Gustav Berggren
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 60 | (5) |
| 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 23 September 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
[edit]BK Häcken
[edit]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 in a 2–1 Svenska Cupen win over Östers IF.[citation needed] He made his debut in Allsvenskan, on 15 May 2016, in a 4–1 victory over Falkenbergs FF.[citation needed]
After making eight 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 1–2 league loss to IFK Norrköping.[citation needed]
Raków Częstochowa
[edit]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.[4] He also helped the club to the last qualifying round of the Champions League where they faced Copenhagen from Denmark.[citation needed]
Berggren scored his first goal for Raków on 27 May 2023 in a 1–1 league draw against Zagłębie Lubin. Entering the game, he scored the equalizing goal on a service from Vladyslav Kocherhin.[citation needed]
International career
[edit]Berggren made his debut for the Sweden national team on 9 January 2020 in a friendly game against Moldova.[5]
Honours
[edit]BK Häcken[6]
Rakow Częstochowa
References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- Gustav Berggren at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- Men's association football midfielders
- Swedish men's footballers
- Sweden men's youth international footballers
- Sweden men's international footballers
- Allsvenskan players
- Superettan players
- Ekstraklasa players
- BK Häcken players
- Varbergs BoIS players
- Raków Częstochowa players
- Swedish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- 21st-century Swedish sportsmen
- Swedish football biography stubs