Olof Guterstam

Olof Guterstam

Personal information
Date of birth	January 4, 1983 (1983-01-04) (age 28)
Place of birth	Stockholm, Sweden
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	IK Frej
Number	11
Youth career
	Enskede IK
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002-2010	Brommapojkarna[1]	209	(54)
2007	→ Brussels (loan)[2]	14	(4)
2008	→ Hammarby (loan)	16	(2)
2011-	IK Frej
National team
2007	Sweden[3]	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Olof Guterstam (born January 4, 1983) is a Swedish footballer, who is currently playing for IK Frej.

Club career

He came to Brommapojkarna in 2002, previously he has played for Enskede IK and Älvsjö AIK as a midfielder and as a winger.^[4] Guterstam was retrained to be a striker after he was recruited by Brommapojkarna, at the initiative of the then manager of the team, Benny Persson.

Olof was the winner of the Superettan Goalscorer List 2006, alongside Stefan Rodevåg of Falkenbergs FF, having scored a total of 17 goals during the season.^[5] He was also instrumental in taking Brommapojkarna to Allsvenskan, the highest division in Swedish football, scoring two goals in the qualifyers against BK Häcken in November 2006.^[6] He played 25 games with Brommapojkarna in Allsvenskan and scored 4 goals. Brommapojkarna was last place in Allsvenskan and the club was sent down to Superettan. Instead of following the club to Superettan, Olof signed a half-year loan contract with a Belgian club, FC Brussel.^[7] He was very successful there, scoring 4 goals in 9 games. He returned to Brommapojkarna in May 2008. Shortly after his return he signed a half-year loan contract, with an option of a permanent transfer, this time with Swedish club Hammarby IF.^[4] After a poor start with the club, he did improve and eventually managed to score two goals. Despite his improvement, Hammarby did not choose to buy him after the contract expired.^[8] On 25 December 2010 left after eight years his club IF Brommapojkarna and signed a two-years contract for Division 1 Norra promoted club IK Frej.^[9]

International career

Recently Guterstam was called up to the Sweden national football team on their South America tour in January 2007.^[10]

Personal life

When he does not play football, he studies to become a physician at Karolinska Institutet in Solna.^[11] He lives on Södermalm in Stockholm.

References

1. ^ Olof Guterstam - Fotbolltransfers.com
2. ^ Olof Guterstam | FOOTGOAL
3. ^ Olof Guterstam at National-Football-Teams.com
4. ^ ^{a b} "11. Olof Guterstam" (in Swedish). Brommapojkarna. http://brommapojkarna.se/club/member/public/index/7685. Retrieved 2010-01-19. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ "Webb-tv: Rodevåg om flytten till ÖSK" (in Swedish). Nerikes Allehanda. 2006. http://old.na.se/artikel.asp?intId=1080895. Retrieved 2010-01-19. 
6. ^ "BP klart för Allsvenskan!" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 2006. http://mobil.sr.se/site/index.aspx?artikel=1032386&unitid=2561&offset=0. Retrieved 2010-01-19. 
7. ^ "fotbollsverige.se" (in Swedish). fotbollsverige.se. 2007. http://www.fotbollsverige.se/news_show_guterstam-klar-for-fc-bryssel.html?id=312260. Retrieved 2010-01-19. 
8. ^ "Hammarby nyttjar inte option på Guterstam" (in Swedish). Hammarby fotboll. 2008. http://www.hammarbyfotboll.se/se/aktuellt/artiklar/?articleid=33208. Retrieved 2010-01-19. 
9. ^ Olof Guterstam skriver tvåårskontrakt med IK Frej
10. ^ "Herr: Nya namn i landslaget" (in Swedish). Svenska fotbollförbundet. 2006. http://svenskfotboll.se/arkiv/tidigare/2006/12/herr-nya-namn-i-landslaget/. Retrieved 2010-01-19. 
11. ^ Lars Grimlund (2007). "Landslaget ett avbrott från studierna" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. http://www.dn.se/sport/fotboll/landslaget-ett-avbrott-fran-studierna-1.437041. Retrieved 2010-01-19. 

Persondata
Name	Guterstam, Olof
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer, Striker
Date of birth	January 4, 1983
Place of birth	Stockholm, Sweden
Date of death
Place of death