Daniel Kjell Valter Erik Örlund (born 23 June 1980) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a

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. He is best remembered for his time with

AIK AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...

and Rosenborg. He won one

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for the Sweden national team.

Club career

Örlund began his career at senior level at local club Spårvägen before signing for

in 2002. Örlund made his debut in AIK in a

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game against Carlstad United in 2003. AIK won with 4–1, and Örlund kept the goalkeeper position in the next cup round against Häcken as well. During the 2004 season he was on loan to FC Café Opera United where he made an impressive impact (25 games with seven clean sheets). At his return to AIK in 2005, while playing in Superettan, Örlund played all but one game and made himself a streak, when he did not let in a goal for 567 minutes. Since his return to AIK he has been the undisputed first choice and helped the club win the

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and

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. On 27 November 2009, he signed for Rosenborg BK. Örlund left Rosenborg BK after his contract expired after the 2014 season. On 2 March 2015, it was announced by

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that they had signed Örlund.

International career

Örlund made his first and only international appearance for the Sweden national team on 20 January 2010 in a

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against

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, keeping a clean sheet in a 1–0 win. He was on the bench for a UEFA Euro 2012 qualifier in 2010 and for a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier in 2013, but never appeared in a competitive game for Sweden.

Post-playing career

In 2017, Örlund was appointed

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Honours

Fredrikstad *

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runner up:

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AIK * Allsvenskan: 2009 *

: 2009 Rosenborg * Norwegian Premier League Championship: 2010

References

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* Living people 1980 births Footballers from Stockholm Swedish men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Allsvenskan players Superettan players Eliteserien players Enskede IK players AIK Fotboll players AFC Eskilstuna players Fredrikstad FK players Rosenborg BK players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players IF Brommapojkarna players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Sweden men's international footballers Association football goalkeeping coaches Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women) non-playing staff {{Sweden-footy-goalkeeper-stub