Sven Olof Fredrik Söderström (born 30 January 1973) is a Swedish retired

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who played as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

Club career

Born in

Ludvika Ludvika () is a bimunicipal city and the seat of Ludvika Municipality, Dalarna County within the country of Sweden, with 14,498 inhabitants in 2010. Overview The conurbation of Ludvika extends over the border of Smedjebacken Municipality, where ...

, Söderström started his professional career with lowly

IK Brage Idrottsklubben Brage, also known as IK Brage or simply Brage, is a Swedish football club located in Borlänge. The club is affiliated with Dalarnas Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Domnarvsvallen. The club colours, reflected in th ...

. In January 1997 he moved to

Vitória de Guimarães Vitoria or Vitória may refer to : People * Francisco de Vitoria (c. 1483–1546), a Spanish Renaissance theologian * Alberto Vitoria (1956–2010), Spanish footballer * Rui Vitória (born 1970), Portuguese retired footballer * Steven Vitória ...

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

, where his stellar performances attracted the attention of fellow Primeira Liga club FC Porto. Söderström played 24 matches in his first season, but went on to serve consecutive loans for the remainder of his contract, mainly in that nation, as the northerners achieved consecutive

European competition The European Competition is a student competition in which students of all ages submit creative, artistic, or written pieces of work on the activities of the European Union. Tendered by European Movement Germany, it is the oldest student competition ...

accolades. In January 2005, at 32 and having appeared in more than 200 overall games in Portugal, he left for Spain where he represented Córdoba CF and

UD Lanzarote Unión Deportiva Lanzarote is a Spanish football team based in Arrecife, Lanzarote, in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded in 1970 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 12, holding home games at the '' Ciudad Deportiva d ...

, in the second and third levels respectively. He returned to his country in 2008 after 11 years, signing with Hammarby IF. Söderström announced his retirement from football on 20 February 2011 at the age of nearly 38, after being released by Hammarby on a free transfer.

International career

Söderström played five games for the Swedish national team over a period of four years, but never appeared in any major international tournament. He earned his first

cap A cap is a flat headgear, usually with a visor. Caps have crowns that fit very close to the head. They made their first appearance as early as 3200 BC. Caps typically have a visor, or no brim at all. They are popular in casual and informal se ...

on 2 June 1998, starting and featuring 62 minutes in a 1–0 friendly win against

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

in Gothenburg.

References

External links

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Soderstrom, Fredrik 1973 births Living people Swedish footballers Association football midfielders Allsvenskan players IK Brage players Hammarby Fotboll players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Vitória S.C. players FC Porto players S.C. Braga players C.F. Estrela da Amadora players Belgian First Division A players Standard Liège players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Córdoba CF players Sweden international footballers Swedish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Spain Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Spain