Alexander Thomas Jeremejeff (russian: Александр Еремеев; born 12 October 1993) is a Swedish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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, on loan from

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

. He has previously played for

Örgryte IS Örgryte Idrottssällskap, commonly referred to as Örgryte IS, Örgryte () or (especially locally) ÖIS or Öis, is a Swedish sports club based in Gothenburg. It consists of four departments, namely bowling, football, athletics and wrestling. H ...

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and

BK Häcken Bollklubben Häcken, more commonly known as BK Häcken or simply Häcken (), is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Gothenburg. It currently plays in Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. Formed on 2 Augu ...

. He won one

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for the Sweden national team in 2019.

Club career

Örgryte IS

Born in Kungsbacka, Jeremejeff started to play for local side

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before joining

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-club

in 2005. After advancing through the academy and scoring five goals in a youth game against

, Jeremejeff was picked for the senior squad to a league game against

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in September 2011. He made his debut the same game, substituting with Danny Ervik in the 75' minute while losing 2–3, but manage to impact the team to later win by 4–3. Örgryte offered Jeremejeff a senior contract after the 2011 season, which he accepted. He scored his first goal in an exhibition game against Qviding on March 28 the following year, scoring the minute after he was substituted in. However, he came to play only two league games during the 2012 season when Örgryte won Division 1, and decided to leave the club in January 2013 due to lack of playtime.

Qviding FIF

Jeremejeff signed a long-term contract with Division 1 team Qviding on January 28, 2013, as a free agent. The 2013 season was his first as a starting player, scoring 14 goals in 21 league games - almost half of the team's total of 33 goals, ending up being the second top scorer in division. His record made him attractive to professional clubs and on 26 October 2013 he was signed by the

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club BK Häcken. Jeremejeff have afterwards expressed gratitude to Qviding manager

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, claiming he was the football coach that meant most for his football career.

BK Häcken

with Jeremejeff having joined

in October 2013, Jeremejeff made his debut for

in a 3–1 defeat at

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on 4 April 2014.

Malmö FF

In July 2016, Jeremejeff signed for

on a two-and-a-half year contract.

Return to BK Häcken

In the summer of 2018, Jeremejeff rejoined former club BK Häcken for an undisclosed fee, rumoured to be 5,000,000 SEK.

Dynamo Dresden

On 13 August 2019, Jeremejeff signed for German 2. Bundesliga

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on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee. On 18 August 2019, he scored on his Dresden debut; the winning goal in a 2–1 victory at home to 1. FC Heidenheim. After a further 5 appearances and a goal, Jeremejeff tore his calf muscle in a 4–1 defeat to local rivals

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on 29 September 2019, ruling him out until late October.

International career

He made his debut for the

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on 8 January 2019 in a friendly against

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, as a starter.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

BK Häcken *

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: 2015–16, 2018–19 Malmö FF *

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Individual * Allsvenskan Top goalscorer:

* Allsvenskan Player of the Season:

* Allsvenskan Forward of the Season:

References

External links

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jeremejeff, Alexander 1993 births Living people People from Kungsbacka Association football forwards Swedish footballers Sweden international footballers Swedish expatriate footballers Allsvenskan players Ettan Fotboll players 2. Bundesliga players Örgryte IS players Qviding FIF players BK Häcken players Malmö FF players Dynamo Dresden players Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany Swedish people of Russian descent Sportspeople from Halland County