Mikael Patrik "Totte" Gerrbrand (born 27 April 1981) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a defender. Starting off his career with

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in 2000, he went on to also represent

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and

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before retiring at

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in 2015. A youth international for Sweden, he appeared seven times for the Sweden U21 team between 2003 and 2004.

Club career

A central defender, Gerrbrand began playing football for

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before heading to Hammarby as at 14 years of age. He played through the youth ranks before making his professional debut in 2000, and played for five more seasons, winning the Swedish

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. In July 2005 he signed for

, making 21 appearances in all competitions for the

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side during the 2005–06 season. Gerrbrand signed for the Norwegian club in July 2006, transferring from

because he did not have a future for the first-team. He signed a three and a half year contract with

. He played most of Fredikstad's games until the 2009 season, where he only played in two of their first thirteen games and was released by mutual consent on 15 June 2009. Just a few days after he left FFK, he signed for his youth and favourite club Hammarby IF. He signed a two and a half year-contract with "Bajen".

International career

Gerrbrand made seven appearances for the Swedish under-21 team, but never appeared in a senior international match. He was a part of Sweden's squad at the

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, in which he played in four games as Sweden finished fourth.

Honours

Hammarby IF *

Fredrikstad *

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References

External links

*
Player profile at Fredrikstad FK
1981 births Living people Swedish footballers Leicester City F.C. players Fredrikstad FK players Hammarby Fotboll players Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Norway Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Swedish expatriate footballers Sweden under-21 international footballers Allsvenskan players Eliteserien players Association football defenders Boo FK players Boo FK managers Swedish football managers {{sweden-footy-defender-stub