
Rasmus Cristoffer Elm (born 17 March 1988) is a Swedish footballer, who currently plays for AZ in the Dutch Eredivisie.
Early career and Kalmar FF
In his childhood, Elm played for Johansfors IF and Emmaboda IS, before he signed in January 2005 to Kalmar FF. In four and a half years with the Allsvenskan club, Elm played 96 games and scored 18 goals.
[edit]AZ
On 27 August 2009, Elm signed a 4-year deal with Eredivisie side AZ Alkmaar. He made his debut on 12 September 2009, in the 2–1 loss against ADO Den Haag.[1] The former coach of the Swedish national team Lars Lagerbäck, said that Elm is the biggest talent Sweden has produced since Zlatan Ibrahimovic. While suffering from injuries and illness during his first 2 seasons in AZ, Elm has really found his form in the 2011-2012 season. He has received several player of the match awards as well as praise from the press and the fans. He has been praised with his passing and freekicks as well as his goal scoring.
[edit]International career
Elm was the captain of the Swedish U19 squad until in August 2007 Rasmus made his debut in the U21 squad.[2] On 11 February 2009, Elm scored his first goal for the Swedish national team in a friendly match against Austria.[2]
According his agent we are very close to him. His agent now is in Italy to talk with different clubs. (including Juve)
