Tim Denny Björkström (born 8 January 1991) is a

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who plays for

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, on loan from

Fredrikstad Fredrikstad (; previously ''Frederiksstad''; literally "Fredrik's Town") is a List of cities in Norway, city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Østfold Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipal ...

as a defender.

Career

Björkström started out playing youth football for Hanvikens SK before moving to

IF Brommapojkarna Idrottsföreningen Brommapojkarna, more commonly known as Brommapojkarna (meaning ''the Bromma boys'') or simply BP, is a Swedish association football, football club based in the borough of Bromma, in the western parts of Stockholm municipality ...

when he was twelve. During his teens he trialed with foreign teams like

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but ended up staying in Sweden. Brommapojkarna had a cooperation with third tier

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club

Gröndals IK Gröndals IK is a Swedish football club from Gröndal in South Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the ...

at the time where Björkström was one of many players to go on loan to gain first team football experience. In 2009, he made his first team debut in

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and became a starter for the club at right back throughout the following years until he left as a free agent at the end of 2014 to sign a three-year deal with

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Djurgårdens IF is an s ...

. In January 2023, Björkström joined

Norwegian First Division The Norwegian First Division, also called 1. divisjon () and OBOS-ligaen (due to sponsoring ties with :no:OBOS, OBOS), is the second-highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Each year, the top finishing teams in the 1. divisjon ...

club

. On 25 August 2024, Björkström was loaned out to

club

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for the rest of the season.

International career

Björkström has represented Sweden at the U17, U19 and U21 youth levels.

Personal life

Outside of his football career Björkström also owns and runs a

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company. The night before each game he has a ritual where he eats

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s and drinks soda.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bjorkstrom, Tim 1991 births Living people Men's association football defenders IF Brommapojkarna players Swedish men's footballers Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players Gröndals IK players Östersunds FK players IK Sirius Fotboll players Fredrikstad FK players Moss FK players Allsvenskan players Norwegian First Division players Sweden men's under-21 international footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway 21st-century Swedish sportsmen