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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
Degerfors IF Degerfors IF is a Swedish professional association football, football club located in Degerfors. The club, formed 13 January 1907, is currently playing in the highest tier in Swedish football, Allsvenskan. Background Degerfors IF first played ...
, 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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,
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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
2009 Allsvenskan Allsvenskan 2009, part of the 2009 Swedish football season, was the 85th Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish foot ...
and 2009 Svenska Cupen. He scored the game-winning goal against
IFK Göteborg Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or Blåvitt, is a Swedish professional Football team, football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, it ...
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 *
Svenska Cupen Svenska cupen (, ), also known as the Swedish Cup in English, is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. ''Svenska cupen'' usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also ...
: 1992–93 AIK *
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:
2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
*
Svenska Cupen Svenska cupen (, ), also known as the Swedish Cup in English, is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. ''Svenska cupen'' usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also ...
: 1998–99,
2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
* Supercupen:
2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...


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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