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Hjalmar Ekdal

Hjalmar Ekdal

Defender · Burnley · 28 · Sweden

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Season score
41.6
Championship 26/27, 6 matches
Last 5 weeks
48.3
average of weeks with 60+ minutes
Market value
€5.0M
−€1.0M (−17%) since 9 Dec 2025
Transfermarkt, 3 Jun 2026

Photo: Jens Backeman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Born
21 Oct 1998
Height
187 cm
Foot
R
Contract until
30 Jun 2027
Wikipedia views
1,235 4 weeks

Wikipedia Wikidata Transfermarkt

Every week

1–7 Jul 2025 to 27 Oct – 2 Nov 2026

22 of 70 weeks with 60+ minutes, averaging 49.3 (minutes-weighted); 1 of them 70 or better.

no matchunder 60′under 4545–5555–7070+

Every week as a table
WeekMatchesMinutesScoreExpectedUnderlying
20–26 Oct 202619039.049.538.9
13–19 Oct 2026210344.349.844.2
22–28 Sep 202612750.749.850.6
8–14 Sep 202612241.050.040.9
1–7 Sep 2026213541.350.541.2
25–31 Aug 202619045.551.345.8
2–8 Jun 202611072.851.171.8
26 May – 1 Jun 202614569.350.668.4
28 Apr – 4 May 202619075.349.075.3
21–27 Apr 202619039.549.639.7
14–20 Apr 202619055.849.255.7
7–13 Apr 202619044.249.544.1
10–16 Feb 202619037.750.337.6
13–19 Jan 202611656.650.256.6
6–12 Jan 202619041.650.841.5
30 Dec 2025 – 5 Jan 2026218056.250.656.1
23–29 Dec 202519051.750.051.9
16–22 Dec 202519054.649.754.5
9–15 Dec 202519035.750.735.6
2–8 Dec 2025217952.150.852.2
21–27 Oct 202511100.050.5100.0
23–29 Sep 202519051.550.551.4
16–22 Sep 202519042.751.043.7
9–15 Sep 202519050.151.150.2
2–8 Sep 2025215659.950.059.5
26 Aug – 1 Sep 202518363.849.263.8
19–25 Aug 202519045.149.545.0
12–18 Aug 202519044.549.844.5

Against expectation

How it's expected

Each week's score beside what the player's earlier matches led to expect. Over the last 10 weeks with 60+ minutes: −3.8 a week below expectation.

30.040.050.060.070.080.012 Aug2 Sep23 Sep16 Dec6 Jan14 Apr25 Aug20 OctExpected 49.5Score 39.0

Market value

Where these come from
Transfermarkt €5.0M −€1.0M (−17%) since 9 Dec 2025 3 Jun 2026 · its own valuation, revised a few times a year
Current estimate €4.7M no change recorded 22 Oct 2026 · BSD, seen when squads refresh
Next summer, if it goes like similar cases €3.3M–€5.0M −18% median of 40 similar past cases; players the same age −17% Closest cases, what their Transfermarkt value then did in a year: Mostafa Mohamed at 27 (€5.0M, scoring 50.5) −30%; Oliver McBurnie at 27 (€4.5M, scoring 50.2) −22%; Igor Vujačić at 28 (€4.0M, scoring 50.9) −13%.
0€2.0M€4.0M€6.0M€8.0M20192020202120222023202420252026€5.0M€4.7M
Every value as a table
DateSourceValue
22 Oct 2026Current estimate (BSD)€4.7M
3 Jun 2026Transfermarkt€5.0M
9 Dec 2025Transfermarkt€6.0M
28 May 2025Transfermarkt€4.5M
28 Mar 2025Transfermarkt€5.0M
30 Dec 2024Transfermarkt€6.5M
27 May 2024Transfermarkt€7.0M
19 Dec 2023Transfermarkt€7.0M
1 Jun 2023Transfermarkt€8.0M
24 Mar 2023Transfermarkt€4.0M
14 Dec 2022Transfermarkt€3.5M
2 Sep 2022Transfermarkt€3.2M
24 Jun 2022Transfermarkt€2.5M
17 Dec 2021Transfermarkt€2.0M
17 Sep 2021Transfermarkt€1.5M
9 Jun 2021Transfermarkt€1.2M
10 Dec 2020Transfermarkt€600k
5 Aug 2020Transfermarkt€400k
16 Jan 2019Transfermarkt€125k

Two different estimates, so each is its own line and each change is measured within its own line.

Moves

All transfers
DateMoveFee
30 Jun 2025FC Groningen BurnleyFree or loan
23 Jan 2025Burnley FC GroningenFree or loan
21 Jan 2023Djurgården Burnley€2.8M

What the score is made of

Championship 26/27, 350 minutes. Each part as a percentile against 547 top-five-league defender seasons of 900+ minutes since 2025/26: 50 is the middle of them (the dashed ring).

Shooting0Creating0Progressing0Keeping the ball24Defending21Aerial67Finishing65
As a table
PartPercentilePer 90 vs average
Shooting0−0.42
Creating0−0.52
Progressing0−0.50
Keeping the ball24−0.53
Defending21−0.18
Aerial67+0.17
Finishing65+0.04

Attention

English Wikipedia views per week, the article and its redirects, last 52 weeks.

