Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kalle Nils Björklund | ||
Date of birth | 31 May 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Valencia, Spain | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | IFK Stocksund | ||
Number | 4 | ||
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) |
International career | |||
2017–2018 | Sweden U19 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 November 2023 |
Kalle Nils Björklund (born 31 May 1999) is a footballer who plays as a centre-back for IFK Stocksund in Ettan. Born in Spain, he was a youth international for Sweden.
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]
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]
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]
In early 2023, he signed with IFK Stocksund in Ettan. [11] [12]
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]
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]
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 | IFK Stocksund | ||
Number | 4 | ||
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) |
International career | |||
2017–2018 | Sweden U19 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 November 2023 |
Kalle Nils Björklund (born 31 May 1999) is a footballer who plays as a centre-back for IFK Stocksund in Ettan. Born in Spain, he was a youth international for Sweden.
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]
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]
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]
In early 2023, he signed with IFK Stocksund in Ettan. [11] [12]
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]
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]