Personal information | |||
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Full name | Karl Gustav Vilhelm Berggren | ||
Date of birth | 7 September 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Sweden | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Raków Częstochowa | ||
Number | 5 | ||
Youth career | |||
IF Väster | |||
GAIS | |||
2014–2015 | BK Häcken | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2022 | BK Häcken | 126 | (8) |
2017 | → Varbergs BoIS (loan) | 15 | (0) |
2022– | Raków Częstochowa | 51 | (3) |
International career | |||
2014 | Sweden U17 | 4 | (0) |
2014–2016 | Sweden U19 | 8 | (0) |
2020 | Sweden | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 April 2024 |
Gustav Berggren (born 7 September 1997) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ekstraklasa club Raków Częstochowa.[1]
Club career
BK Häcken
Born in Stockholm, Berggren started his career in the youth system of IF Väster. He then went on to play in the youth ranks of GAIS and BK Häcken. In January 2015, with Häcken, he signed a contract that officially brought him to the first team. He played his first professional match on 25 February 2015, during a Svenska Cupen match against Östers IF, which ended in a 2-1 victory. He made his debut in Allsvenskan, on 15 May 2016, in a 4-1 victory over Falkenbergs FF.
After making 8 appearances in the 2016 season and 7 appearances in the first part of the 2017 Allsvenskan season, Berggren was loaned out to Varbergs BoIS, a team playing in the Superettan, with which he concluded the year making 15 appearances as a regular starter.[2] He returned to Häcken at the end of the loan spell. On 7 July 2019, Berggren scored his first goal as a professional in a 2-1 league loss to IFK Norrköping.
Raków Częstochowa
On 29 July 2022, Berggren signed a three-year contract with Polish side Raków Częstochowa.[3] He quickly established himself as a regular holding midfielder for the Polish side. On 7 May 2023, Berggren helped Raków win the Ekstraklasa championship for the first time in their history. He also helped the club to the last qualifying round of the Champions League where they faced FC Copenhagen from Denmark.[4]
Berggren scored his first goal for Raków Częstochowa on 27 May 2023 against Zagłębie Lubin in a league match. Entering the game, he scored the equalizing goal on a service from Vladyslav Kocherhin in a match that ended 1-1.
International career
Berggren made his debut for the Sweden national team on 9 January 2020 in a friendly game against Moldova.[5]
Honours
BK Häcken[6]
Rakow Częstochowa
References
- ^ Gustav Berggren at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ^ "BK Häcken lånar ut talangen till superettan" (in Swedish). expressen.se. 10 July 2017.
- ^ "Gustav Berggren nowym zawodnikiem Rakowa!" (in Polish). Raków Częstochowa. 29 July 2022.
- ^ "Raków mistrzem Polski! Zdobył tytuł dwie godziny po meczu". sport.pl (in Polish). 7 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Gustav Berggren — svenskfotboll.se". www2.svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Gustav Berggren". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 30 April 2024.
External links
- Gustav Berggren at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)