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Daniel Sjölund 
Personal information Full name Henrik Daniel Sjölund Date of birth 22 April 1983 Place of birth Finström, Åland, Finland Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Playing position Winger Club information Current club Djurgårdens IF Number 11 Youth career –1994 IF Finströms Kamraterna Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1994–1999 IFK Mariehamn 27 (?) 1999 IF Brommapojkarna 9 (0) 1999–2000 West Ham United 0 (0) 2000–2002 Liverpool 0 (0) 2003– Djurgårdens IF 187 (24) National team‡ 2003– Finland 31 (2) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 October 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2011Henrik Daniel "Daja" Sjölund (born 22 April 1983 in Finström, Åland) is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for Djurgårdens IF in the Swedish Allsvenskan.
Daniel Sjölund was born in the municipality of Finström, based on the Åland Island group which is a Swedish-speaking autonomous region that belongs to Finland. Sjölund started his career at IF Finströms Kamraterna, when he was a child.[1] Afterwards he went to IFK Mariehamn[2] and IF Brommapojkarna,[2] before being signed by West Ham at the age of just 16, after impressive displays for Finland's youth teams. In 2000 Liverpool manager Gérard Houllier agreed to pay £1 million for the talented forward[3] in a deal that also saw Rigobert Song going the other way.[4] After failing to get into the first team at Liverpool, Sjölund joined Djurgården for the 2003 season, first on loan[5] and later on a permanent deal.[6] He has won two Swedish championships and two Swedish Cups with Djurgården. The 2005 season finally saw Sjölund become a regular in the Djurgården team, and he scored seven goals in the league.[1]
A regular for the Under-21s since the age of 17, Sjölund made his senior international debut for the Finnish national team on 22 May 2003 against Norway.[7] Good performances in the 2005 season have seen him promoted to the senior team on a regular basis. Sjölund was also a part of the Finland squad at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.
His sister Annica Sjölund is also a Finnish international who competed in Women's Euro 2009.
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Career statistics
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Sweden League Svenska Cupen League Cup Europe Total 1999 Brommapojkarna Division 1 Norra 9 0 - - - - 9 0 England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total 1999–00 West Ham Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2000–01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2000–01 Liverpool Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2001–02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sweden League Svenska Cupen League Cup Europe Total 2003 Djurgården Allsvenskan 19 3 3 1 - - 1 0 23 4 2004 17 1 4 3 - - 2 0 23 4 2005 22 7 6 6 - - 2 0 30 13 2006 26 2 3 0 - - 2 0 31 2 2007 23 5 1 0 - - 0 0 24 5 2008 10 1 0 0 - - 3 0 13 1 2009 19 3 0 0 - - 0 0 19 3 2010 14 0 0 0 - - 0 0 14 0 2011 27 2 2 1 - - 0 0 16 2 International goals
As of 17 October 2010[update]
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Reports 1. 12 November 2005 Olympic Stadium, Helsinki 
Estonia1–0 2–2 Friendly match [1] 2. 10 September 2008 Olympic Stadium, Helsinki 
Germany3–2 3–3 FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying [2] Honours
- Swedish Championship: 2003, 2005
- Swedish Cup: 2004, 2005
References
- ^ a b "Daniel Sjölund". svenskfotboll.se. Swedish Football Association. http://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/person/?playerid=3900. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
- ^ a b Thomas Jonsson (2009-10-07). "Daja bästa IFK-are genom tiderna" (in Swedish). alandstidningen.ax. Ålandstidningen. http://www.alandstidningen.ax/article.con?id=19179. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
- ^ "Daniel Sjolund". soccerbase.com. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=17982. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
- ^ "Rigobert Song". soccerbase.com. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=14269. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
- ^ Johanna Lundeberg (2003-01-15). "Vänsterfoten är Sjölunds vapen" (in Swedish). dif.se. Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. http://www.dif.se/sidor/nyheter/nyheter.asp?action=view&id=2542. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
- ^ "Daniel Sjölund kvar i Djurgården". dif.se. Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. 2003-11-15. http://www.dif.se/sidor/nyheter/nyheter.asp?action=view&id=3896. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
- ^ "Daniel Sjölund" (in Finnish). palloliitto.fi. Football Association of Finland. http://www.palloliitto.fi/maajoukkueet/miesten_a-maajoukkue/pelaajat/sjolund_daniel/. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
External links
- (Finnish) Profile at FA of Finland's official website
- (Swedish) Profile at Djurgården's official website
- Daniel Sjölund - Unofficial Fansite
Djurgårdens IF Fotboll – current squad 2 Toivio · 3 Ayuba · 5 Gustafsson · 6 Lyyski · 7 Igboananike · 9 Oremo · 10 Youssef · 11 Sjölund · 14 Ceesay · 16 Hämäläinen · 17 Riddez (c) · 19 Nymann · 22 Hellquist · 24 Jarl · 25 Rajalakso · 28 Makolli · 29 Kuzmanović · 30 Matwiejew · 32 Björk · 33 Bergström · 34 Alriksson · 35 Vaiho · 36 Sparrdal Mantilla · — Chibsah · — Oyal · Manager: Pehrsson & Banda
Categories:- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from Finström
- Swedish-speaking Finns
- Finnish footballers
- Finland international footballers
- Association football forwards
- IF Brommapojkarna players
- West Ham United F.C. players
- Liverpool F.C. players
- Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players
- IFK Mariehamn players
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Finnish expatriates in the United Kingdom
- Expatriate footballers in Sweden
- Finnish expatriates in Sweden
- Finnish expatriate footballers
- Allsvenskan players
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