Björn Morgan Enqvist (born 12 October 1977 in

Lund Lund (, ;"Lund"
(US) and ) is a city in the provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, southern Swed ...

, Sweden) is a Swedish footballer who last played for

Aris Limassol FC Aris Limassol (Greek: ''Άρης Λεμεσού'') is a professional Cypriot football club based in Limassol and one of the founder members of Cyprus Football Association. The club's colours are green, black and white, and their home is the A ...

in Cyprus.

Club career

Early life

Enqvist is a

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from the academy of

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö, Scania. They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda S ...

, where he started his career as a 10-year-old playing in a very successful youth team of boys born 1977. The team won two Swedish championships for under-16s. Both the national league for U16 and the National indoor 5-a-side championship. They also competed successfully in many European tournaments and the successful youth team produced five professional players for the senior team of Malmö FF, including Enqvist.

England

On 10 February 1995, Enqvist moved to the

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(at the age of 17) with

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. He spent two years playing for the club mostly in the reserves but also reaching the

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semi-final against Liverpool where he scored a memorable volley.

Scandinavia

Enqvist transferred back to Malmö FF in January 1997 under Dutch coach Frans Thijssen. In his two years in the senior squad of Malmö FF he was an important player when the team finished third in the league 1997, and also influential in 1998 where the team also took part in the

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where they for the second year running played against Croatian side Hajduk Split. In 1999 Enqvist transferred to

VPS Vaasa Vaasan Palloseura, commonly referred to as VPS, is a Finnish football club, based in Vaasa. It currently plays in the first tier of Finnish football (''Veikkausliiga''). The club's current manager is Jussi Nuorela. The club plays its home matc ...

in Finland where he in two years playing for the club managed to win two league cup titles and again took part in the UEFA Cup playing against Scottish side St johnstone. In January 2000 he signed for Swedish side

GAIS Gais () is a village and a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. The area of Gais is . In 1977, the village Gais received the Wakker Prize for the development and preservation of its architectural heritage. The ...

where he played two years. Enqvist caught the eye of several European clubs and were invited to train with West Ham United who he was close to transfer to.

Greece

Enqvist arrived in Greece on 3 January signing for Athens-based Apollon Athinon. He then moved on to sign for Panahaiki in July 2004 where he enjoyed playing under coach Ivan Jovanovic. He also played for

Kastoria Kastoria (, ''Kastoriá'' ) is a city in northern Greece in the modern regions of Greece, region of Western Macedonia. It is the capital of Kastoria (regional unit), Kastoria regional unit, in the Geographic regions of Greece, geographic region ...

in Northern Greece for one year under coach Gjoko Hadzievski. In Greece Enqvist played close to 90 games in B-Ethniki scoring 13 times as a defensive playmaker. In 2009 Enqvist returned to Greece after playing in Cyprus and signed for Veria FC, where he after a successful season won the league and promotion to the 2nd division.

Cyprus

Björns career continued in Cyprus when on 7 January he signed for

Nea Salamina Nea Salamis Famagusta or Nea Salamina Famagusta () is a Cypriot sports club based in Ammochostos (also known by its romanized name, Famagusta), Cyprus. The club is named after Salamis, Cyprus, Salamis (or Salamina), an ancient city near present- ...

. In July 2007 Enqvist transferred within Cyprus and signed for

APEP Pitsilia APEP (; ''Aθλητική Ποδοσφαιρική Ένωση Πιτσιλιάς'', Athlitiki Podosfairiki Enosi Pitsilia, Athletic Football Union Pitsilia) is a Cypriot association football, football club, based in Kyperounta, a village in Pitsi ...

, for whom he has enjoyed two successful seasons. His first season saw him guide the team to promotion to the Cypriot top league playing as a defensive playmaker. This team made history as the first APEP side ever, who managed to avoid relegation in the top league. In June 2010 Enqvist signed a contract with

in the 2nd division where he again secured the league title and promotion to the top league.

International career

Enqvist was capped for Sweden on all levels from u-16 to u-21, representing his country (Sweden). Captaining the u-18 side and taking part in Sweden's U-21 European qualifiers against England and was also capped against France and Spain.

References

External links

Official site
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