Karl-Gunnar Björklund
Kalle Björklund in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Karl-Gunnar Björklund | ||
| Date of birth | 2 December 1953 | ||
| Place of birth | Växjö, Sweden | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Östers IF (assistant coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Växjö Norra IF | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1983 | Östers IF | 215 | (24) |
| 1984–1986 | IFK Värnamo | 20 | (2) |
| Total | 235 | (26) | |
| National team | |||
| 1981–1982 | Sweden | 14 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1991–1992 | SK Brann | ||
| 1993 | Kalmar FF | ||
| 1994–1997 | Örgryte IS | ||
| 1998–1999 | IF Elfsborg | ||
| 2004 | Larvik Fotball | ||
| 2008–2009 | Östersunds FK | ||
| 2010 | IFK Östersund | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Karl-Gunnar "Kalle" Björklund (born 2 December 1953) is a Swedish former football player who is now working as assistant coach of Östers IF. He has served as coach in several clubs in Scandinavia. As a player, Björklund earned 14 caps for Sweden, and the midfielder won Allsvenskan with Östers IF three times. He is the father of Joachim Björklund.
Born in Växjö, Björklund started playing football in the local club Växjö Norra IF, before he moved to Östers IF as a youth-player. He won Allsvenskan with the club in 1978, 1980 and 1981. In total he played 215 matches and scored 24 goal for Östers IF. He later played for IFK Värnamo, where he played 20 matches and scored two goals. Björklund was capped 14 times and scored one goal while playing for Sweden.
He started his coaching career at the youth department of Östers IF in 1987, before he moved on to Norwegian club Brann, where he was head coach in 1991 and 1992. After spells in Kalmar FF, Örgryte IS and IF Elfsborg, he started to in the Swedish Football Association as a youth developer.
He moved to Molde FK ahead of the 2001-season, where he became Gunder Bengtsson assistant coach. Molde FK finished second in Tippeligaen in 2002, but Bengtsson and Björklund got fired in May the next season, with the team positioned in 10th place with five points after six matches. Björklund then became head coach of Larvik Fotball ahead of the 2004-season, but he left Larvik after a half season with the Norwegian Second Division side. In November 2004 he was hired as Mats Jingblad's assistant coach of Landskrona BoIS, before both Jingblad and Björklund quit their job at Landskrona BoIS on year later, and Björklund returned to his old club IFK Värnamo as Sports Director.
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