Sven Pontus Kåmark (born 5 April 1969) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a defender. He played for Västerås SK,

IFK Göteborg Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or simply Göteborg, is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, it is the ...

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, and

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, and won 57

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for the Sweden national team. He was a part of the Sweden team that finished third at the

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Club career

Kåmark started off his career with

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before making his senior debut for Västerås SK.

IFK Göteborg

Kåmark signed with

ahead of the

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season and made his debut on 11 May 1989 in an Allsvenskan game against GAIS that ended 2–2. In

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, Kåmark won his first league title with Göteborg, appearing in 8 league games. The following season, he appeared in 16 league games and 6

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games when Göteborg won both the

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as well as the 1991 Svenska Cupen. Between 1993 and 1995, Kåmark played in more than 60 league games as IFK Göteborg won three straight Allsvenskan titles. In the 1994–95 UEFA Champions League, Kåmark scored the last goal in a 3–1 win against Manchester United as IFK Göteborg won

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ahead of

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, Manchester United and

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. Kåmark played in all 180 minutes as the captain when IFK Göteborg was eliminated by FC Bayern Munich on away goals in the

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Leicester City

Kåmark was bought by

from Göteborg for £840,000 in September 1995, but did not join the team until IFK Göteborg had lifted the

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trophy. Only three days after making his debut for the club, Kåmark tore his ACL in a

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game against Bolton Wanderers, which ruled him out of football for a year. Kåmark eventually recovered from his injury and made his comeback in January 1997, eventually helping his team win the

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, playing in all 120 minutes in the

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AIK

Kåmark signed for the

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in the summer of

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, ahead of their

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campaign. AIK was able to keep a clean sheet in all 12 of Kåmark's first games for the club. He eventually helped the team qualify for the Champions League group stage by playing at left back when AIK eliminated

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in the qualifying stage. AIK finished last in

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, competing with Barcelona, Arsenal and

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. He tore his ACL once again during the

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spring season and left AIK at the end of the season.

Return to IFK Göteborg and retirement

After recovering from his third ACL injury, Kåmark return to IFK Göteborg for the

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season. He retired from professional football in 2002.

International career

Youth

Kåmark won a total of 35

for the Sweden U17, U19, and U21 teams and represented his country at the

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where Sweden reached the

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Senior

He made his senior debut for Sweden in a friendly against the

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on 14 February 1990. Kåmark played in three games as Sweden qualified for the

. At the final tournament, Kåmark appeared in four games as Sweden finished third behind

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and

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. He appeared in five games as Sweden failed to qualify for

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, and in four games as Sweden missed out on qualifying for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He helped Sweden qualify for both

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and the

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, but missed both final tournaments because of injuries. He made his last international appearance in a friendly against

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on 13 February 2002. Kåmark ultimately won 57 caps for Sweden without scoring.

Career statistics

Club

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

Honours

IFK Göteborg * Allsvenskan:

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Leicester City * Football League Cup: 1996–97 Sweden *

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third place:

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kamark, Pontus 1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Västerås Expatriate footballers in England Swedish expatriate footballers Swedish footballers IFK Göteborg players AIK Fotboll players Leicester City F.C. players Sweden international footballers Sweden under-21 international footballers Sweden youth international footballers 1994 FIFA World Cup players Premier League players Allsvenskan players Västerås SK Fotboll players Association football defenders