| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Swärd | ||
| Date of birth | 22 February 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Ljungsbro, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Linköping City | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| BK Ljungsbro | |||
| –2008 | Linköpings FF | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2011 | Åtvidabergs FF | 21 | (2) |
| 2012–2014 | Motala AIF | 24 | (4) |
| 2015– | FC Linköping City | 12 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:46, 21 June 2015 (UTC) | |||
Daniel Swärd (also spelled Svärd, born 22 February 1990) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a forward for FC Linköping City.[2]
Swärd was born in Ljungsbro, Sweden, and played youth football with local team BK Ljungsbro,[3] and in the early teens he established himself in Linköpings FF before joining Åtvidabergs FF in Superettan in 2009.[4]
In his first year with Åtvidabergs FF the team ended up in second place and earned promotion to Allsvenskan, the Swedish top tier.[5] The spell in Allsvenskan lasted for one season, before the team got relegated back to Superettan, but before relegation Swärd earned his first cap in the Swedish top division.[3]
Swärd stayed in Åtvidabergs FF for a total of three seasons, making 21 appearances and scoring two goals, before moving to Motala AIF in Division 2 (Swedish fourth tier) for the 2012 season.[6] Before 2015 season, after three years in Motala AIF (last season in Division 1), Svärd made the decision to move back to Linköping and Division 2 to play for FC Linköping City in their ambition of becoming an elite team.[4]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Åtvidabergs FF | 2009 | Superettan | 8 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | |
| 2010 | Allsvenskan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2011 | Superettan | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 3 | |
| Total | 21 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 4 | ||
| Motala AIF | 2012 | Division 2 Ö Götaland | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | Division 2 S Svealand | ? | ? | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | Division 1 Södra | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | |
| Total | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 5 | ||
| FC Linköping City | 2015 | Division 2 | 12 | 2 | – | 12 | 2 | |
| Total | 12 | 2 | – | 12 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 57 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 63 | 11 | ||
References
- 1 2 "Sweden - D. Swärd". Soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 29 December 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- 1 2 "Daniel Svärd". svenskalag.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- 1 2 "Daniel Swärd". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- 1 2 "Daniel Svärd klar för FC Linköping City". svenskalag.se (in Swedish). 29 January 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ↑ "Tabell och resultat - Superettan". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ↑ "Daniel Svärd klar för MAIF". svenskafans.com (in Swedish). 30 November 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
External links
- Daniel Svärd at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)
- Daniel Svärd at FC Linköping City Archived June 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine (in Swedish)
- Daniel Swärd at Soccerway