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Joachim Björklund

1971 - Today

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Joachim Björklund (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjuː.a.kɪm ˈbjœr.klʉnd]; born 15 March 1971) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He is currently assistant coach for Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg. Beginning his playing career with Östers IF and SK Brann, Björklund went on to win three Swedish championships with IFK Göteborg before representing clubs in the Scottish Premiership, Serie A, La Liga, and the Premier League. A full international between 1992 and 2000, Björklund won 78 caps for the Sweden national team and was a part of the teams that competed at Euro 1992, Euro 2000, and finished third at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Joachim Björklund is the 6,132nd most popular soccer player (down from 5,453rd in 2024), the 1,195th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 1,139th in 2019) and the 165th most popular Swedish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Joachim Björklund ranks 6,133 out of 21,273. Before him are Eusebio Acasuzo, Attila Abonyi, Afonso Alves, Rami Shaaban, Tomás Rincón, Cengiz Ünder, and Alex McLeish. After him are Badri Kvaratskhelia, Andy Carroll, Mohammed Noor, Alain Sutter, and José Cardona.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Joachim Björklund ranks 389. Before him are Jake Busey, Anita Doth, Leonid Slutsky, Tristan Taormino, Alex Borstein, and Lorena Rojas. After him are Rosemarie DeWitt, Noriko Sakai, Joel McHale, Scott Cawthon, David Ramsey, and Sven Fischer.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Joachim Björklund ranks 1,195 out of 1,879. Before him are Jesper Strömblad (1972), Håkan Hardenberger (1961), Olle Nordin (1949), Sverrir Gudnason (1978), Rami Shaaban (1975), and Jill Johnson (1973). After him are Kent Nilsson (1956), Helena Norberg-Hodge (1946), Peter Fröjdfeldt (1963), Emil Forsberg (1991), Jan Eriksson (1967), and Tomas Gustafson (1959).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Sweden

Among soccer players born in Sweden, Joachim Björklund ranks 165. Before him are Ola Toivonen (1986), Magnus Andersson (1958), Benno Magnusson (1953), Magnus Hedman (1973), Olle Nordin (1949), and Rami Shaaban (1975). After him are Emil Forsberg (1991), Jan Eriksson (1967), Petter Hansson (1976), Putte Kock (1901), Joakim Nilsson (1966), and Mattias Jonson (1974).

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