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Samuel Gustafson

Samuel Gustafson

Midfield - Defensive Midfield  at Urawa Red Diamonds
Age31
CitizenshipSweden
Height1.87 m
Footright
BornJanuary 11, 1995
at Urawa Red Diamonds 866 days · joined 2024-01-09
👕200+ Apps
Market value €2.30m
Defensive Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

9
clubs played for
12/13
debut season
0.1
goals / match
BK Häcken
top club · 165 apps

Position rank · 23/24

#1046
goals rank
#524
assists rank
39
season goals
41
season assists

Among 1,537 Midfield - Defensive Midfields · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€3.00m
peak value · 2023
€900k
top transfer fee · 19/20
10
best season · 2014
20 / 2
int'l caps / goals
383Appearances
39Goals
41Assists
54Yellow cards
1Red cards
154Full matches (90′)
Full nameSamuel Gustafson
Date of birth1995-01-11 (31 yrs)
Place of birthMölndal, Sweden
CitizenshipSweden
PositionMidfield - Defensive Midfield (main: Midfield)
Footright
Height187.00 m
Current clubUrawa Red Diamonds
Joined2024-01-09
Contract expires2025-12-31
AgentGlobal Soccer ...
Jul 2025
2025 — Urawa Red Diamonds
27 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2024
2024 — Urawa Red Diamonds
29 matches · 2 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Jun 2024
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jan 2024
Transfer: Häcken → Urawa Reds
23/24 · Transfer · €750k
Jul 2023
2023 — BK Häcken
29 matches · 1 G · 8 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2023
23/24 — BK Häcken
14 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2022
2022 — BK Häcken
28 matches · 1 G · 4 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2022
22/23 — BK Häcken
6 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Aug 2021
Injury: unknown
20 games missed
Jul 2021
Transfer: Cremonese → Häcken
21/22 · Transfer
Jul 2021
2021 — BK Häcken
4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2020
20/21 — US Cremonese
35 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Sep 2019
Transfer: Torino → Cremonese
19/20 · Transfer · €900k
Jul 2019
19/20 — US Cremonese
19 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Jun 2019
Transfer: Hellas Verona → Torino
18/19 · Return from loan
Jul 2018
Transfer: Torino → Hellas Verona
18/19 · Loan
Jul 2018
18/19 — Hellas Verona
33 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Jun 2018
Transfer: Perugia → Torino
17/18 · Return from loan
Jan 2018
Transfer: Torino → Perugia
17/18 · Loan
Dec 2017
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2017
17/18 — Torino FC, AC Perugia Calcio
26 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Aug 2016
Transfer: Häcken → Torino
16/17 · Transfer · €600k
Jul 2016
16/17 — BK Häcken, Torino FC, Torino Primavera
10 matches · 0 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2016
2016 — BK Häcken
17 matches · 3 G · 7 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2015
15/16 — BK Häcken
6 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2015
2015 — BK Häcken
27 matches · 5 G · 4 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2014
2014 — BK Häcken, BK Häcken U21
35 matches · 10 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions
Jan 2014
Transfer: BK Häcken U19 → Häcken
13/14 · Transfer
Jul 2013
13/14 — BK Häcken
6 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2013
2013 — BK Häcken, BK Häcken U19, BK Häcken U21
29 matches · 8 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jan 2013
Transfer: Fässbergs IF → BK Häcken U19
12/13 · Transfer
Jul 2012
12/13 — BK Häcken
3 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €3.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 1270 other Midfield - Defensive Midfields with ≥500 minutes in 23/24. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals1 total · 0.25/90
70
Assists2 total · 0.50/90
95
G+A3 total · 0.75/90
90
Yellow cards3 total · 0.75/90
16
13,874 min
Minutes played by club
BK Häcken 55.1%
Urawa Red Diamonds 13.5%
BK Häcken U21 5.2%
BK Häcken U19 1.0%
US Cremonese 0.0%
Hellas Verona 15.1%
Torino FC 0.0%
AC Perugia Calcio 10.1%
Torino Primavera 0.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
BK Häcken 13 12/13 23/24 165 18 27 7,641
Urawa Red Diamonds 2 2024 2025 56 4 3 1,869
BK Häcken U21 2 2013 2014 33 10 1 720
BK Häcken U19 1 2013 2013 8 5 0 144
US Cremonese 2 19/20 20/21 54 0 2 0
Hellas Verona 1 18/19 18/19 33 1 2 2,097
Torino FC 2 16/17 17/18 11 0 1 0
AC Perugia Calcio 1 17/18 17/18 21 1 2 1,403
Torino Primavera 1 16/17 16/17 2 0 3 0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

