Isak Pettersson

Carl Isak Emanuel Pettersson (born 6 June 1997) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Swedish club Elfsborg.

Isak Pettersson

Personal information
Full name	Carl Isak Emanuel Pettersson
Date of birth	(1997-06-06) 6 June 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth	Halmstad, Sweden
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Elfsborg
Number	31
Youth career
0000–2013	Genevad/Veinge IF
2013–2015	Halmstads BK
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2017	Halmstads BK	26	(0)
2016	→ Östers IF (loan)	11	(0)
2018–2020	IFK Norrköping	90	(0)
2021–2023	Toulouse	1	(0)
2021–2023	Toulouse B	4	(0)
2023	Stabæk	30	(0)
2024–	Elfsborg	24	(0)
International career‡
2015–2017	Sweden U19	4	(0)
2019–2020	Sweden	2	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:03, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Pettersson was signed to Halmstads BK from 2016 to 2018, after playing in their U17, U18 and U19 youth leagues.^{[citation needed]} He went on loan to Östers IF for three months in 2016. In 2018, he signed to IFK Norrköping as a free transfer until 31 December 2020.^{[citation needed]}

In 2018, Pettersson won "Goalkeeper of the Year" at the annual Allsvenskans Stora Pris which nominates the best Swedish footballers in the country. He won "Goalkeeper of the Year" again in 2019 for his second consecutive year.^[1]

On 5 January 2021, Pettersson signed a contract with Ligue 2 club Toulouse.^[2]

On 31 January 2023, Pettersson joined Stabæk in Norway until the end of 2023.^[3]

International career

Pettersson made his debut for the Sweden national team on 11 January 2019 in a friendly against Iceland, as a half-time substitute for Oscar Linnér.^[4]

Career statistics

As of games played 26 March 2022

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Halmstads BK	2016	Superettan	0	0	1	0	—		1	0
	2017	Allsvenskan	26	0	2	0	—		28	0
	Total		26	0	3	0	—		29	0
Östers IF (loan)	2016	Division 1 Södra	11	0	—		—		11	0
IFK Norrköping	2018	Allsvenskan	30	0	2	0	—		32	0
	2019	Allsvenskan	30	0	2	0	6[a]	0	38	0
	2020	Allsvenskan	30	0	3	0	—		33	0
	Total		90	0	7	0	6	0	103	0
Toulouse	2020–21	Ligue 2	1	0	3	0	0	0	4	0
	2021–22	Ligue 2	0	0	5	0	—		5	0
	Total		1	0	8	0	0	0	9	0
Toulouse B	2021–22	Championnat National 3	3	0	—		—		3	0
Career total			131	0	18	0	6	0	155	0

1. Appearances in the Europa League