Philip Hellquist (born 21 May 1991) is a

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who plays as a

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for

Brommapojkarna Idrottsföreningen Brommapojkarna, more commonly known as Brommapojkarna (meaning ''the Bromma boys'') or simply BP, is a Swedish football club located in the borough of Bromma, in the western parts of Stockholm municipality. Brommapojkarna is t ...

Career

Hellquist grew up in the Stockholm suburb

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, and began playing football in Djurgården's youth team at the age of five. He was named for the Swedish U17 national team in a friendly against Latvia in April 2007. The game was his debut in any of the Swedish national teams, and he also scored the last goal in the 6–0 victory. He drew attention from English club

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, which offered him a place in their U17-team. No transfer was made due to a hip injury. Hellquist also had a trial at

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and Italian club

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showed interest in him. He began playing with the senior team during the 2008 pre-season. He played his first game in

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in the 4–2 loss against

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, and also scored his first goal in the Cup. Hellquist made his

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 ...

debut on 2 July 2008 against

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as a substitute. Djurgården awarded him "Junior player of the year" for his achievements during the 2008 season. He extended his contract with Djurgården for an additional three years in March 2010. On 15 January 2014, he signed a contract with Austrian team SC Wiener Neustadt. On 9 June 2015, he signed a contract with Austrian team

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. On 7 August 2017, he signed a six months contract with Swedish team

Kalmar Kalmar (, , ) is a city in the southeast of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 36,392 inhabitants in 2010 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County, which comprises 12 municipalities with a total of ...

. On 9 February 2018, he signed a contract with Greek team

PAS Giannina PAS Giannina Football Club ( el, ΠΑΕ ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα 1966), or with its full name Panepirotikos Athlitikos Syllogos Giannina ( el, Πανηπειρωτικός Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Γιάννινα, ''Panepirotic Athleti ...

. In March 2021, he joined

KuPS Kuopion Palloseura (or KuPS) is a Finnish football club, based in the ninth most populated city of Finland, Kuopio. KuPS plays in Finland's Premier League, Veikkausliiga. KuPS has won the Finnish championship six times, the Finnish Cup 4 times ...

in Finland. On 10 August 2021, Hellquist returned to

and signed a contract until the end of 2022.

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* * * 1991 births Living people Footballers from Stockholm Swedish footballers Swedish expatriate footballers Sweden under-21 international footballers Sweden youth international footballers Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players Vasalunds IF players Assyriska FF players Wolfsberger AC players Kalmar FF players IF Brommapojkarna players PAS Giannina F.C. players Chungnam Asan FC players Kuopion Palloseura players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Super League Greece players K League 2 players Veikkausliiga players Kakkonen players Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Austria Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Swedish expatriates in South Korea Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate footballers in Austria Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in South Korea Expatriate footballers in Finland Association football midfielders {{Sweden-footy-midfielder-stub