Christian Järdler (born 3 June 1982) is a Swedish manager or

Örebro SK Örebro Sportklubb, more commonly known as Örebro SK, Örebro or (especially locally) ÖSK, is a Swedish professional football club based in Örebro. The club are affiliated to Örebro Läns Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Behrn ...

and former

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Career

Starting his career in

Ängelholms FF Ängelholms FF is a football (soccer), football club based in Ängelholm, Sweden. The club is affiliated to Skånes Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Ängelholms IP. The club was formed in 1976 as a merger between Ängelholms IF and Sk ...

, he then moved at the age of 17 to

Helsingborgs IF Helsingborgs Idrottsförening, commonly referred to as Helsingborgs IF, Helsingborg or (especially locally) HIF (), is a Swedish professional football club located in Helsingborg. They play in the Swedish second tier, Superettan, following releg ...

, after being on trial at Halmstads BK. During the middle of the 2005 season he decided to leave Helsingborg and sign for Turkish side Gençlerbirliği. However, his spell with the club lasted only for half a season before Järdler returned home to Sweden and

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö, Scania. They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda S ...

. During his time in Malmö, he suffered a serious injury in a league match against

Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differ ...

, when he collided with teammate Raoul Kouakou. The collision resulted in a broken

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and a severe headache, which haunted him afterwards. In early 2009 Järdler left Malmö FF and signed for league rival

Halmstads BK Halmstads Bollklubb, also known simply as Halmstad () or (especially locally) HBK or Bollklubben, is a Swedish professional Association football, football club located in Halmstad in the county of Halland. The club, formed 7 February 1914 and app ...

. Järdler competed primarily with Per "Texas" Johansson over the leftback position, and when "Texas" left Halmstad after the 2010 season he became the regular at the position. The start of the 2011 season was a nightmare for Järdler as the headaches returned and forced him miss half the season. Despite his return, the club was relegated by the end of the season. As Halmstad set to play in

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2012, Järdler decided to stay and help the club return to Allsvenskan, and when the season was over he decided to sign a new contract with the club. In the middle of 2013 Järdler was left out of the match squad for unknown reasons. He later confirmed that the headache had returned following a clash during training, which had frightened him. On 12 September 2013 Järdler announced his immediate retirement from football due to his headaches.

Personal life

His father, Ingemar Järdler, also played for Halmstads BK, between 1977 and 1978.

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