Johan Arneng

Bo Johan Peter Arneng (born 14 June 1979) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He won two Allsvenskan titles, two Svenska Cupen titles, and two Norwegian Football Cup titles during a career that spanned between 1999 and 2014. A full international between 2004 and 2005, he won two caps for the Sweden national team.

Johan Arneng
Johan Arneng playing for Syrianska
Personal information
Full name Bo Johan Peter Arneng
Date of birth (1979-06-14) 14 June 1979
Place of birth Uddevalla, Sweden
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Svane IF
0000–1995 IFK Sunne
1995–1998 Degerfors IF
1998–1999 Empoli FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2001 Raufoss IL 59 (21)
2002 Vålerenga 29 (4)
2003–2007 Djurgårdens IF 113 (9)
2008–2011 Aalesund 73 (4)
2011–2012 Syrianska 41 (0)
2013–2014 IK Sirius 50 (5)
Total 365 (43)
International career‡
1997 Sweden U19 3 (0)
2004–2005 Sweden 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 November 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 December 2007

Club career
Arneng while playing for Djurgårdens IF.

After a spell with the Empoli FC's youth organization, Arneng began his senior career with Raufoss IL in the Norwegian Second Division.[1] He signed with Vålerenga in 2002, and helped the team win the 2002 Norwegian Football Cup.[2] After only one season in the Norwegian Premier Division, Arneng signed with Allsvenskan side Djurgårdens IF in 2003.[3] While with Djurgårdens IF, he would go on and win the 2003 and 2005 Allsvenskan titles, as well as the 2004 and 2005 Svenska Cupen titles.[4][3] In 2008, he left Sweden to yet again play in Norway, this time for Aalesund with which he ended up winning the 2009 Norwegian Football Cup.[5] After three years in Norway, Arneng rounded off his career with stints with Syrianska and IK Sirius before retiring in 2014.[6][7]

International career

Arneng featured three times for the Sweden U19 team in 1997.[8] He made his full international debut for the Sweden national team on 22 January 2004, playing for 90 minutes in a friendly 0–3 loss against Norway.[9] He won his second and final cap on 17 August 2005, replacing Henrik Larsson in the 84th minute of a friendly 2–1 win against the Czech Republic.[10]

Career statistics

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year[8]
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 2004 1 0
2005 1 0
Total 2 0

Honours

Vålerenga

Djurgårdens IF[11]

Aalesund

  • Norwegian Football Cup: 2009

Individual

References
  1. "Johan Arneng Facts". guardian.touch-line.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-26. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
  2. Berndt Rosqvist (2003-02-11). "Johan Arneng till Djurgården". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
  3. "Arneng klar för Ålesund". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  4. Gänger, Hasse (2007). Djurgårdens IF Fotboll 1899-2006 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. p. 79. ISBN 978-91-633-0992-2.
  5. "Ålesund vann norska cupen - Arneng hjälte". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  6. "Här är Arnengs nya klubb - lämnar Syrianska". fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  7. "Tvingas lämna Dif: "Jag hade gärna suttit kvar"". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  8. "Johan Arneng - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  9. "Sverige - Norge - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.sehttps (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  10. "Sverige - Tjeckien - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.sehttps (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  11. "Förteckning över samtliga SM-guld för Djurgårdens IF på seniornivå genom tiderna" (PDF). difarkivet.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2010.
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