Jonny Erik Gunnar Rödlund (born 22 December 1971) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a

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. A youth player at

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and

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, he went on to win

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and

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with

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollför ...

before representing teams in Portugal, Germany, and China. A full international between 1990 and 1992, he won two

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for the Sweden national team and represented his country at the

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Club career

Starting his footballing career with

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, Rödlund played youth football at

and

between 1987 and 1989 before signing with

in 1989. While at Norrköping, he helped the club win the 1989 Allsvenskan and the 1990–91 Svenska Cupen titles. He also represented clubs in Portugal, Germany, and China before retiring at Skiljebo SK in 2007. In Sweden, due to his youth career both with

and

, he is generally considered as 'the talent that never bloomed'.

International career

Rödlund won two

for the Sweden national team in 1990 and 1992. He also represented the Sweden Olympic team at the

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, Spain and scored two goals before Sweden was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Career statistics

International

Honours

IFK Norrköping *

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: 1990–91

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* Living people 1971 births Footballers from Västerås Swedish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Sweden men's international footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Sweden Västerås SK Fotboll players R.S.C. Anderlecht players Manchester United F.C. players IFK Norrköping players BK Häcken players Degerfors IF players S.C. Braga players FC Energie Cottbus players Beijing Guoan F.C. players Enköpings SK FK players Allsvenskan players Primeira Liga players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Swedish expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Swedish expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate men's footballers in China {{Sweden-footy-midfielder-stub