Jan Enar Christer "Janne" Sjöström (10 April 1948 – 12 September 2013) was a Swedish
football
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player and manager, best known for representing
Hammarby IF
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. A full international between 1972 and 1974, he won eight
caps
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for
Sweden
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.
Early life
Sjöström was born in
Härnösand
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, but grew up in
Umeå
Umeå ( , , , locally ; South Westrobothnian: ;). fi, Uumaja; sju, Ubmeje; sma, Upmeje; se, Ubmi) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County.
Situated on the Ume River, Ume ...
. He started playing football with the local club Sandåkerns SK as a youngster, and made his debut for their senior team at age 14 in the Swedish lower divisions.
Club career
IFK Göteborg
In 1965, at age 17, Sjöström joined
IFK Göteborg
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in
Allsvenskan
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, as his family had moved to the city, and got promoted to the senior squad a year later.
In 1968, Sjöström broke into the side as a regular and scored seven goals in 17 league fixtures as the club finished 9th in the table.
At the end of the season, Sjöström decided to leave the club to pursue studies in
Stockholm
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.
Hammarby IF
In 1969, Sjöström joined
Hammarby IF
Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differe ...
in
Division 2, and helped the club to win an immediate promotion back to the top tier.
Back in Allsvenskan, Hammarby was placed at the foot of the table after eight rounds in July 1970, but the club managed to go practically unbeaten through the rest of the campaign, eventually finishing 5th in the table. Sjöström established himself as one of Hammarby's key players together with
Tom Turesson
Tom Olov Turesson (17 May 1942 – 13 December 2004) was a Swedish football (soccer), football player and manager, best known for representing Hammarby Fotboll, Hammarby IF. A full international between 1962 and 1971, he won 22 Cap (sport), caps f ...
,
Kenneth Ohlsson
Lars Kenneth "Kenta" Ohlsson (born 7 September 1948) is a Swedish former football player and manager. He represented Hammarby IF throughout his whole playing career, as a one club man, and holds the club record for most league appearances in to ...
and
Ronnie Hellström
Folke Ronnie Wallentin Hellström (21 February 1949 – 6 February 2022) was a Swedish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He represented Hammarby IF and 1. FC Kaiserslautern during a career that spanned between 1966 and 1984 an ...
.
He became known as physical forward with a powerful shot, being a prolific goalscorer, although prone to injuries.
Between 1971 and 1975, Hammarby consistently finished mid-table in Allsvenskan, being unable to produce any sort of challenge for the Swedish champion title. Ahead of the 1976 season, Sjöström was on the verge of joining
AS Cannes
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in the
French Ligue 2
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, but the deal fell through in the last minute.
In 1977, Hammarby reached the final of
Svenska Cupen
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, the main domestic cup, but lost 0–1 to
Östers IF
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.
Sjöström decided to retire from football at the end of 1979, aged 31.
In total, Sjöström made 237 league appearances and scored 81 goals for the club. He is Hammarby's second best ever goalscorer in the top division Allsvenskan, behind
Billy Ohlsson
Billy Roger Ohlsson (born 13 January 1954) is a Swedish former football player and manager. He mostly represented Hammarby IF and is the club's all-time leading scorer with 94 goals in Allsvenskan. A full international between 1978 and 1980, Ohl ...
, and was voted in 2004 as the club's 24th biggest profile throughout its history.
International career
Sjöström featured regularly for the Swedish
U19's and
U21's, and took part in the
1972 UEFA European Under-23 Championship where Sweden was knocked out by
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in the quarter-finals.
He made his senior debut for
Sweden
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on 26 April 1972, aged 24, in a 1–1 draw against
Switzerland
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in an away friendly.
In total, Sjöström won eight caps for his country the next two years, but did not feature in any competitive fixtures.
Managerial career
After his playing career had ended, Sjöström worked a football manager. He was most notably the head coach of
BK Häcken
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between 1984–1986 and
Kalmar FF
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during a brief period in 1987.
Personal life
Until his death, Sjöström was in a long-term relationship with fellow former footballer
Gunilla Paijkull
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Paijkull, previously Gunilla Karlsson, was a f ...
. Sjöström died on 12 September 2013, at age 65, due to an undisclosed condition.
Career statistics
International
References
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1948 births
2013 deaths
Sportspeople from Umeå
Swedish footballers
Sweden international footballers
Association football forwards
Allsvenskan players
IFK Göteborg players
Hammarby Fotboll players
Swedish expatriate footballers
Swedish football managers
BK Häcken managers
Kalmar FF managers