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Kalle Björklund (footballer, born 1999)

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Kalle Björklund
Personal information
Full name Kalle Nils Björklund
Date of birth (1999-05-31) 31 May 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Valencia, Spain
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Vasalunds IF
Number 3
Youth career
0000–2017 Valencia CF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Torre Levante 36 (0)
2018–2022 Hammarby IF 14 (1)
2020IK Frej (loan) 5 (0)
2021Falkenbergs FF (loan) 10 (1)
2021Västerås SK (loan) 14 (0)
2022–2022Hammarby TFF (res.) 4 (0)
2023 IFK Stocksund 28 (1)
2024– Vasalunds IF 8 (0)
International career
2017–2018 Sweden U19 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 August 2024

Kalle Nils Björklund (born 31 May 1999) is a footballer who plays as a centre-back for Vasalunds IF in Ettan. Born in Spain, he was a youth international for Sweden.

Early life

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Björklund was born in Valencia, Spain. He also lived in England and Italy before the age of six, due to his father Joachim Björklund being a professional footballer.[1][2]

Club career

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Torre Levante

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He started to play football with Valencia CF and was part of their youth academy up until 2017, when he moved to Torre Levante to start his professional career.[2] Björklund made 36 appearances for the club in the 2017–18 campaign of Tercera División, Spain's fourth tier.[1]

Hammarby IF

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On 16 August 2018, Björklund signed a two and half-year deal with Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan, Sweden's top tier.[3] He spent the vast majority of the 2018 and 2019 seasons nursing a serious knee injury.[1][4]

In 2020, Björklund made his debut in Allsvenskan, playing 14 league games for Hammarby, as the club disappointingly finished 8th in the table.[5] He also made one appearance in the second qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, where Hammarby lost 0–3 to Polish side Lech Poznań.[6]

On 21 January 2021, Björklund was sent on loan to Falkenbergs FF in Superettan, the Swedish second tier.[7][8] On 12 July 2021, he was recalled by Hammarby, only to be immediately sent on loan to fellow Superettan club Västerås SK for the remainder of the year.[9][10]

In 2022, Björklund made some appearances for Hammarby's affiliated club Hammarby TFF in Ettan, Sweden's third tier, but subsequently left the club at the of the year.[5]

IFK Stocksund

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In early 2023, he signed with IFK Stocksund in Ettan.[11][12]

International career

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Björklund was called up to the Sweden under-19 national team in March 2018, and featured in two qualification games to the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship against Romania and Serbia.[13]

Personal life

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Björklund also holds a Spanish citizenship.[14] He is the son of former Swedish international footballer Joachim Björklund, and the grandson of football coach Karl-Gunnar Björklund.[15]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Son till tränaren - Bajen-löfte berättar om annorlunda resa: "Därför jag är i Hammarby nu"" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Kalle Björklund inför P19-avslutningen" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Hammarby knyter till sig två spelare inför nästa säsong – överens med Söderström och Björklund" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Truppen borta mot Norrköping" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Kalle Björklund" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Björklund stöttas efter tabben - Bajen pekar på offensiva brister: "Lätt att glömma"" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Kalle Björklund lånas ut till Falkenberg" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Kalle Björklund från Hammarby klar för FFF" (in Swedish). Falkenbergs FF. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Klart: VSK förstärker i backlinjen – lånar in Kalle Björklund" (in Swedish). Västerås SK. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Kalle Björklund fortsätter låneperiod i Västerås" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Björklund räddade poäng för IFK Stocksund efter drama" (in Swedish). Mitti. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  12. ^ "Kalle Björklund" (in Swedish). IFK Stocksund. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  13. ^ "Landslagsdatabasen: Kalle Björklund" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  14. ^ "K. Björklund" (in Spanish). BeSoccer. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Fotboll Sthlm möter Jocke Björklund: "Pappa är snabbast!"" (in Swedish). Fotboll STHLM. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
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