3€750K7€1.5M10€2.3M13€3M12/13 — 2 goals (BK Häcken)212/1313/14 — 1 goals (BK Häcken)113/1415/1616/17 — 4 assists416/1717/18 — 1 goals (AC Perugia Calcio)17/18 — 2 assists317/1818/19 — 1 goals (Hellas Verona)18/19 — 2 assists318/1919/20 — 2 assists219/2020/212013 — 8 goals (BK Häcken U21)820132014 — 10 goals (BK Häcken)2014 — 3 assists1320142015 — 5 goals (BK Häcken)2015 — 4 assists920152016 — 3 goals (BK Häcken)2016 — 7 assists1020162022 — 1 goals (BK Häcken)2022 — 4 assists520222023 — 1 goals (BK Häcken)2023 — 8 assists920232024 — 2 goals (Urawa Red Diamonds)2024 — 2 assists420242025 — 2 goals (Urawa Red Diamonds)2025 — 1 assists3202522/23 — 1 goals (BK Häcken)122/2323/24 — 1 goals (BK Häcken)23/24 — 2 assists323/2415/16 — €500K16/17 — €750K17/18 — €700K18/19 — €800K19/20 — €1M20/21 — €900K22/23 — €1.8M23/24 — €3MGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

12/13: 2212/1313/14: 1113/1415/16: 0015/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 1117/1818/19: 1118/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 0020/212013: 8820132014: 101020142015: 5520152016: 3320162021: 0020212022: 1120222023: 1120232024: 2220242025: 22202522/23: 1122/2323/24: 1123/24

Assists by season

12/13: 0012/1313/14: 0013/1415/16: 0015/1616/17: 4416/1717/18: 2217/1818/19: 2218/1919/20: 2219/2020/21: 0020/212013: 0020132014: 3320142015: 4420152016: 7720162021: 0020212022: 4420222023: 8820232024: 2220242025: 11202522/23: 0022/2323/24: 2223/24
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
23/24 Champions League Qu. BK Häcken 4 0 1 0 0 0
23/24 Europa League BK Häcken 6 0 1 2 0 0
23/24 Europa League Qualifying BK Häcken 4 1 0 1 0 360
22/23 Svenska Cupen BK Häcken 6 1 0 1 0 540
2025 Club World Cup Urawa Red Diamonds 3 0 0 1 0 0
2025 Emperor's Cup Urawa Red Diamonds 2 0 0 0 0 0
2025 J1 League Urawa Red Diamonds 22 2 1 2 0 847
2024 J. League Cup Urawa Red Diamonds 1 0 0 0 0 0
2024 J1 League Urawa Red Diamonds 28 2 2 1 0 1,022
2023 Allsvenskan BK Häcken 29 1 8 2 1 2,481
2022 Allsvenskan BK Häcken 28 1 4 6 0 2,441
2021 Allsvenskan BK Häcken 4 0 0 0 0 0
2016 Allsvenskan BK Häcken 17 3 7 1 0 503
2015 Allsvenskan BK Häcken 27 5 4 4 0 437
2014 Allsvenskan BK Häcken 21 3 2 1 0 311
2014 U21 Allsvenskan Slutspelet BK Häcken U21 2 1 1 0 0 180
2014 U21 Allsvenskan Södra BK Häcken U21 12 6 0 1 0 180
2013 Allsvenskan BK Häcken 2 0 0 0 0 0
2013 U19 Allsvenskan Södra BK Häcken U19 8 5 0 3 0 144
2013 U21 Allsvenskan Slutspelet BK Häcken U21 7 0 0 2 0 0
2013 U21 Allsvenskan Södra BK Häcken U21 12 3 0 3 0 360
20/21 Italy Cup US Cremonese 2 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Serie B US Cremonese 33 0 0 6 0 0
19/20 Italy Cup US Cremonese 0 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Serie B US Cremonese 19 0 2 4 0 0
18/19 Italy Cup Hellas Verona 2 0 0 1 0 0
18/19 Serie B Hellas Verona 26 1 2 6 0 2,097
18/19 Serie B Play-off Hellas Verona 5 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Italy Cup Torino FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Serie A Torino FC 4 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Serie B AC Perugia Calcio 20 1 2 2 0 1,403
17/18 Serie B Play-off AC Perugia Calcio 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Europa League Qualifying BK Häcken 2 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Italy Cup Torino FC 1 0 1 0 0 0
16/17 Primavera B Torino Primavera 2 0 3 0 0 0
16/17 Serie A Torino FC 5 0 0 1 0 0
15/16 Svenska Cupen BK Häcken 6 0 0 1 0 0
13/14 Svenska Cupen BK Häcken 6 1 0 2 0 530
12/13 Svenska Cupen BK Häcken 3 2 0 0 0 38
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
12/13 2013-01-01 Fässbergs IF BK Häcken U19 Transfer 0
13/14 2014-01-01 BK Häcken U19 Häcken Transfer 0
16/17 2016-08-09 Häcken Torino Transfer 750000 €600k
17/18 2018-01-24 Torino Perugia Loan 500000
17/18 2018-06-30 Perugia Torino Return from loan 800000
18/19 2018-07-07 Torino Hellas Verona Loan 800000
18/19 2019-06-30 Hellas Verona Torino Return from loan 1000000
19/20 2019-09-02 Torino Cremonese Transfer 1000000 €900k
21/22 2021-07-15 Cremonese Häcken Transfer 700000
23/24 2024-01-09 Häcken Urawa Reds Transfer 3000000 €750k
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
17/18 flu 2017-12-09 2017-12-13 5 1
21/22 Hamstring injury 2021-08-30 2021-12-31 124 20
23/24 Knee injury 2024-06-06 2024-06-28 23 3
Current€2.30m
Peak€3.00m
Low€75k
Δ since start+€2.23m
€75k€806k€1.54m€2.27m€3.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €2.30m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €75k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #46607 0 0 former national player
Team #8595 7 2 former national player
Team #3557 #18 13 0 former national player

