Kalle Nils Björklund (born 31 May 1999) is a footballer who plays as a centre-back for Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan. Born in Spain, he was a youth international for Sweden.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kalle Nils Björklund | ||
Date of birth | (1999-05-31) 31 May 1999 (age 23) | ||
Place of birth | Valencia, Spain | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Hammarby IF | ||
Number | 26 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2017 | Valencia CF | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2018 | Torre Levante | 36 | (0) |
2018– | Hammarby IF | 14 | (1) |
2020 | → IK Frej (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2021 | → Falkenbergs FF (loan) | 10 | (1) |
2021 | → Västerås SK (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2022– | → Hammarby TFF | 4 | (0) |
National team | |||
2017–2018 | Sweden U19 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2022 |
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. On 21 January 2021, Björklund was sent on loan to Falkenbergs FF in Superettan, the Swedish second tier.[5][6] On 12 July 2021, he was sent on loan to fellow Superettan club Västerås SK for the remainder of the season.[7][8]
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.[9]
Björklund also holds a Spanish citizenship.[10] He is the son of former Swedish international footballer Joachim Björklund, and the grandson of football coach Karl-Gunnar Björklund.[11]
Hammarby IF – current squad | |
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