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Anxious for playing time in order to secure a spot on the national squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Eguren signed with reigning Swedish champions AIK Fotboll on February 19, 2010.

According to Björn Wesström, the club's director of football, the agreement was not technically not a loan deal, as the player had no contractual obligations with Villareal until 1 July 2010 ; however, he was due to return to the Spanish side, since he still had 12 months left of his contract.

In early March, it was decided by the club to put the player under police protection, after he was harassed while training by fans of former side Hammarby, a fierce rival to AIK.

Usually operating as a defensive midfielder ; at AIK, however, manager Mikael Stahre preferred using him in an attacking midfielder or deep-lying forward role.