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Alex Douglas (footballer, born 2001)

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Alex Douglas
Alex Douglas with Lech Poznań in 2024
Personal information
Full name Alex Raymond Douglas
Date of birth (2001-08-17) 17 August 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden[1]
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Lech Poznań
Number 3
Youth career
2014–2016 IF Brommapojkarna
2016–2019 Hammarby
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 San Roque de Lepe 2 (0)
2020–2021 FC Stockholm 10 (0)
2021–2022 Hammarby TFF 20 (0)
2022–2024 Västerås SK 61 (0)
2022 → IFK Eskilstuna (loan) 3 (0)
2024– Lech Poznań 11 (0)
International career‡
2024– Sweden 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:45, 11 October 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:35, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Alex Raymond Douglas (born 17 August 2001) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań and the Sweden national team.

Career

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Douglas is a youth product of IF Brommapojkarna, and finished his development with Hammarby's youth academy at the age of 14. On 6 August 2019, he moved to the Spanish club San Roque de Lepe in the Tercera División.[2] On 2 April 2020, he returned to Sweden with Stockholm in the Ettan division. The following season, he moved to Hammarby Talang FF, where he made 20 appearances.[3] On 22 March 2022, he moved to Västerås SK in the Superettan on a 3-year contract.[4] He spent his first season in 2022 on loan with IFK Eskilstuna, but returned in his second season to Västerås and helped them win the 2023 Superettan and earned promotion to the Allsvenskan.[5]

On 10 July 2024, Douglas moved to the Polish Ekstraklasa club Lech Poznań.[6]

International career

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Douglas was born in Sweden to a Ghanaian father and Swedish mother.[7] He was called up to the senior Sweden national team for a set of UEFA Nations League matches in September 2024.[8] He made his international debut in the starting line-up for a 1–3 away win over Azerbaijan on 5 September 2024.[9]

Career statistics

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International

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As of match played 14 October 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden
2024 4 0
Total 4 0

Honours

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Västerås SK

References

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  1. ^ "First team - Alex Douglas". www.lechpoznan.pl.
  2. ^ Huelva, Diario de (6 August 2019). "El San Roque se hace más sueco con Alex Douglas". Diario de Huelva.
  3. ^ "Alex Douglas är klar för FC Stockholm! | FC Stockholm". web.archive.org. 17 January 2021.
  4. ^ Tengström, Anders (22 March 2022). "Klart: Alex Douglas ansluter till VSK".
  5. ^ Asafo, Obed (22 December 2023). "Ghanaian defender Alex Douglas eyes success with Västerås sk ahead of new season in the Swedish Allsvenskan".
  6. ^ "Officiellt: Alex Douglas flyttar till Lech Poznan". fotbolltransfers.com.
  7. ^ Asafo, Obed (22 December 2023). "Sweden based Ghanaian defender Alex Douglas eyes Black Stars call up".
  8. ^ "Jätteskrällen i svenska truppen: Alex Douglas får debutera". www.aftonbladet.se. 28 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Douglas z debiutem w kadrze" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
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