Björn Karl Håkan Corneliusson (born 17 November 1976) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a defender. Starting off his career with Örgryte IS, he went on to play professionally for

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 ...

, Salernitana, Napoli, and Landskrona BoIS during a career that spanned between 1994 and 2007. He won nine caps for the Sweden national team between 2000 and 2001, scoring one goal.

Club career

Corneliusson began his footballing career with Örgryte IS, before signing with

ahead of the

1999 Allsvenskan Allsvenskan 1999, part of the 1999 Swedish football season, was the 75th Allsvenskan season played. Helsingborgs IF won the league ahead of runners-up AIK, while Kalmar FF, Malmö FF and Djurgårdens IF were relegated. Summary *On 30 October 19 ...

season. While at AIK, he was a part of the team that competed in the

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, as well as won the 1998–1999 Svenska Cupen. After the

2003 Allsvenskan Allsvenskan 2003, part of the 2003 Swedish football season, was the 79th Allsvenskan season played. The first match was played 5 April 2003 and the last match was played 26 October 2003. Djurgårdens IF won the league ahead of runners-up Hammarby ...

season, he left AIK to sign for Salernitana in the Italian

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. The following season, he was loaned out to Napoli in

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. In 2005, he returned home to Sweden to sign for Landskrona BoIS.

International career

Youth

Corneliusson made a total of 39 appearances for the Sweden U17, U19, and U21 teams, and was a part of the Sweden U21 team that finished 6th at the

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in Romania.

Senior

He made his full international debut for

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on 4 February 2000 in a friendly game against

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, coming on as a substitute for

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in the 71st minute in a game that ended in a 0–1 loss. Later that year, he made his competitive debut for Sweden in a 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier against

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, replacing

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in the 55th minute and picking up a yellow card in a 1–1 draw. He scored his first goal for Sweden on 28 February 2001 in a friendly game against

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, scoring the first goal in a 3–0 win. He won his 9th and final international cap on 25 April 2001 in a 2-0 friendly win against

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. Despite appearing in three 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, he was not called up to Sweden's

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squad after injuring his hand only a month before the tournament.

Career statistics

International

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

Honours

AIK * Svenska Cupen: 1998–1999 Individual * Isidorpriset:

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Corneliusson, Karl 1976 births Living people Swedish footballers Sweden youth international footballers Sweden under-21 international footballers Swedish expatriate footballers Allsvenskan players Serie B players Örgryte IS players AIK Fotboll players U.S. Salernitana 1919 players S.S.C. Napoli players Landskrona BoIS players Expatriate footballers in Italy Association football defenders Sweden international footballers Footballers from Gothenburg