Carl Anders Theodor Starfelt[2] (born 1 June 1995) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Scottish Premiership club Celtic.
![]() Starfelt playing for Rubin Kazan in 2020 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Carl Anders Theodor Starfelt | ||
Date of birth | (1995-06-01) 1 June 1995 (age 27) | ||
Place of birth | Stockholm, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Celtic | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2013 | IF Brommapojkarna | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2017 | IF Brommapojkarna | 85 | (2) |
2018–2019 | IFK Göteborg | 44 | (1) |
2019–2021 | Rubin Kazan | 39 | (3) |
2021– | Celtic | 38 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2014 | Sweden U19 | 2 | (0) |
2020– | Sweden | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:07, 9 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:48, 4 June 2022 (UTC) |
Starfelt started off his career at Brommapojkarna and made his debut in Allsvenskan against Kalmar FF on 30 March 2014.[3] He joined IFK Göteborg ahead of the 2018 Allsvenskan season.[4]
On 13 July 2019, he signed a four-year contract with Russian Premier League club FC Rubin Kazan.[5]
On 21 July 2021, Starfelt agreed on a four-year contract with Scottish Premiership side Celtic.[6][7]
On 14 August 2022, Starfelt scored his first goal for Celtic in a 5-0 win at Kilmarnock.[8] His second goal for the club followed in a 9-0 win at Dundee United on 28 August, 2022.[9]
After having made two appearances for the Sweden U19 team in 2014, Starfelt was called up to the Sweden national team for the first time on 30 September 2020 ahead of their games against Russia, Croatia, and Portugal in October 2020.[10] He made his full international debut on 8 October 2020 in a friendly game against Russia, playing all 90 minutes alongside Sebastian Holmén at centre-back in a 2–1 win for Sweden.[11]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
IF Brommapojkarna | 2013 | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2014 | Allsvenskan | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
2015 | Superettan | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | |||
2016 | Division 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 1 | |||
2017 | Superettan | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 1 | |||
Total | 85 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 101 | 2 | ||
IFK Göteborg | 2018 | Allsvenskan | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
2019 | Allsvenskan | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
Total | 44 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 1 | ||
Rubin Kazan | 2019–20 | Russian Premier League | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
2020–21 | Russian Premier League | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | ||
Total | 39 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 3 | ||
Celtic | 2021–22 | Scottish Premiership | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 49 | 0 |
2022–23 | Scottish Premiership | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Total | 36 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 51 | 2 | ||
Career total | 204 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 242 | 8 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Sweden | 2020 | 2 | 0 |
2021 | 2 | 0 | |
2022 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 5 | 0 |
Celtic
Celtic F.C. – current squad | |
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