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Peter Markstedt

Peter Markstedt
Personal information
Full name Sven Peter Markstedt
Date of birth (1972-01-11) 11 January 1972 (age 45)
Place of birth Västerås, Sweden
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Centre back, striker
Youth career
Västerås SK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1997 Västerås SK 153 (17)
1997–1999 Barnsley 9 (0)
1999–2000 Helsingborgs IF 9 (0)
2000 Västerås SK (loan) 26 (10)
2001–2003 Hammarby IF 60 (20)
2004 Lyn 24 (6)
2005–2006 Västerås SK 35 (2)
2013 Syrianska IF 1 (0)
Teams managed
2005 Västerås SK (interim)
2010–2011 IK Franke
2011 Västerås SK
2012–2014 Syrianska IF (assistant)
2015 Västerås SK
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Peter Markstedt (born 11 January 1972 in Västerås) is a Swedish businessman, football manager and former footballer who played as a defender and also as a striker.

Markstedt started his professional career at hometown club Västerås SK in 1991. He played in the 1997 Allsvenskan campaign which was only the fourth time the team played in the top flight and the first time since 1978, but ended relegated after losing to BK Häcken in the relegation play-offs.

In November 1997, after the end of the Swedish season he was sold to Barnsley for £250k. Playing as a centre back, he made his debut in the Premier League in a shock 1-0 win against Liverpool at Anfield in the same month and also played the whole match when Barnsley defeated Manchester United in the FA Cup in the same season. At the end of the season, the club was relegated to the First Division and the player suffered his second top-flight relegation in less than a year. He barely played in his second season at Barnsley and returned to Sweden in 1999, joining Helsingborgs IF.

At Helsingborg, Markstedt played nine league matches as the club won the 1999 Allsvenskan. He returned to Västerås SK on loan in 2000 and ended as the club's top scorer in the 2000 Superettan. In 2001, the played signed for Hammarby IF, winning his second Allsvenskan title. He was the club top scorer in the 2002 Allsvenskan and joint fourth overall and left the club in the end of 2003 after finishing the league in second place.

He moved to Norwegian-based Lyn in 2004 and scored his the 4-1 defeat to SK Brann at the 2004 Norwegian Football Cup Final. After the birth of his son in March 2005, he decided to move back to Västerås SK in his third spell with the club despite offers from Allsvenkan clubs and retired from playing in 2006, but made a brief comeback in 2013 when working as an assistant manager at Syrianska IF.


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