Jesper Karlström

Jesper Karlström

Karlström playing for Brommapojkarna
Personal information
Full name Jesper Kewe Karlström
Date of birth (1995-06-21) 21 June 1995
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Djurgårdens IF
Number 6
Youth career
2001–2004 Hammarby IF
2004–2012 IF Brommapojkarna
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 IF Brommapojkarna 41 (3)
2015– Djurgårdens IF 42 (2)
National team
2012 Sweden U17 9 (3)
2013–2014 Sweden U19 15 (0)
2014– Sweden U21 5 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 June 2015

Jesper Karlström (born 21 June 1995) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Djurgårdens IF as a midfielder.[1]

Club career

Karlström started out his career playing for Hammarby Fotboll at the age of six. When he turned nine the coach of his team moved to IF Brommapojkarna and brought his entire youth team along with him to the new club, including Karlström.[2]

Shortly after his eighteenth birthday in 2013, Karlström made his Allsvenskan debut for Brommapojkarna away against Kalmar FF.[3] At the start of the next year he scored for the first time when his game-winning goal in the last game of the 2013–14 Svenska Cupen group stage qualified the club for the knockout stage of the tournament.[4] A few months later he also scored his first league goal in the 3-0 home win against IFK Norrköping.[5]

Brommapojkarna were relegated at the end of the 2014 Allsvenskan season, but Karlström had performed well enough to be signed by the larger Stockholm club Djurgårdens IF on a four-year deal.[6] Ahead of 2017 Karlström had his shirt number changed from 22 to 6.

International career

Karlström has represented Sweden at the U17, U19 and U21 levels. In November 2014 he made his debut for the Sweden national under-21 football team against Austria.[6]

References

  1. "Jesper Karlström". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  2. "Djurgården kändes perfekt – jag velade ingenting". FotbollDirekt. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  3. "Jesper nöjd med debuten". IF Brommapojkarna. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  4. "Jespers första - BP cupvann". IF Brommapojkarna. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  5. "Stjärnskottet gav BP segern". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Jesper Karlström klar för DIF". Djurgårdens IF. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
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