Joel Qwiberg
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joel Eduardo Qwiberg | ||
Date of birth | October 9, 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Bogotá, Colombia | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Youth career | |||
–2006 | Klintehamns IK | ||
2006–2008 | FC Gute | ||
2008–2010 | GIF Sundsvall | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011 | FC Gute | 20 | (2) |
2012–2014 | Vasalunds IF | 40 | (1) |
2014 | FC Den Bosch | 1 | (0) |
2015 | Vasalunds IF | 20 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Brommapojkarna | 55 | (1) |
2018 | San Jose Earthquakes | 5 | (0) |
2018 | → Reno 1868 (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Örgryte IS | 8 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:49, 15 June 2019 (UTC) |
Joel Eduardo Qwiberg (born October 9, 1992) is a Swedish former professional footballer who last played for Örgryte IS.[1]
Career[]
Sweden[]
Qwiberg's career began in Sweden at FC Gute (youth team Klintehamns ik), in the fourth-tier Division 2 league Södra Svealand. In January 2012, he moved up to the third-tier league in Sweden, Division 1 Norra, to play for Vasalunds IF, where he made 43 appearances and scored two goals. He was loaned to FC Den Bosch, in the Netherlands' second-tier Eerste Divisie, in July 2014,[2] but returned to Vasalunds the following February after recording only one appearance for the Dutch club. Qwiberg played for Vasalunds for one more year, before transferring to Division 1 side IF Brommapojkarna in January 2016.[3]
During his first season at Brommapojkarna, Qwiberg served as part of the league's best defense, posting an average of 0.65 goals per game, and helped the club see both a championship victory and a promotion to Superettan, Sweden's second-tier league, following a 19-1-6 season.[4] In his second season, BP won the championship again and was again promoted, this time to Sweden's top-tier Allsvenskan league.[5] However, Qwiberg would not experience his first season of top-tier football with BP.
Major League Soccer[]
On December 1, 2017, the San Jose Earthquakes, of the top-tier American league MLS, announced that they had signed Qwiberg on a free transfer to a multi-year contract. According to a quote by general manager Jesse Fioranelli in the club's statement about his signing, Qwiberg had been "pursued by several first-division clubs in Sweden and other parts of Europe".[6] His signing came shortly after San Jose hired Swedish coach Mikael Stahre from Allsvenskan club BK Häcken in November 2017.[7] He made his MLS debut on 7 April 2018 in a 1-1 draw with the Philadelphia Union, starting the match and playing 58 minutes before substituting out for Shea Salinas.[8]
Qwiberg parted ways with San Jose on March 2, 2019.[9]
Reno 1868 FC[]
Qwiberg appeared briefly on loan with San Jose's USL affiliate Reno 1868, starting against San Antonio on May 26, 2018.[10]
Back to Sweden[]
On 1 April 2019, Qwiberg returned to Sweden, signing with Örgryte IS on a one-year contract.[11]
Personal life[]
Qwiberg was born in Colombia but adopted by a Swedish family as a baby. This background was one of the reasons he elected to move his career to the United States in 2018, so that he could be closer to Colombian culture, learn Spanish alongside his Spanish-speaking teammates at San Jose, and become a part of the city's large Hispanic community.[12]
Statistics[]
- As of June 13, 2018[13]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League cup | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Vasalund | |||||||||
2012 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
2013 | 15 | 1 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | |
2014 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
2015 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
Total | 64 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 2 | |
Den Bosch (loan) | |||||||||
2014-2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Brommapojkarna | |||||||||
2015 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
2016 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
2017 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
Total | 55 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 1 | |
San Jose | |||||||||
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Career total | 119 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 3 |
- ^ Appearances in Svenska Cupen
- ^ Appearances in U.S. Open Cup
References[]
- ^ https://www.sjearthquakes.com/joel-qwiberg
- ^ "Joel Qwiberg lämnar Vasalund för BP" (in Swedish). Laget. January 11, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
- ^ "Joel Qwiberg blir BP's tredje värvning för säsongen" (in Swedish). Svenska Fans. January 11, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
- ^ "Succésäsong för Mellberg och BP" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. November 6, 2016. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
- ^ "Brommapojkarna klara för allsvenskan" (in Swedish). Expressen. October 24, 2017. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
- ^ "NEWS: Earthquakes Sign Defender Joel Qwiberg". San Jose Earthquakes. December 1, 2017. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
- ^ "San Jose Earthquakes sign left back Joel Qwiberg out of Sweden". Major League Soccer. December 1, 2017. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
- ^ https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2018-04-07-philadelphia-union-vs-san-jose-earthquakes/boxscore
- ^ https://www.sjearthquakes.com/post/2019/03/02/news-earthquakes-joel-qwiberg-mutually-agree-part-ways
- ^ @SKholdings_ (May 27, 2018). "Here is your @renownhealth and Hometown Health Starting XI tonight! A number of @SJEarthquakes players on loan fo…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Välkommen till ÖIS, Joel Qwiberg!, fotboll.ois.se, 1 April 2019
- ^ "Joel Qwiberg's desire to be closer to Colombian culture paved way for SJ". MLSSoccer.com. December 23, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
- ^ "J. QVIBERG". Soccerway.
External links[]
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Colombian emigrants to Sweden
- Swedish adoptees
- Association football defenders
- Swedish footballers
- FC Gute players
- FC Den Bosch players
- Vasalunds IF players
- IF Brommapojkarna players
- Superettan players
- San Jose Earthquakes players
- Reno 1868 FC players
- Örgryte IS players
- Swedish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Swedish people of Colombian descent
- Naturalized citizens of Sweden
- Major League Soccer players
- USL Championship players