Bo Kristoffer Nordfeldt (born 23 June 1989) is a Swedish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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and the Swedish national team.

Club career

IF Brommapojkarna

Nordfeldt began his career in

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, famous for its academy. He was promoted to the first team for the season of 2006, when the team was playing in

Superettan Superettan (; meaning the super first (division)) is an association football league and the second highest league in the league system of Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Al ...

. Nordfeldt did not play any league matches that year or the following year when the team was playing for the first time in

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

. In 2008,

were back in Superettan and both goalkeepers,

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and Kristoffer Björklund, had left the club. Nordfeldt started his first year as a senior and when the season ended, the club had seen a promotion back to the Allsvenskan. He had started 29 out of 30 league matches, conceding 27 goals, and achieving 12 clean sheets. Nordfeldt signed a new contract in the beginning of 2009, keeping him at the club until 2012. As newcomers for the season of 2009, the club was seen as favourites for relegation, but finished a comfortable 12th. He made 21 league appearances, conceding 31 goals and keeping six clean sheets. On 2 August 2010, there were several scouts spotted at Grimsta to watch the match between

and the league leaders

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. The clubs thought to be interested in Nordfeldt were

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, and

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Heerenveen

On 6 March 2012, Nordfeldt signed a three-and-a-half-year-deal at Dutch top flight club

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. He featured over 100 times for the Dutch side, helping them reach the Eredivisie play-offs for Europa League qualification in each of his three seasons at the club.

Swansea City

On 23 June 2015, Nordfeldt signed for

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side

Swansea City Swansea City Association Football Club (; cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Cymdeithas Dinas Abertawe) is a professional football club based in Swansea, Wales that plays in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Swansea have played their ho ...

on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee. He was signed to compete with

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for the starting position, following the departures of goalkeepers

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and

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earlier in that transfer window. Nordfeldt made his Swansea City debut on Tuesday 25 August in their

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match against

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where he played the full 90 minutes in a 3–0 win which resulted in his first clean sheet for the club. Nordfeldt made his Premier League debut in the last match of the

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against

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International career

Between 2008 and 2010, Nordfeldt played 16 matches for the Swedish U21-team. In the race for the 2011 U21 European Championships, Sweden played 8 matches in their qualification group and 2 in the play-offs, all with Nordfeldt in the starting lineup, with a goal difference of 17–10. Nordfeldt made his debut for

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on 22 January 2011 in a friendly match against South Africa Development team. In May 2018, he was named in Sweden's 23 man squad for the

2018 FIFA World Cup The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national Association football, football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awa ...

in Russia. Nordfeldt was included in Sweden's 26-man squad for

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Career statistics

Club

Appearances in the EFL Trophy.

International

References

External links

Swansea City Profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nordfeldt, Kristoffer 1989 births Living people Footballers from Stockholm Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers Sweden men's under-21 international footballers Sweden men's international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers IF Brommapojkarna players SC Heerenveen players Swansea City A.F.C. players Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers AIK Fotboll players Superettan players Allsvenskan players Eredivisie players Premier League players English Football League players Süper Lig players 2018 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2020 players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Wales Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Wales