Daniel Tjernström

Daniel Tjernström
	Daniel Tjernström following the AIK–Malmö FF Allsvenskan game in November 2012
Personal information
Full name	Leif Daniel Tjernström
Date of birth	19 February 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Karlskoga, Sweden
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder, left winger
Youth career
1981–1987	Bråten
1988–1989	KB Karlskoga
Senior career*
Years	Team
1990–1992	KB Karlskoga
1993–1995	Degerfors
1996–1998	Örebro SK
1999–2013	AIK
Total
International career
1994–1995	Sweden U21
1997	Sweden B
1997–1999	Sweden
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leif Daniel Tjernström (born 19 February 1974) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is best remembered for his time with AIK which he represented between 1999 and 2013 and played 395 games for. A full international between 1997 and 1999, he won five caps for the Sweden national team.

Club career

Early career

Tjernström started his footballing career at Bråtens IK before spending three seasons in Division 2 Västra with KB Karlskoga.^[1] In 1993 he signed for Degerfors IF, spending three Alssvenskan seasons with the club and winning the 1992–93 Svenska Cupen.^[1] In 1996, he was signed by Örebro SK and represented them for three seasons.^[1]

AIK

He signed with AIK in 1999, and played in the group stage of the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League against FC Barcelona, Arsenal FC, and Fiorentina.^[1] He helped the team win the 1998–1999 Svenska Cupen, and served as the team captain when AIK won the 2009 Allsvenskan and 2009 Svenska Cupen.^[1] He scored the game-winning goal against IFK Göteborg in November 2009 when AIK secured their first Allsvenskan title in nine years.^[1] He made his last appearance for AIK during the 2013 Allsvenskan season in a 2–1 win against Elfsborg, which was his 395th competitive game for the club.^[1]

International career

Tjernström represented the Sweden U21 team six times before making his full international debut for the Sweden national team on 9 February 1997 in a friendly game against Romania when he replaced Marino Rahmberg in the 76h minute in a 2–0 win.^[2]^[3] He made his fifth and final appearance for Sweden on 27 November 1999 in a friendly game against South Africa, playing for 59 minutes before being replaced by Tobias Linderoth in a 1–0 loss.^[4] He also represented the Sweden B team once in 1997.^[3]

Career statistics

Club

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
KB Karlskoga	1990	Division 2 Västra	1	0			–		1	0
	1991	Division 2 Västra	22	0			–		22	0
	1992	Division 2 Västra	27	3			–		27	3
	Club total		50	3			–		50	3
Degerfors IF	1993	Allsvenskan	16	0			–		16	0
	1994	Allsvenskan	26	0			–		26	0
	1995	Allsvenskan	21	0			–		21	0
	Club total		63	0			–		63	0
Örebro SK	1996	Allsvenskan	23	5			–		23	5
	1997	Allsvenskan	22	3			–		22	3
	1998	Allsvenskan	26	5			–		26	5
	Club total		71	13			–		71	13
AIK	1999	Allsvenskan	25	4			2	1	27	5
	2000	Allsvenskan	25	2			0	0	25	2
	2001	Allsvenskan	18	1			0	0	18	1
	2002	Allsvenskan	23	0			4	0	27	0
	2003	Allsvenskan	21	0			3	0	24	0
	2004	Allsvenskan	12	0			0	0	12	0
	2005	Superettan	29	5			0	0	29	5
	2006	Allsvenskan	26	3	5	0	0	0	31	3
	2007	Allsvenskan	23	0	0	0	5	0	28	0
	2008	Allsvenskan	26	0	0	0	0	0	26	0
	2009	Allsvenskan	26	1	1	0	0	0	27	0
	2010	Allsvenskan	20	0	3	0	6	0	20	0
	2011	Allsvenskan	19	0	0	0	0	0	19	0
	2012	Allsvenskan	11	0	1	0	4	0	16	0
	2013	Allsvenskan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Club total		305	16	10	0	24	1	339	17
Career total			488	32	10	0	24	1	522	33

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[3]
National team	Year	Apps
Sweden U21	1994	4
	1995	1
	Total	5
Sweden B	1997	1
Sweden	1997	3
	1998	1
	1999	1
	Total	5
Career total		11

Honours

Degerfors

Svenska Cupen: 1992–93

AIK

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Matchens fanbärare: Daniel Tjernström". AIK Fotboll (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 January 2021.
^ "Rumänien - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Daniel Tjernström - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
^ "Sydafrika - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 January 2021.

External links

Player profile at aikfotboll.se at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 March 2016) (in Swedish)
Daniel Tjernström at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)

[:0-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Matchens fanbärare: Daniel Tjernström". AIK Fotboll (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 January 2021.

[2] "Rumänien - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 January 2021.

[:1-3] "Daniel Tjernström - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.

[4] "Sydafrika - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 January 2021.

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