Håkan Söderstjerna

Håkan Söderstjerna
Personal information
Date of birth	30 October 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth	Sweden
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1996	Landskrona BoIS
1996–1997	Fremad Amager
1997–1998	Tanjong Pagar United
1998–2000	Fremad Amager
2000–2002	Landskrona BoIS
2003–2004	Fredrikstad
2005–2007	Landskrona BoIS
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Håkan Söderstjerna (born 30 October 1975) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.^[1] In media he sometimes went under the alias "The one armed bandit", as he was born with one arm only.

Career

Söderstjerna, who was born without his lower right arm,^[2] played club football in Sweden, Denmark, Singapore and Norway for Landskrona BoIS (three spells), Fremad Amager (two spells), Tanjong Pagar United FC and Fredrikstad.^[3] He retired from club football in November 2007.^[4] Fans of Landskrona BoIS had previously written a song in his honour.^[2]^[4] Söderstjerna also studied economics and law at Lund University.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Håkan Söderstjerna at WorldFootball.net
^ ^a ^b John Ashdown (4 April 2012). "Which players have won trophies while missing body parts?". The Guardian.
^ Håkan Söderstjerna on Playerhistory.com ^{[dead link]}
^ ^a ^b Michael Svegbrandt (7 November 2007). "Håkan Söderstjerna lägger av med fotbollen helt" (in Swedish). svenskafans.com.
^ "Hallå där, Håkan Söderstjerna, hur går det mot HIF?" (in Swedish). Landskrona BoIS. 11 May 2011. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2012.

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[wf-1] Håkan Söderstjerna at WorldFootball.net

[Guardian-2] John Ashdown (4 April 2012). "Which players have won trophies while missing body parts?". The Guardian.

[3] Håkan Söderstjerna on Playerhistory.com ^{[dead link]}

[svenskafans-4] Michael Svegbrandt (7 November 2007). "Håkan Söderstjerna lägger av med fotbollen helt" (in Swedish). svenskafans.com.

[5] "Hallå där, Håkan Söderstjerna, hur går det mot HIF?" (in Swedish). Landskrona BoIS. 11 May 2011. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2012.

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