02.0K4.0K6.0K28 Oct16 Dec3 Feb24 Mar12 May30 Jun18 Aug6 Oct

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Recent score: the last six months. Cheaper: valued at less than 60% of Hjalmar Ekdal.

Seasons

SeasonCompetitionTeamMatchesMinutesScoreUnderlying
Championship 26/27ChampionshipBurnley635041.641.5
EFL Cup 26/27EFL CupBurnley19045.545.8
UEFA Nations League 26/27UEFA Nations LeagueSweden12750.750.6
World Cup Qualification, UEFA 2026World Cup Qualification UEFASweden215659.959.5
Int. Friendly Games 2026International FriendliesSweden25569.969.0
Premier League 25/26Premier LeagueBurnley191,53951.351.4
FA Cup 25/26FA CupBurnley218039.639.5
Int. Friendly Games 2025International FriendliesSweden218052.252.1
Eredivisie 24/25EredivisieFC Groningen141,24148.248.3
Int. Friendly Games 2024International FriendliesSweden1956.856.5
Premier League 23/24Premier LeagueBurnley844150.951.0
EFL Cup 23/24EFL CupBurnley15940.440.8
Int. Friendly Games 2023International FriendliesSweden216650.450.4
UEFA Europa Conference League 22/23Conference LeagueDjurgårdens IF530845.545.7

Latest matches

33 since July 2025
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
24 Oct 2026Championshipat Lincoln CityL 1–49000–0.0039.0
16 Oct 2026ChampionshipWolverhamptonL 1–29500–0.0145.3
13 Oct 2026ChampionshipCharlton AthleticD 2–2800––32.2
25 Sep 2026UEFA Nations LeagueRomaniaW 2–12700–0.0050.7
8 Sep 2026Championshipat WrexhamD 1–12200–0.0041.0
5 Sep 2026ChampionshipBristol CityL 1–24500–0.0052.2
2 Sep 2026ChampionshipMiddlesbroughD 1–19000–0.0235.9
26 Aug 2026EFL Cupat Bradford CityD 0–09000––45.5
4 Jun 2026International FriendliesGreeceD 2–21000––72.8
1 Jun 2026International Friendliesat NorwayL 1–34500––69.3
All 33 matches
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
24 Oct 2026Championshipat Lincoln CityL 1–49000–0.0039.0
16 Oct 2026ChampionshipWolverhamptonL 1–29500–0.0145.3
13 Oct 2026ChampionshipCharlton AthleticD 2–2800––32.2
25 Sep 2026UEFA Nations LeagueRomaniaW 2–12700–0.0050.7
8 Sep 2026Championshipat WrexhamD 1–12200–0.0041.0
5 Sep 2026ChampionshipBristol CityL 1–24500–0.0052.2
2 Sep 2026ChampionshipMiddlesbroughD 1–19000–0.0235.9
26 Aug 2026EFL Cupat Bradford CityD 0–09000––45.5
4 Jun 2026International FriendliesGreeceD 2–21000––72.8
1 Jun 2026International Friendliesat NorwayL 1–34500––69.3
1 May 2026Premier Leagueat Leeds UnitedL 1–39000–0.0175.3
22 Apr 2026Premier LeagueManchester CityL 0–190000.040.0039.5
19 Apr 2026Premier Leagueat Nottingham ForestL 1–49000–0.0055.8
11 Apr 2026Premier LeagueBrighton & Hove AlbionL 0–29000–0.0144.2
14 Feb 2026FA CupMansfield TownL 1–290000.01–37.7
17 Jan 2026Premier Leagueat Liverpool FCD 1–11600–0.0056.6
10 Jan 2026FA CupMillwallW 5–19001––41.6
3 Jan 2026Premier Leagueat Brighton & Hove AlbionL 0–29000–0.0047.0
30 Dec 2025Premier LeagueNewcastle UnitedL 1–39000–0.0265.3
27 Dec 2025Premier LeagueEvertonD 0–090000.030.0251.7
20 Dec 2025Premier Leagueat BournemouthD 1–19000–0.0054.6
13 Dec 2025Premier LeagueFulhamL 2–39000–0.0135.7
6 Dec 2025Premier Leagueat Newcastle UnitedL 1–289000.030.0046.3
3 Dec 2025Premier LeagueCrystal PalaceL 0–19000–0.0457.9
26 Oct 2025Premier Leagueat WolverhamptonW 3–2100––100.0
27 Sep 2025Premier Leagueat Manchester CityL 1–59000–0.1551.5
20 Sep 2025Premier LeagueNottingham ForestD 1–190000.140.0042.7
14 Sep 2025Premier LeagueLiverpool FCL 0–190000.010.0050.1
8 Sep 2025World Cup Qualification UEFAat KosovoL 0–26600––75.9
5 Sep 2025World Cup Qualification UEFAat SloveniaD 2–29000––48.3
30 Aug 2025Premier Leagueat Manchester UnitedL 2–38300–0.0063.8
23 Aug 2025Premier LeagueSunderlandW 2–09000–0.0145.1
16 Aug 2025Premier Leagueat Tottenham HotspurL 0–39000–0.0044.5