David Kruse

Defensive Midfielder - IFK Goteborg
26 Jan 2027
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Marked for David Kruse

13 Edition

The IFK Goteborg Herald

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad26 Oct 2026

Tempers go at IFK Goteborg

August Erlingmark 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.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Arbnor Mucolli runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad26 Oct 2026

Felix Eriksson falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

A defender's afternoon for David Kruse

Defensive actions: 16. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Player ratings26 Oct 2026

Nothing got past Kolbeinn Þórðarson

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 16 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad26 Oct 2026

5 new faces, and IFK Goteborg are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

In brief

Back issues
12 Edition

The IFK Goteborg Herald

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

Nothing got past David Kruse

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 28 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Player ratings19 Oct 2026

A defender's goal wins it for IFK Goteborg — 7.64

1 for Felix Eriksson, marked 7.64, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

Squad19 Oct 2026

Tempers go at IFK Goteborg

Sergio López 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.

The terraces19 Oct 2026

IFK Goteborg supporters have found a favourite in Imam Jagne

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Imam Jagne has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match17 Oct 2026

Felix Eriksson sends IFK Goteborg past IF Elfsborg

It finished 1‑0, and it was Felix Eriksson’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to IFK Goteborg.

Squad19 Oct 2026

A promise honoured for Filip Ottosson

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. IFK Goteborg told Filip Ottosson something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

In brief

6 Edition

The IFK Goteborg Herald

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match2 Sep 2026

IFK Goteborg out of the cup

Hammarby ended it 0‑1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Player ratings7 Sep 2026

Nothing got past David Kruse

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 26 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad7 Sep 2026

August Erlingmark in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at IFK Goteborg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Arbnor Mucolli signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Arbnor Mucolli commits to IFK Goteborg for another 3 years.

Player ratings7 Sep 2026

Arbnor Mucolli runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market7 Sep 2026

Still no ink between IFK Goteborg and Tobias Heintz

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at IFK Goteborg, another week without a signature from Tobias Heintz.

Player ratings7 Sep 2026

Nothing got past August Erlingmark

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 16 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad7 Sep 2026

The armband comes off Filip Ottosson

IFK Goteborg will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.

Squad7 Sep 2026

IFK Goteborg pick somebody else ahead of Jonas Bager

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

In brief

2 Edition

The IFK Goteborg Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market10 Aug 2026

Only the photograph left for Arbnor Mucolli

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Arbnor Mucolli will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around IFK Goteborg the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Market10 Aug 2026

Eyes on Max Fenger again

The phone has started ringing about Max Fenger again, and this time the name on the line is Alanyaspor. IFK Goteborg are listening politely and promising nothing.

Boardroom10 Aug 2026

Arbnor Mucolli signs for Malmo FF while still at IFK Goteborg

The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Arbnor Mucolli has agreed terms with Malmo FF for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Filip Ottosson stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Filip Ottosson and IFK Goteborg agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tempers go at IFK Goteborg

Max Fenger 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.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Nothing got past August Erlingmark

20 defensive actions and a clean sheet at the end of them. A defender's afternoon can only be told by what did not happen, which is why nobody makes a highlights package out of one and every manager in the division would take it.

Squad10 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of David Kruse

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match8 Aug 2026

Max Fenger sends IFK Goteborg past Atvidaberg

It finished 1‑0, and it was Max Fenger’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to IFK Goteborg.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Arbnor Mucolli runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief