Björn Runström
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| Björn Runström | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Björn Sandro Runström | |
| Date of birth | March 1, 1984 | |
| Place of birth | Stockholm, Sweden | |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Odense Boldklub | |
| Number | 10 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1990-1996 1996-2000 |
Enskede IK Hammarby IF |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2006 2006-2008 2007 2007-2008 2008-present |
Bologna AC Chievo Verona ACF Fiorentina Hammarby IF Fulham → Luton Town (loan) → Kaiserslautern (loan) OB |
0 (0) 1 (0) 2 (0) 57 (18) 1 (0) 8 (2) 28 (4) 0 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2004-2006 | Sweden U21 | 20 (5) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Björn Sandro Runström (born 1 March 1984 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish footballer who currently plays as a striker for Odense Boldklub.
[edit] Club career
Björn grew up in the southern suburbs of Stockholm and went to Enskede school as a child. He started playing football for Enskede IK at the age of 6 years old, Björn's time in Enskede went well and at the age of 12 years he was rewarded with a move to a bigger club; Hammarby. Björn developed at a fast speed and when he was 16 he left Hammarby for Italy and Bologna. He stayed in Italy for 3 years and led Bologna to their first Italian Youth Championship in 19 years in 2001.
At 17 he was part of Bologna's first team but only made the bench in Serie A and Coppa Italia. In 2002 he was transferred to Chievo Verona and after that to Florentia Viola. His stay in Florence was not what he had dreamed of and when rumours spread in late 2003 that Fiorentina wanted to trade him for the Swedish international Kim Källström of Djurgårdens IF (Former club Hammarby's greatest rivals) he was outraged and declared that it was a transfer he would never accept. "Me playing for Djurgården would be like Di Canio going back to Italy to play for A. S. Roma, it won't happen, if I go back to Sweden the only club that I could think of is my old club Hammarby”.
Runström did return to Hammarby soon after and played three more seasons scoring 18 goals in 57 matches, this record attracted the attention of Premier League club Fulham (he had the chance to join the Cottagers in the January transfer window but declined saying "I didn't want to go on a free transfer in January even though I had an offer from Fulham already then, Hammarby have meant much to me and I wanted them to be well paid"). On 30th January Bjorn moved to Luton Town on loan for a month. He returned to Fulham on April 1st 2007. On June 4th, 2008 he signed a 3½-year contract with OB
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