Tim Roger Waker (

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''Söderström'', born 4 January 1994) is a retired Swedish

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who recently played for

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 ...

as a full-back or

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Career

Söderström joined

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 ...

as a youth player from

together with Simon Tibbling at the start of 2011. After a successful 2012 season with the U19 team, he received the "Youth Player of the Year" award from the club and moved up into the U21 team at the start of 2013. Eventually, Söderström made his senior debut in

coming on as a sub in the top Swedish division

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...

against

Gefle IF Gefle Idrottsförening, also known simply as Gefle IF, Gefle (, as if spelled ''Gävle''), or locally Gif (), also known as Gefle IF FF by the Swedish Football Association, are a Swedish professional association football, football club based in G ...

in the 82nd minute on 27 October 2013. In August 2018, Söderström signed a two-year contract with

Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differ ...

, thus leaving

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

upon his contract expiration in January 2019. On 31 January 2021, Söderström transferred from Hammarby to Marítimo in the Portuguese

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. On 29 July 2022, Söderström returned to

on a contract until the end of 2023 season. In the 2022 season, he helped the club return to

. On 1 November 2024, Waker announced that he had retired from football.

Honours

Club

Jönköpings Södra *

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

Brommapojkarna *

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Soderstrom, Tim 1994 births Footballers from Stockholm Living people Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players Jönköpings Södra IF players Assyriska FF players IF Brommapojkarna players Hammarby Fotboll players C.S. Marítimo players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Primeira Liga players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal 21st-century Swedish sportsmen