Helsingborg. Blågult has secured a new goalkeeper for the national team.
Leopold Walstedt, 23.
The term “hidden” is justified.
– I don’t know who he is, says national teammate Martin Olson, 34.
The Swedish Football Association announced, on Sunday afternoon, the recall of Swedish goalkeeper Leopold Walstedt for the Swedish national team and the upcoming Nations League matches due to Andreas Lindy He is petty.
Leopold… know?
The 23-year-old, whose parent club was AIK, has taken a winding road to Blågult and has largely managed to stay under the radar of the well-known media.
across the bottom string
Sportbladet asked both national team players Martin Olsson, but in the current team, and Oscar Lewickiearlier, about Wahlstedt.
All of the MFFs shook their heads.
The site below was also forced to search for the name on google.
– No, I don’t know who he is, says Olson.
– It’s fun when someone new comes along. He should be very happy with that. severely! The left-back, who played 55 international matches, continues.
Wahlstedt left AIK and went to FC Djursholm, where in 2017, when he was 18 years old, he played in U19 Allsvenskan and sat on the bench in team A – in the fourth division.
In 2018, Leopold Walsted was recruited to the Allsvenskan Dalkurd, played in a cup match and made an international appearance for Sweden’s U18 team when the trip went to Norway and Arendal in the second division (third league).
Prior to 2021, he was recruited by Elitserielaget Odd, where he was on the reserve team during the spring before getting a chance on the A-team in the Norwegian Premier League last fall.
A year later, the 23-year-old became a national team player after keeping six clean sheets in a league match with the seventh Norwegian table.
chased by the biggest clubs
According to previous media reports, there are also many continental clubs interested in the goalkeeper with a strange rocket career.
Oscar Lewicki, 30, who has been in charge of 15 national games:
– I haven’t heard of him. Usually in the media you are very quick to respond if someone is doing well. If you do well in the Norwegian league, you will also become interesting. Fun, says the MFF midfielder.
Leopold Walstedt himself tells SvFF about the selection:
It is a great honor to be called up to the men’s team. It has always been my dream to represent Sweden. I look forward to meeting everyone and hope to contribute my strengths during this gathering.
Sweden plays Serbia (B, Saturday) and Slovenia (H, Tuesday 27 September) in the Nations League.