Daniel Sjölund

Daniel Sjölund
Personal information
Full nameHenrik Daniel Sjölund
Date of birth22 April 1983
Place of birthFinström, Åland, Finland
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionAttacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
IFK Norrköping
Youth career
–1998IF Finströms Kamraterna
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1998–1999IFK Mariehamn27(11)
1999IF Brommapojkarna9(0)
1999–2000West Ham United0(0)
2000–2003Liverpool0(0)
2003–2012Djurgårdens IF205(27)
2013–2014Åtvidabergs FF48(6)
2015–IFK Norrköping
National team‡
Finland U2118(5)
2003–2012Finland37(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 September 2014.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2012

Henrik Daniel "Daja" Sjölund (born 22 April 1983 in Finström, Åland) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a midfielder. He currently plays for IFK Norrköping in the Swedish Allsvenskan.

Career

Daniel Sjölund was born in the municipality of Finström, based on the Åland Island group which is a Swedish-speaking autonomous region that belongs to Finland. Sjölund started his career at IF Finströms Kamraterna, when he was a child.[1] Afterwards he went to IFK Mariehamn[2] and IF Brommapojkarna,[2] before being signed by West Ham at the age of just 16, after impressive displays for Finland's youth teams. In 2000 Liverpool manager Gérard Houllier agreed to pay £1 million for the talented forward[3] in a deal that also saw Rigobert Song going the other way.[4] After failing to get into the first team at Liverpool, Sjölund joined Djurgården for the 2003 season, first on loan[5] and later on a permanent deal.[6] He has won two Swedish championships and two Swedish Cups with Djurgården. The 2005 season finally saw Sjölund become a regular in the Djurgården team, and he scored seven goals in the league.[1]

A regular for the Under-21s since the age of 17, Sjölund made his senior international debut for the Finnish national team on 22 May 2003 against Norway.[7] Good performances in the 2005 season have seen him promoted to the senior team on a regular basis. Sjölund was also a part of the Finland squad at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.

In September 2012 Sjölund played his 200th league game for Djurgården wearing a number 200 shirt.[8] But only a couple of months later the club announced that they would not be extending his contract.[9]

Sjölund signed with Åtvidabergs FF on 4 February 2013 and stayed with the club for two seasons.[10] He signed a pre-contract with local rivals IFK Norrköping during the 2014 season, and joined the squad for the 2015 season.[11]

Personal information

His sister Annica Sjölund is also a Finnish international who competed in Women's Euro 2009.

Career statistics

As of match played 5 September 2014.
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brommapojkarna 1999 Division 1 Norra 9 0 — 9 0
Total 9 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 9 0
West Ham 1999–00 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000–01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Liverpool 2000–01 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001–02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002–03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Djurgården 2003 Allsvenskan 19 3 3 1 — 1 0 23 4
2004 17 1 4 3 — 2 0 3 0 26 4
2005 22 7 6 6 — 2 0 6 1 36 14
2006 26 2 3 0 — 2 0 1 0 32 2
2007 23 5 1 0 — 24 5
2008 10 1 0 0 — 3 0 13 1
2009 19 3 0 0 — 0 0 19 3
2010 14 0 0 0 — 14 0
2011 28 2 2 1 — 30 3
2012 27 3 1 0 — 28 3
Total 205 27 20 11 — 10 0 10 1 245 39
Åtvidaberg 2013 Allsvenskan 28 6 4 1 — 32 7
2014 20 0 3 1 — 23 1
Total 48 6 7 2 — 0 0 0 0 55 8
Career total 262 33 27 13 0 0 10 0 10 1 309 47

International goals

As of 17 October 2010

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Reports
1. 12 November 2005 Olympic Stadium, Helsinki  Estonia 1–0 2–2 Friendly match
2. 10 September 2008 Olympic Stadium, Helsinki  Germany 3–2 3–3 FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying

International

As of 14 November 2012
Finland national team
YearAppsGoals
200320
200420
200541
200610
200760
200831
200940
201040
201150
201260
Total372

Honours

Club

Djurgårdens IF

Individual

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Daniel Sjölund". svenskfotboll.se. Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Thomas Jonsson (2009-10-07). "Daja bästa IFK-are genom tiderna". alandstidningen.ax (in Swedish). Ålandstidningen. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
  3. ↑ "Daniel Sjolund". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
  4. ↑ "Rigobert Song". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
  5. ↑ Johanna Lundeberg (2003-01-15). "Vänsterfoten är Sjölunds vapen". dif.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
  6. ↑ "Daniel Sjölund kvar i Djurgården". dif.se. Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. 2003-11-15. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
  7. ↑ "Daniel Sjölund". palloliitto.fi (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
  8. ↑ "Sjölunds jublimeum blev ingen succé". dif.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF. Retrieved 2012-12-03.
  9. ↑ "Daniel Sjölund och DIF går skilda vägar". dif.fi (in Finnish). Djurgårdens IF. Retrieved 2012-12-03.
  10. ↑ "Daniel Sjölund nästa nyförvärv" (in Swedish). 4 February 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "IFK Norrköping värvar från ÅFF". Norrköpings Tidningar (in Swedish). 21 July 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2015.

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