Johan Dahlin

FC Lyn

Dahlin was born in Trollhättan. He began his senior career at Åsebro IF in 2004. After one season with the Division 3 side, he was invited to Oslo, Norway, to train with Lyn and was subsequently signed until the end of the 2009 season.^{[citation needed]}

In 2005, Dahlin was third-choice keeper behind Ali Al-Habsi and Nuno Marques. With both Al-Habsi and Marques gone after the season, and having made a good impression during the winter months, Dahlin became manager Henning Berg's preferred choice in goal, ahead of newcomer Eddie Gustafsson.^{[citation needed]} He made thirteen appearances in the first half of the 2006 season. His debut came against Start in the league opener on 9 April, a game that ended in a goalless draw.^{[citation needed]} After the summer, the roles were reversed and Dahlin received little playing time, only making one more appearance when he came on a substitute for an injured Gustafsson.^{[citation needed]} For his performance in 2006, Dahlin received his first call-ups to the Swedish under-21 team, making six appearances in total that year.^{[citation needed]}

In 2007, Dahlin acted mainly as a backup for Eddie Gustafsson, making only four appearances all season, and it became clear that Gustafsson would also be the first choice in goal in 2008.^{[citation needed]} Therefore, in a bid to receive playing time at a high level, Dahlin agreed to a loan deal with Swedish side Trelleborgs FF.^{[citation needed]} He returned to Lyn in August 2008, having made fourteen appearances in the Allsvenskan.^{[citation needed]}

Malmö FF

On 8 July 2009, Dahlin was announced as a Malmö FF player.^{[citation needed]} He instantly became first choice as goalkeeper and played for a majority of the games of the later season, 2009.^{[citation needed]} However, it emerged that Dahlin had chronic back pains which made him unable to play in a couple of games.^{[citation needed]} These problems continued during the 2010 season but as Dahlin himself and club doctors worked hard to minimize the pain he was able to play all games except one and a half.^{[citation needed]} For the 2010 title-winning season he kept a clean sheet for 15 games.^{[citation needed]}

Dahlin's injury problems continued into the 2011 season, and he missed the majority of Malmö's campaign, but returned to play in 12 league matches, and featured in the group stage of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League. On 13 June 2012, Dahlin signed a new two-year contract until the end of the 2014 season. In the 2012 season Dahlin wasn't as affected by his back injury as in the previous season and played 29 out of 30 matches for Malmö FF, he missed one match due to racking up three yellow cards.^{[citation needed]}

During the title-winning 2013 season, Dahlin played 22 matches out of 30. He missed some matches due to injury and was briefly replaced as first-choice goalkeeper by Robin Olsen after some solid performances by the latter. Dahlin kept seven clean sheets during the season. He also played all six matches for the club during its title-winning run in the qualifying stages of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League. His performance throughout the season earned him a nomination for the goalkeeping first-choice award.

Gençlerbirliği

On 23 December 2013, Malmö FF confirmed Dahlin’s transfer to Süper Lig club Gençlerbirliği on a contract lasting until 2017. The move was finalised on 7 January when the Turkish transfer window opened.

Club

As of 20 July 2026

International

As of 5 March 2014