Jesper Blomqvist
Blomqvist in December 2005
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lars Jesper Blomqvist | ||
| Date of birth | 5 February 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Tavelsjö, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left midfield | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tavelsjö AIK | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1993 | Umeå | 38 | (8) |
| 1993–1996 | IFK Göteborg | 73 | (18) |
| 1996–1997 | Milan | 20 | (1) |
| 1997–1998 | Parma | 28 | (1) |
| 1998–2001 | Manchester United | 25 | (1) |
| 2001–2002 | Everton | 15 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | Charlton Athletic | 3 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Djurgården | 9 | (1) |
| 2008 | Enköping | 10 | (1) |
| 2010 | Hammarby | 6 | (0) |
| Total | 227 | (32) | |
| National team | |||
| Sweden U16 | 15 | (0) | |
| Sweden U18 | 12 | (1) | |
| Sweden U23 | 12 | (3) | |
| 1994–2002 | Sweden | 30 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Lars Jesper Blomqvist (born 5 February 1974) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a left winger.
Most recently he was the playing assistant manager of Superettan side Hammarby from December 2009 to November 2010. He played at IFK Göteborg, where he won four straight Allsvenskan league titles between 1993 and 1996, and Manchester United, where he was part of the team that won the treble in 1999, consisting of the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League. He returned to Swedish football in 2003 with Djurgården, where he won his final Allsvenskan title, before initially retiring in 2005. An injury crisis prompted a playing return for Enköping in 2008. Blomqvist has made 30 international appearances for Sweden and helped them to third place at the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States.
After an early spell at Tavelsjö IK, Blomqvist signed for then recently formed Umeå FC in 1992. In the spring portion of his first season for the club, he helped them to the Division 2 Norra Norrland title, promoting the club to Division 1 Norra for the autumn. At the time this was the second tier of Swedish football. Subsequently, he signed for IFK Göteborg on 11 September 1993. Blomqvist played a part in the club's Allsvenskan win that year. He scored eight goals in 24 league appearances en route to the league title in 1994. Furthermore, he played a part in Sweden's advance to the semi finals of the World Cup and scored in the club's 3–1 win over Manchester United in the Champions League, knocking them out of the competition. This performance caught the eye of United manager Alex Ferguson and helped the team qualify for the quarter-finals of the tournament. Another title followed in 1995, with Blomqvist's goal against Helsingborgs IF, when he performed a variant of the Pelé runaround move, voted goal of the season. In his last season for Göteborg, he played against former club Umeå, who had reached the Allsvenskan for the first time in their history. In 1996, Blomqvist was voted Fan's Player of the Year and Midfielder of the Year. At the end of the 1996 season, he signed for newly crowned Serie A champions Milan.
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