Daniel Sjölund
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Henrik Daniel Sjölund | ||
Date of birth | 22 April 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Finström, Åland, Finland | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | IFK Mariehamn | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
–1998 | IF Finströms Kamraterna | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–1999 | IFK Mariehamn | 27 | (11) |
1999 | IF Brommapojkarna | 9 | (0) |
1999–2000 | West Ham United | 0 | (0) |
2000–2003 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
2003–2012 | Djurgårdens IF | 205 | (27) |
2013–2014 | Åtvidabergs FF | 51 | (6) |
2015–2018 | IFK Norrköping | 88 | (6) |
2019– | IFK Mariehamn | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
Finland U21 | 18 | (5) | |
2003–2012 | Finland | 37 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 November 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2012 |
Henrik Daniel "Daja" Sjölund (born 22 April 1983) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a midfielder. He plays for IFK Mariehamn. He has also appeared with the Finnish national team 37 times.
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]
Sjölund re-signed with IFK Mariehamn for the 2019 season.[12]
Personal information
His sister Annica Sjölund is also a Finnish international who competed in Women's Euro 2009.
Career statistics
- As of 26 September 2019
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
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 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 26 | 1 | |||||||
Total | 51 | 6 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 8 | |||
IFK Norrköping | 2015 | Allsvenskan | 28 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 33 | 2 | |||||
2016 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 34 | 2 | |||||
2017 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 32 | 1 | |||||
2018 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | |||||
Total | 84 | 6 | 14 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 6 | |||
IFK Mariehamn | 2019 | Veikkausliiga | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 19 | 0 | |||
Career total | 370 | 39 | 43 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 438 | 53 |
International goals
As of 17 October 2010[update]
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Reports |
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1. | 12 November 2005 | Olympic Stadium, Helsinki | Estonia | 1–0 | 2–2 | Friendly match | [1] |
2. | 10 September 2008 | Olympic Stadium, Helsinki | Germany | 3–2 | 3–3 | FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying | [2] |
International
- As of 14 November 2012
Finland national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2003 | 2 | 0 |
2004 | 2 | 0 |
2005 | 4 | 1 |
2006 | 1 | 0 |
2007 | 6 | 0 |
2008 | 3 | 1 |
2009 | 4 | 0 |
2010 | 4 | 0 |
2011 | 5 | 0 |
2012 | 6 | 0 |
Total | 37 | 2 |
Honours
Club
- Allsvenskan (2):[13] 2003, 2005
- Svenska Cupen (2): 2004, 2005
- Allsvenskan (1): 2015
Individual
- Swedish Goal of the Year (1): 2005
- Årets Järnkamin (1): 2008
References
- ^ a b "Daniel Sjölund". svenskfotboll.se. Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- ^ a b Thomas Jonsson (7 October 2009). "Daja bästa IFK-are genom tiderna". alandstidningen.ax (in Swedish). Ålandstidningen. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- ^ "Daniel Sjolund". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2007. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- ^ "Rigobert Song". soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 28 May 2006. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- ^ Johanna Lundeberg (15 January 2003). "Vänsterfoten är Sjölunds vapen". dif.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. Archived from the original on 23 August 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- ^ "Daniel Sjölund kvar i Djurgården". dif.se. Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. 15 November 2003. Archived from the original on 23 August 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- ^ "Daniel Sjölund". palloliitto.fi (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. Archived from the original on 22 June 2003. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- ^ "Sjölunds jublimeum blev ingen succé". dif.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF. Archived from the original on 1 November 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ "Daniel Sjölund och DIF går skilda vägar". dif.fi (in Finnish). Djurgårdens IF. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ "Daniel Sjölund nästa nyförvärv" (in Swedish). 4 February 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "IFK Norrköping värvar från ÅFF". Norrköpings Tidningar (in Swedish). 21 July 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ Avtalet mellan Grönvitt och Daja undertecknat, ifkfotboll.ax
- ^ "Stats" (PDF). www.difarkivet.se. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
External links
- "Profile at FA of Finland's official website" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 22 June 2003. Retrieved 7 June 2006.
- Profile at Djurgården's official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-02-11) Template:Sv icon
- Daniel Sjölund – Unofficial Fansite at the Wayback Machine (archived 2005-08-29)
- Daniel Sjölund at Soccerway
- IFK Mariehamn profile
- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from Finström
- Swedish-speaking Finns
- Finnish footballers
- Finland international footballers
- Finland youth international footballers
- Association football forwards
- IF Brommapojkarna players
- West Ham United F.C. players
- Liverpool F.C. players
- Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players
- IFK Mariehamn players
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate footballers in Sweden
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Finnish expatriate footballers
- Allsvenskan players