Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leif Daniel Tjernström | ||
Date of birth | 19 February 1974 | ||
Place of birth | Karlskoga, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder, left winger | ||
Youth career | |||
1981–1987 | Bråten | ||
1988–1989 | KB Karlskoga | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1990–1992 | KB Karlskoga | 50 | (3) |
1993–1995 | Degerfors | 63 | (2) |
1996–1998 | Örebro SK | 71 | (13) |
1999–2013 | AIK | 305 | (16) |
Total | 489 | (34) | |
International career | |||
1994–1995 | Sweden U21 | 6 | (0) |
1997 | Sweden B | 1 | (0) |
1997–1999 | Sweden | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Leif Daniel Tjernström (born 19 February 1974) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is best remembered for his time with AIK which he represented between 1999 and 2013 and played 395 games for. A full international between 1997 and 1999, he won five caps for the Sweden national team.
Club career
Early career
Tjernström started his footballing career at Bråtens IK before spending three seasons in Division 2 Västra with KB Karlskoga.[1] In 1993 he signed for Degerfors IF with which he won the 1992–93 Svenska Cupen and spent three Allsvenskan seasons with.[1] In 1996, he was signed by Örebro SK and represented them for three seasons.[1]
AIK
He signed with AIK in 1999, and played in the group stage of the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League against FC Barcelona, Arsenal FC, and Fiorentina.[1] He helped the team win the 1998–1999 Svenska Cupen, and served as the team captain when AIK won the 2009 Allsvenskan and 2009 Svenska Cupen.[1] He scored the game-winning goal against IFK Göteborg in November 2009 when AIK secured their first Allsvenskan title in nine years.[1] He made his last appearance for AIK during the 2013 Allsvenskan season in a 2–1 win against Elfsborg, which was his 395th competitive game for the club.[1]
International career
Tjernström represented the Sweden U21 team six times before making his full international debut for the Sweden national team on 9 February 1997 in a friendly game against Romania when he replaced Marino Rahmberg in the 76h minute in a 2–0 win.[2][3] He made his fifth and final appearance for Sweden on 27 November 1999 in a friendly game against South Africa, playing for 59 minutes before being replaced by Tobias Linderoth in a 1–0 loss.[4] He also represented the Sweden B team once in 1997.[3]
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
KB Karlskoga | 1990 | Division 2 Västra | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |||
1991 | Division 2 Västra | 22 | 0 | – | 22 | 0 | ||||
1992 | Division 2 Västra | 27 | 3 | – | 27 | 3 | ||||
Club total | 50 | 3 | – | 50 | 3 | |||||
Degerfors IF | 1993 | Allsvenskan | 16 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | |||
1994 | Allsvenskan | 26 | 0 | – | 26 | 0 | ||||
1995 | Allsvenskan | 21 | 0 | – | 21 | 0 | ||||
Club total | 63 | 0 | – | 63 | 0 | |||||
Örebro SK | 1996 | Allsvenskan | 23 | 5 | – | 23 | 5 | |||
1997 | Allsvenskan | 22 | 3 | – | 22 | 3 | ||||
1998 | Allsvenskan | 26 | 5 | – | 26 | 5 | ||||
Club total | 71 | 13 | – | 71 | 13 | |||||
AIK | 1999 | Allsvenskan | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 5 | ||
2000 | Allsvenskan | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | |||
2001 | Allsvenskan | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | |||
2002 | Allsvenskan | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||
2003 | Allsvenskan | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |||
2004 | Allsvenskan | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
2005 | Superettan | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 5 | |||
2006 | Allsvenskan | 26 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | |
2007 | Allsvenskan | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
2008 | Allsvenskan | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
2009 | Allsvenskan | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
2010 | Allsvenskan | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
2011 | Allsvenskan | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
2012 | Allsvenskan | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
2013 | Allsvenskan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Club total | 305 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 339 | 17 | ||
Career total | 488 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 522 | 33 |
International
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Sweden U21 | 1994 | 4 | 0 |
1995 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 5 | 0 | |
Sweden B | 1997 | 1 | 0 |
Sweden | 1997 | 3 | 0 |
1998 | 1 | 0 | |
1999 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 5 | 0 | |
Career total | 11 | 0 |
Honours
Degerfors
- Svenska Cupen: 1992–93
AIK
- Allsvenskan: 2009
- Svenska Cupen: 1998–99, 2009
- Supercupen: 2010
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Matchens fanbärare: Daniel Tjernström". AIK Fotboll (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ↑ "Rumänien - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- 1 2 3 "Daniel Tjernström - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ↑ "Sydafrika - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 January 2021.
External links
- Player profile at aikfotboll.se at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 March 2016) (in Swedish)
- Daniel Tjernström at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)