**Individual**
- Allsvenskan top scorer: 1986
- Stor Grabb: 1988
- Årets ärkeängel: 1992

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Johnny Ekström
- **full name**: Johnny Douglas Ekström
- **height**: 1.88 m
- **birth place**: Kallebäck, Sweden
- **position**: Forward (association football), Striker, winger (association football), winger
- **youthyears1**: –1983
- **youthclubs1**: IFK Göteborg
- **years1**: 1983–1986
- **clubs1**: IFK Göteborg
- **caps1**: 42
- **goals1**: 18
- **years2**: 1986–1988
- **clubs2**: Empoli F.C., Empoli
- **caps2**: 53
- **goals2**: 8
- **years3**: 1988–1989
- **clubs3**: FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich
- **caps3**: 23
- **goals3**: 7
- **years4**: 1989–1991
- **clubs4**: AS Cannes, Cannes
- **caps4**: 32
- **goals4**: 4
- **years5**: 1991–1993
- **clubs5**: IFK Göteborg
- **caps5**: 22
- **goals5**: 8
- **years6**: 1993–1994
- **clubs6**: A.C. Reggiana 1919, Reggiana
- **caps6**: 9
- **goals6**: 1
- **years7**: 1994
- **clubs7**: → Real Betis (loan)
- **caps7**: 7
- **goals7**: 2
- **years8**: 1994–1995
- **clubs8**: Dynamo Dresden
- **caps8**: 30
- **goals8**: 7
- **years9**: 1995–1997
- **clubs9**: Eintracht Frankfurt
- **caps9**: 34
- **goals9**: 7
- **years10**: 1997–1998
- **clubs10**: IFK Göteborg
- **caps10**: 19
- **goals10**: 3
- **totalcaps**: 289
- **totalgoals**: 78
- **nationalyears1**: 1984–1986
- **nationalteam1**: Sweden national under-21 football team, Sweden U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 12
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalyears2**: 1986–1995
- **nationalteam2**: Sweden men's national football team, Sweden
- **nationalcaps2**: 47
- **nationalgoals2**: 13