| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Sebastian Steve Qvacoe Cann-Svärd[1] |
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| Date of birth | January 15, 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Hvidovre, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Roda JC | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1998 | B 1908 | ||
| 1998–2000 | KB | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000–2006 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Copenhagen (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Stoke City (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | → Brøndby (loan) | 33 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Vitória (loan) | 34 | (1) |
| 2006–2010 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 43 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Hansa Rostock (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2010– | Roda JC | 12 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998–1999 | Denmark U16 | 5 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Denmark U17 | 23 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Denmark U19 | 13 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Denmark U20 | 7 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Denmark U21 | 9 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 February January 2010. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Sebastian Steve Qvacoe Cann-Svärd (born 15 January 1983), commonly known as Sebastian Svärd, is a Danish footballer of Swedish and Ghanaian ancestry,[3] who plays for Dutch Eredivisie side Roda JC.[4]
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Born in Hvidovre, Copenhagen to a Swedish mother and Ghanaian father, he started out at Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, the reserve team of F.C. Copenhagen. Here he was seen as somewhat of a prodigy, impressing the coaches of the Denmark under-16, under-17 and under-19 national teams, and he was bought by English club Arsenal F.C. for an undisclosed fee in November 2000.
He won the FA Youth Cup with the youth team of the club in his first season. His first-team Arsenal debut came in a League Cup fourth round match on November 27, 2001, as a substitute in a 2–0 win over Grimsby Town. Over the next two years, he made two more appearances for Arsenal, one more in the League Cup against Sunderland and one in the FA Cup against Oxford United.
He returned on loan to his old club F.C. Copenhagen in August 2003, in need of first-team play; after just four months he returned to England to play for Stoke City, for whom he played nine league matches and scored one goal against Sunderland[5] before returning to Arsenal. In August 2004, he came on as a substitute in Arsenal's 3–1 Community Shield victory over Manchester United, but soon after he was loaned to Danish club Brøndby IF for the whole season. At Brøndby, he played both as a defensive midfielder and right back, in a season which ended with both the Danish Superliga championship and triumph in the Danish Cup tournament.
In July 2005, he left Arsenal to join Portuguese club Vitória S.C. for an undisclosed fee, having played four times in total for the London club. After a single season with Vitória, where he was, and still is a beloved player, he moved to Borussia Mönchengladbach on June 21, 2006, again for an undisclosed fee.
On February 25, 2007 he played his first Bundesliga match for Mönchengladbach against SV Werder Bremen [6]
He was snapped on 8 January 2009 F.C. Hansa Rostock after being released by Borussia Mönchengladbach in Germany.[7]
On 15 January 2010 Borussia Mönchengladbach resigns his contract and he becomes a free agent.[8] On 18 January, Svärd is signed by Dutch club, Roda JC.[9] He will be playing in Kerkrade for the next 3½ years.[10]
Svärd debuted for the under-21 national team in November 2002, 19 years old. He has played more than 50 matches for various Danish youth national teams.
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