Daniel Tjernström
 Daniel Tjernström following the AIK–Malmö FF Allsvenskan game in November 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | |
| National team | |||
| 1994–1995 | Sweden U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 1997 | Sweden B | 1 | (0) |
| 1997–1999 | Sweden | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
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 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 , 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
AIK
- Allsvenskan: 2009
- Svenska Cupen: , 2009
- Supercupen: 2010
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g "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.
- ^ a b c "Daniel Tjernström - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). 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 SvFF (in Swedish) (archived)
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Swedish footballers
- Sweden international footballers
- Sweden under-21 international footballers
- Allsvenskan players
- Superettan players
- Division 2 (Swedish football) players
- AIK Fotboll players
- Degerfors IF players
- Örebro SK players
- Association football midfielders
- Association football wingers