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Joachim Björklund
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Full name	Joachim Björklund
Date of birth	15 March 1971 (1971-03-15) (age 37)
Place of birth	Växjö, Sweden
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Centre back
Youth clubs
	Östers IF
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989–1990 1990–1992 1993–1995 1995–1996 1996–1998 1998–2001 2001–2002 2001–2004 2004–2005	Östers IF Brann IFK Göteborg Vicenza Calcio Rangers Valencia Venezia Sunderland Wolves Total	006 (0) 056 (0) 046 (0) 033 (0) 059 (0) 057 (1) 018 (0) 057 (0) 003 (0) 335 (1)
National team
1992–2000	Sweden	079 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Joachim Björklund (born March 15, 1971 in Växjö) is a Swedish former professional footballer. For many years he formed a central defensive partnership with Patrik Andersson for the Swedish national team. Björklund was selected for the Euro 1992, 1994 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000. He was also a member of the Swedish squad that competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Taking the leap from junior team obscurity to becoming a star in S.K. Brann, he was later sold to IFK Gothenburg. There, his side achieved a surprise 3-1 victory over Manchester United in the group stage of the 1994-95 Champions League. At the end of the following season, he was transferred to Vicenza Calcio and the following year to Rangers, where he won a Scottish league championship medal before moving to Valencia CF in Spain. He spent three years at Valencia before moving to S.S.C. Venezia in Italy, where he was employed for just one season.

Björklund joined Sunderland at the start of the 2002-03 season, but was unable to prevent them from being relegated as statistically the worst Premiership team to date. 2003-04 was better, as he helped Sunderland finish third in Division One and reach the FA Cup semi final. But his services were no longer required by manager Mick McCarthy and he joined Wolverhampton Wanderers, who had just been relegated from the Premiership. He left the club after just one season having failed to get them promoted.

Having finished his playing career, he now works as a scout for Valencia CF. He is mainly scouting the Nordic countries for players.

Tommy Svensson, the Sweden national football team manager from 1991 to 1997, is his maternal uncle.

v • d • e Sweden squad – UEFA Euro 1992 semi-finalists 1 Ravelli • 2 R. Nilsson • 3 J. Eriksson • 4 P. Andersson • 5 Björklund • 6 Schwarz • 7 Ingesson • 8 Rehn • 9 Thern • 10 Limpar • 11 Brolin • 12 L. Eriksson • 13 M. Nilsson • 14 Erlingmark • 15 Mild • 16 K. Andersson • 17 Dahlin • 18 Ljung • 19 J. Nilsson • 20 Ekström • Coach: Svensson

solid #aaa;” colspan=”3″ class=”navbox-title”> v • d • e Sweden squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup Third Place 1 Ravelli • 2 R. Nilsson • 3 P. Andersson • 4 Björklund • 5 Ljung • 6 Schwarz • 7 Larsson • 8 Ingesson • 9 Thern • 10 Dahlin • 11 Brolin • 12 Eriksson • 13 M. Nilsson • 14 Kåmark • 15 Lučić • 16 Limpar • 17 Rehn • 18 Mild • 19 K. Andersson • 20 Erlingmark • 21 Blomqvist • 22 Hedman • Coach: Svensson

v • d • e Sweden squad – UEFA Euro 2000 1 Hedman • 2 Nilsson • 3 P. Andersson • 4 Björklund • 5 Lučić • 6 Sundgren • 7 Mild • 8 Gustafsson • 9 Ljungberg • 10 Pettersson • 11 Alexandersson • 12 Kihlstedt • 13 Svensson • 14 Mellberg • 15 D. Andersson • 16 A. Andersson • 17 Mjällby • 18 Osmanovski • 19 K. Andersson • 20 Larsson • 21 Allbäck • 22 Asper • Coach: Lagerbäck & Söderberg

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Categories: 1971 births | Living people | Swedish footballers | Olympic footballers of Sweden | Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics | Sweden international footballers | Östers IF players | Vicenza Calcio players | S.S.C. Venezia players | Serie A players | Expatriate footballers in Italy | Rangers F.C. players | Sunderland A.F.C. players | Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players | S.K. Brann players | La Liga footballers | Valencia CF footballers | Premier League players | UEFA Euro 1992 players | 1994 FIFA World Cup players | UEFA Euro 2000 players | People from Växjö | Expatriate footballers in Norway | Allsvenskan players

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