Jens Patrik Wålemark (born 14 October 2001) is a Swedish professional

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who plays as a

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for Polish club

Lech Poznań Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation's highest division. ...

Club career

In July 2020, he started his first match in

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, and in one hour he managed to score a goal, get two assists and be fouled to secure a penalty kick. In January 2022, he transferred to

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club

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Netherlands, Dutch professional association football, football club based in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football league system, Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the ...

. He scored his first goal for the club on 10 April 2022, scoring Feyenoord's fourth goal in a 4–1 away victory over

Heracles Almelo Heracles Almelo is a Dutch professional football club based in Almelo, founded in 1903. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. Heracles won the Eerste Divisie title during the 2004–05 season, gaining promotion to t ...

. On 31 August 2023, Wålemark went to

Heerenveen Heerenveen (, ) is a town and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Friesland (Fryslân), in the Northern Netherlands. In 2021, the town had a population of 29,790 (1 January) while the m ...

on loan for the remainder of the season. On 27 August 2024, Wålemark joined Polish

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club

on a season-long loan with an option to buy. He scored his first goals for Lech in a 3–2 away comeback win over

Korona Kielce Korona Kielce (, Korona – ''Crown'' – symbol of club and city, Kielce – name of city where club is based) is a Polish professional football club based in Kielce, competing in Ekstraklasa in the 2025–26 season. From 2002 to ...

on 29 September 2024, recording his first career hat-trick. On 31 January 2025, Wålemark signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with Lech, after his buyout clause was exercised for a reported league record fee of €1.8 million.

International career

Wålemark was first called up to the Sweden national team in September 2022 for Nations League games against Serbia and Slovenia, but remained on the bench in both.

Career statistics

Honours

Feyenoord *

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runner-up: 2021–22 Lech Poznań *

: 2024–25

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* * 2001 births Living people Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football midfielders Qviding FIF players BK Häcken players Feyenoord players SC Heerenveen players Lech Poznań players Division 3 (Swedish football) players Division 2 (Swedish football) players Allsvenskan players Eredivisie players Ekstraklasa players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Poland 21st-century Swedish sportsmen Footballers from Gothenburg {{Sweden-footy-midfielder-stub