Jesper Kewe Karlström (born 21 June 1995) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Udinese and the Sweden national team.
.jpg) Karlström playing for Djurgårdens IF in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jesper Kewe Karlström | ||
| Date of birth | 21 June 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Stockholm, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Udinese | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2004 | Hammarby IF | ||
| 2004–2012 | IF Brommapojkarna | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | IF Brommapojkarna | 41 | (3) |
| 2015–2020 | Djurgårdens IF | 147 | (8) |
| 2017 | → IF Brommapojkarna (loan) | 2 | (1) |
| 2021–2024 | Lech Poznań | 111 | (4) |
| 2024– | Udinese | 12 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | Sweden U17 | 9 | (3) |
| 2013–2014 | Sweden U19 | 15 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Sweden U21 | 5 | (1) |
| 2018– | Sweden | 16 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:37, 21 November 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editEarly career
editKarlström started out his career playing for Hammarby IF at the age of six. When he turned nine the coach of his team moved to IF Brommapojkarna and brought his entire youth team along with him to the new club, including Karlström.[1][2]
IF Brommapojkarna
editShortly after his eighteenth birthday in 2013, Karlström made his Allsvenskan debut for Brommapojkarna away against Kalmar FF.[3] At the start of the next year he scored for the first time when his game-winning goal in the last game of the 2013–14 Svenska Cupen group stage qualified the club for the knockout stage of the tournament.[4] A few months later he also scored his first league goal in the 3–0 home win against IFK Norrköping.[5]
Djurgårdens IF
editBrommapojkarna were relegated at the end of the 2014 Allsvenskan season, but Karlström had performed well enough to be signed by the larger Stockholm club Djurgårdens IF on a four-year deal.[6] Ahead of 2017 Karlström had his shirt number changed from 22 to 6. On 10 May 2018, he played as Djurgarden beat Malmö FF 3–0 in the Swedish Cup Final.[7]
In 2019 Karlström crowned himself as a Swedish champion as part of the Djurgårdens IF team that won the Swedish league for a twelfth time.[8] Jesper contributed with the 2–1 goal in the remarkable second-half comeback to win the title.[9]
Lech Poznań
editOn 2 December 2020, Lech Poznań announced Karlström had signed from Djurgårdens IF on a contract until June 2024.[10] In three-and-a-half-years, he totaled 144 appearances, four goals and nine assists across all competitions for Lech, won the 2021–22 Ekstraklasa title and contributed to the club's best-ever European campaign in 2022–23, when they reached the UEFA Europa Conference League quarter-finals.[11]
Udinese
editOn 3 August 2024, Karlström moved to Italian club Udinese on a two-year deal, for a reported fee of €2 million with potential bonuses.[12]
International career
editKarlström has represented Sweden at the U17, U19 and U21 levels.[13] In November 2014 he made his debut for the Sweden national under-21 football team against Austria.[6]
He made his full international debut for the Sweden national team on 11 January 2018 in a friendly 1–0 win against Denmark, playing for 66 minutes before being replaced by Kristoffer Olsson.[13][14]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of 6 September 2024[15]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| IF Brommapojkarna | 2012 | Superettan | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2013 | Allsvenskan | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 19 | 1 | |||
| 2014 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | — | 34 | 3 | |||
| Total | 41 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 53 | 4 | |||
| Djurgårdens IF | 2015 | Allsvenskan | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 28 | 2 | ||
| 2016 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 20 | 2 | ||||
| 2017 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 27 | 4 | ||||
| 2018 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 34 | 4 | ||||
| 2020 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3[b] | 0 | — | 35 | 2 | |||
| Total | 147 | 8 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 0 | — | 178 | 14 | |||
| IF Brommapojkarna (loan) | 2017 | Superettan | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | |||
| Lech Poznań | 2020-21 | Ekstraklasa | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| 2021-22 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 1 | ||||
| 2022-23 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19[c] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 52 | 1 | ||
| 2023-24 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4[e] | 0 | — | 36 | 2 | |||
| 2024-25 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 111 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 144 | 4 | ||
| Udinese | 2024-25 | Serie A | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Career Total | 304 | 16 | 42 | 7 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 381 | 23 | ||
- ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- ^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, Two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, Seventeen appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ Appearance(s) in Polish Super Cup
- ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
edit| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 0 | |
Honours
editDjurgårdens IF
Lech Poznań
References
edit- ^ "Djurgården kändes perfekt – jag velade ingenting". FotbollDirekt. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ^ "Jesper Karlström". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ^ "Jesper nöjd med debuten". IF Brommapojkarna. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ^ "Jespers första - BP cupvann". IF Brommapojkarna. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ^ "Stjärnskottet gav BP segern". Dagens Nyheter. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ^ a b "Jesper Karlström klar för DIF". Djurgårdens IF. Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ^ "DIF.se | Djurgården cupmästare". Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ "Djurgården Svenska Mästare 2019".
- ^ "Här tänds hoppet för Djurgården".
- ^ "Jesper Karlström od stycznia piłkarzem Lecha" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Jesper Karlström żegna się z Lechem" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ Maj, Jakub (3 August 2024). "Lech Poznań sprzedał zawodnika. Jesper Karlström przeniósł się do Włoch. Kosta Runjaić go chciał". gol24.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Jesper Karlström - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Sverige - Danmark - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.sehttps (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 October 2021.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Jesper Karlström at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ "Jesper Karlström - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
External links
edit- Jesper Karlström at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- Jesper Karlström at Soccerway