Jan Fredrik Berglund (born 21 March 1979) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a

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. He started off his career with

IF Elfsborg Idrottsföreningen Elfsborg, more commonly known as IF Elfsborg or simply Elfsborg (), is a professional football club based in Borås, Sweden, and is affiliated to the Västergötlands Fotbollförbund. They play in the Allsvenskan and have spent ...

in 1995 and became the

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during the

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season. He then went on to represent

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Esbjerg fB Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber (; commonly known as Esbjerg fB or EfB in short) is a Danish professional football club based in Esbjerg, West Jutland, that plays in the 2nd division, the third-tier of the Danish football league system. Foun ...

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, and Stabæk before retiring at IF Elfsborg in early 2011. A full international between 2001 and 2006, he won 12

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and scored two goals for the Sweden national team.

Club career

Early years

Berglund started his professional career with IF Elfsborg and was a key player together with

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and

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, the three of them were nicknamed "The Headband Gang". In the 2000 season he was top goalscorer of the

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and he attracted interest from foreign based clubs and eventually signed for Dutch side

in a

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750.000 deal.

Roda JC

Berglund had a hard time in the Netherlands and after a year and a half, he was sent on loan back to Sweden and IF Elfsborg. He returned to the Netherlands for the remaining of the 2003–04 season and played a few games.

Denmark

In the spring of 2004 Berglund moved to

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side

who paid a record transfer fee of €150,000 for him. He made his debut for Esbjerg on 14 March 2004 in a game against

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away scoring two goals and making three assists in a 6–1 win. Berglund played two and a half years in Esbjerg before he was transferred to Danish champions

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in the summer of 2006. He played only one season with the club, playing 52 games (Danish Superliga,

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and

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) and scoring 18 goals. He once again played alongside former teammate

. On 26 November 2006, he beat

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's record of quickest person to score 50 goals in the Danish Superliga. Andersen had used 97 matches to score the 50 goals, but Berglund could, with a goal against

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, score his goal no. 50 after 93 matches.

Return to Elfsborg

In the spring of 2007,

brought in Brazilian striker

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whose arrival pushed Berglund out of the starting line-up and when the club in the summer of 2007 also signed the Danish international forward

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, Berglund was suddenly fourth or fifth choice for one of the two slots in the F.C. Copenhagen attack. A few days after Nordstrand's arrival, Berglund moved back to Sweden and signed once again with IF Elfsborg. The transfer fee was reported to be 4.9 million DKK, €750,000. Berglund played his first game for Elfsborg 12 July 2007 when he came on as a substitute in a 2–0 victory at home against

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Loan to Stabæk

On 31 March, ten minutes before midnight and the end of the Norwegian transfer window, 2008 champions Stabæk announced that they had signed Fredrik on a season-long loan deal.

Retirement

On 10 January 2011, Berglund officially announced his retirement from football as a player. After being sidelined a long time with constant injuries, Berglund felt he no longer had the motivation to continue playing.

International career

Berglund was capped 12 times for the Sweden national team and scored two goals. He got his debut and scored his first international goal with the national side on 10 February 2001 against

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in the 2001 King's Cup. He won his 12th and ultimately final international cap for Sweden on 15 November 2006 in a friendly game against the

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Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Berglund goal''.

Honours

IF Elfsborg *

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: 2000–01 Copenhagen *

: 2006–07 Individual *

References

External links

Career stats
at

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Berglund, Fredrik 1979 births Living people People from Borås Swedish footballers Association football forwards Sweden international footballers Allsvenskan players Eredivisie players Danish Superliga players Eliteserien players IF Elfsborg players Roda JC Kerkrade players Esbjerg fB players F.C. Copenhagen players Stabæk Fotball players Swedish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate footballers in Norway Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Sportspeople from Västra Götaland County