Sam Ekdal

Goalkeeper - Orebro U18
7 Mar 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Sam Ekdal

2 Edition

The Orebro Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Kalle Holmberg scores twice — 8.81

Two goals and a mark of 8.81 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Transfer targets

Patryk Makuch turns down Orebro

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Raków Częstochowa keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Squad

Antonio Yakoub signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Antonio Yakoub commits to Orebro for another 3 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Orebro

Max Watson was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Market

One of our own: Sam Ekdal joins the Orebro first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sam Ekdal is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Orebro promote John Granqvist from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. John Granqvist has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

Orebro promote Oscar Quaison from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Oscar Quaison has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

One of our own: Gustav Olsson joins the Orebro first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gustav Olsson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

The dugout

No hiding place for Jakub Ojrzyński

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jakub Ojrzyński, and the manager let it.

In brief