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
2014 U21 Allsvenskan Södra BK Häcken U21 6 12
2015 Allsvenskan BK Häcken 5 27
2013 U19 Allsvenskan Södra BK Häcken U19 5 8

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
2023 Allsvenskan BK Häcken 8 29
2016 Allsvenskan BK Häcken 7 17
2015 Allsvenskan BK Häcken 4 27

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
18/19 2019-06-30 Hellas Verona Torino Return from loan €1.00m
18/19 2018-07-07 Torino Hellas Verona Loan €800k
17/18 2018-06-30 Perugia Torino Return from loan €800k
17/18 2018-01-24 Torino Perugia Loan €500k

Last 50 matches for Urawa Red Diamonds The Availability column cross-references our injury database — matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

DateCompHomeScoreAwayAvailability
2026-05-03 JAP1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Tokyo Verdy Available
2026-04-25 JAP1 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Available
2026-04-20 JAP1 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–1 Yokohama F. Marinos Available
2026-04-16 JAP1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Kyoto Sanga FC Available
2026-04-13 JAP1 FC Machida Zelvia 0–2 Urawa Red Diamonds Available
2026-04-06 JAP1 Avispa Fukuoka 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Available
2026-04-02 JAP1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Shimizu S-Pulse Available
2026-03-28 JAP1 Cerezo Osaka 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Available
2026-03-16 JAP1 Kashima Antlers 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Available
2026-03-08 JAP1 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Fagiano Okayama Available
2026-03-02 JAP1 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–2 Kashiwa Reysol Available
2026-02-26 JAP1 Shonan Bellmare 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Available
2026-02-22 JAP1 Kyoto Sanga FC 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Available
2026-02-15 JAP1 Vissel Kobe 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Available
2025-06-30 JAP1 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–0 Júbilo Iwata Available
2025-06-26 JAP1 Nagoya Grampus 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Available
2025-06-22 JAP1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–2 Kashima Antlers Available
2025-06-15 JAP1 Cerezo Osaka 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Available
2025-06-01 JAP1 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Vissel Kobe Available
2025-05-26 JAP1 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–2 FC Machida Zelvia Available
2025-05-19 JAP1 Júbilo Iwata 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Available
2025-05-15 JAP1 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–0 Kyoto Sanga FC Available
2025-05-11 JAP1 Albirex Niigata 2–4 Urawa Red Diamonds Available
2025-05-06 JAP1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Yokohama F. Marinos Available
2025-05-03 JAP1 Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Available
2025-04-28 JAP1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Nagoya Grampus Available
2025-04-20 JAP1 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 Gamba Osaka Available
2025-04-12 JAP1 Kashiwa Reysol 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Available
2025-04-07 JAP1 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–0 Sagan Tosu Available
2025-04-03 JAP1 FC Tokyo 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Available
2025-03-30 JAP1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1 Avispa Fukuoka Available
2025-03-17 JAP1 Shonan Bellmare 4–4 Urawa Red Diamonds Available
2025-03-10 JAP1 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Available
2025-03-03 JAP1 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Tokyo Verdy Available
2024-12-08 JAP1 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 Albirex Niigata Available
2024-11-30 JAP1 Avispa Fukuoka 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Available
2024-11-22 JAP1 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Kawasaki Frontale Available
2024-11-10 JAP1 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Available
2024-10-30 JAP1 Yokohama F. Marinos 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Available
2024-10-23 JAP1 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Kashiwa Reysol Available
2024-10-19 JAP1 Tokyo Verdy 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Available
2024-10-05 JAP1 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 Cerezo Osaka Available
2024-09-28 JAP1 Vissel Kobe 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Available
2024-09-21 JAP1 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–2 FC Tokyo Available
2024-09-14 JAP1 Gamba Osaka 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Available
2024-08-31 JAP1 FC Machida Zelvia 2–2 Urawa Red Diamonds Available
2024-08-17 JAP1 Kashima Antlers 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Available
2024-08-11 JAP1 Sagan Tosu 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds Available
2024-07-20 JAP1 Urawa Red Diamonds 3–4 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Available
2024-07-14 JAP1 Kyoto Sanga FC 0–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Available

