Jens Fjellström (born 27 October 1966) is a former

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and

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. He is currently working as a scout for the

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Club career

Fjellström started his career at local Umeå club Gimonäs CK. After the bigger clubs noticed his skills he moved to

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and

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. He remained at Djurgården for five seasons before moving to

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. He enjoyed much success at the club and went on a loan to

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before playing a final season in Malmö. Fjellström decided to end his career after a knee injury had made him miss a season after which he thought that he couldn't perform at the same level as before his injury.

International career

Fjellström won a total of three

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for the Sweden national team, He scored his first and only international goal in a friendly match against

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on 22 August 1990, which was also his international debut.

After retiring

After retiring, Fjellström worked 15 years as a football expert on Swedish TV-channel

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. He didn't extend his contract with the channel and instead on 26 July 2016, he was appointed as assistant manager of

. He left the position on 21 January 2019. In March 2019, he announced that he was going to work for the

as a scout. His job was to go out and watch Denmark's opponents and then compile reports and give to manager

Åge Hareide Åge Fridtjof Hareide (born 23 September 1953) is a Norwegian football manager and player, currently managing Malmö FF as the interim manager. In his playing career, he played for Hødd and Molde in Norway as well as Manchester City and Norwich ...

.Fjellströms nya jobb - i danska landslaget: "Lite kittlande"
fotbollskanalen.se, 21 March 2019

References

* 1966 births Living people Sportspeople from Umeå Swedish footballers Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players Malmö FF players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Dalian Shide F.C. players Sweden international footballers Swedish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in China Swedish expatriate sportspeople in China Swedish association football commentators Association football midfielders {{Sweden-footy-bio-stub