Fredrik Svanbäck (born 5 December 1979) is a Finnish former football player and manager. He signed for

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 ...

in 2004 having spent all his career up to that at FF Jaro in his home town. He is a left

midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...

, but has also tried the full-back position. He has been capped twice for

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Personal life

His son Adrian Svanbäck is a professional footballer for

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* 1979 births Living people Finnish men's footballers Finnish expatriate men's footballers Finland men's international footballers FF Jaro players Helsingborgs IF players Landskrona BoIS players Veikkausliiga players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Swedish-speaking Finns Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Jakobstad {{Finland-footy-midfielder-stub