Teams faced most often by Samuel Gustafson's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
AS Cittadella 10 3 3 4 13 13 0 30%
Venezia FC 9 4 2 3 11 12 -1 44%
Brescia Calcio 8 2 2 4 13 13 0 25%
Benevento Calcio 8 4 0 4 10 14 -4 50%
Delfino Pescara 8 5 3 0 14 6 +8 63%
Foggia Calcio 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 50%
US Palermo 6 1 1 4 4 9 -5 17%
Genoa CFC 6 2 0 4 5 8 -3 33%
Spezia Calcio 6 3 2 1 11 8 +3 50%
US Cremonese 6 2 3 1 9 10 -1 33%
FC Crotone 6 2 2 2 5 8 -3 33%
Carpi FC 6 4 1 1 13 4 +9 67%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
12/13 Senior debut season
12/13 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
23/24 14 360 3 0 0 0.75
22/23 6 540 1 0 0 0.17
2025 27 847 3 0 0 0.32
2024 29 1,022 1 0 0 0.09
2023 29 2,481 2 0 1 0.11
2022 28 2,441 6 0 0 0.22
2016 17 503 1 0 0 0.18
2015 27 437 4 1 0 1.03
2014 35 671 2 0 0 0.27
2013 29 504 8 0 0 1.43
20/21 35 0 6 0 0 0
19/20 19 0 4 0 0 0
18/19 33 2,097 7 0 0 0.3
17/18 26 1,403 2 0 0 0.13
16/17 10 0 1 0 0 0
15/16 6 0 1 0 0 0
13/14 6 530 2 0 0 0.34

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Allsvenskan
128 apps
13 G
25 A
U21 Allsvenskan Södra
24 apps
9 G
0 A
U19 Allsvenskan Södra
8 apps
5 G
0 A
J1 League
50 apps
4 G
3 A
Svenska Cupen
21 apps
4 G
0 A
Serie B
98 apps
2 G
6 A
U21 Allsvenskan Slutspelet
9 apps
1 G
1 A
Europa League Qualifying
6 apps
1 G
0 A
Primavera B
2 apps
0 G
3 A
Europa League
6 apps
0 G
1 A

Frequently asked about Samuel Gustafson

Who is Samuel Gustafson?

Samuel Gustafson is a Sweden professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfield for Urawa Red Diamonds.

How old is Samuel Gustafson?

Samuel Gustafson is 31 years old. He was born on January 11, 1995 in Mölndal.

What position does Samuel Gustafson play?

Samuel Gustafson plays as a defensive midfield (Midfield - Defensive Midfield).

What club does Samuel Gustafson play for?

Samuel Gustafson currently plays for Urawa Red Diamonds.

How many career goals has Samuel Gustafson scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Samuel Gustafson has scored 39 goals in 383 appearances.

What is Samuel Gustafson's market value?

Samuel Gustafson's most recent reported market value is €2.30m.