Kalle Björklund (footballer, born 1999)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kalle Nils Björklund | ||
| Date of birth | 31 May 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Valencia, Spain | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Vasalunds IF | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2017 | Valencia CF | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Torre Levante | 36 | (0) |
| 2018–2022 | Hammarby IF | 14 | (1) |
| 2020 | → IK Frej (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Falkenbergs FF (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2021 | → Västerås SK (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2022–2022 | → Hammarby 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
[edit]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
[edit]Torre Levante
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]In early 2023, he signed with IFK Stocksund in Ettan.[11][12]
International career
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Kalle Björklund inför P19-avslutningen" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Truppen borta mot Norrköping" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Kalle Björklund" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Björklund stöttas efter tabben - Bajen pekar på offensiva brister: "Lätt att glömma"" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Kalle Björklund lånas ut till Falkenberg" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ "Kalle Björklund från Hammarby klar för FFF" (in Swedish). Falkenbergs FF. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ "Klart: VSK förstärker i backlinjen – lånar in Kalle Björklund" (in Swedish). Västerås SK. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Kalle Björklund fortsätter låneperiod i Västerås" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Björklund räddade poäng för IFK Stocksund efter drama" (in Swedish). Mitti. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Kalle Björklund" (in Swedish). IFK Stocksund. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
- ^ "Landslagsdatabasen: Kalle Björklund" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "K. Björklund" (in Spanish). BeSoccer. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "Fotboll Sthlm möter Jocke Björklund: "Pappa är snabbast!"" (in Swedish). Fotboll STHLM. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
External links
[edit]- Kalle Björklund at Soccerway
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Valencia
- Swedish men's footballers
- Sweden men's youth international footballers
- Spanish men's footballers
- Spanish people of Swedish descent
- Men's association football defenders
- Hammarby Fotboll players
- Hammarby Talang FF players
- IK Frej players
- CF Torre Levante players
- Falkenbergs FF players
- Västerås SK Fotboll players
- IFK Stocksund players
- Valencia CF players
- Ettan Fotboll players
- Superettan players
- Allsvenskan players
- 21st-century Swedish sportsmen
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen