Leif Daniel Tjernström (born 19 February 1974) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a

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. He is best remembered for his time with AIK which he represented between 1999 and 2013 and played 395 games for. A full international between 1997 and 1999, he won five

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for the Sweden national team.

Club career

Early career

Tjernström started his footballing career at Bråtens IK before spending three seasons in Division 2 Västra with KB Karlskoga. In 1993 he signed for

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, spending three Alssvenskan seasons with the club and winning the 1992–93 Svenska Cupen. In 1996, he was signed by

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 represented them for three seasons.

AIK

He signed with AIK in 1999, and played in the group stage of the

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against

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, and

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. He helped the team win the 1998–1999 Svenska Cupen, and served as the team captain when AIK won the

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and 2009 Svenska Cupen. He scored the game-winning goal against

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in November 2009 when AIK secured their first Allsvenskan title in nine years. He made his last appearance for AIK during the

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season in a 2–1 win against Elfsborg, which was his 395th competitive game for the club.

International career

Tjernström represented the Sweden U21 team six times before making his full international debut for the Sweden national team on 9 February 1997 in a

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against

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when he replaced Marino Rahmberg in the 76h minute in a 2–0 win. He made his fifth and final appearance for Sweden on 27 November 1999 in a friendly game against

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, playing for 59 minutes before being replaced by Tobias Linderoth in a 1–0 loss. He also represented the Sweden B team once in 1997.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Degerfors *

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: 1992–93 AIK *

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: 1998–99,

* Supercupen:

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tjernstrom, Daniel 1974 births Living people Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers Sweden men's under-21 international footballers Allsvenskan players Superettan players Division 2 (Swedish football) players AIK Fotboll players Degerfors IF players Örebro SK players Men's association football midfielders Men's association football wingers People from Karlskoga Municipality Footballers from Örebro County