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.
| 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 | |||
Early life
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
Torre Levante
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
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
In early 2023, he signed with IFK Stocksund in Ettan.[11][12]
International career
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
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
External links
- Kalle Björklund at Soccerway