Daniel Sjölund

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Henrik Daniel "Daja" Sjölund (born 22 April 1983) is a Finnish football coach and a former footballer who played as a midfielder. Sjölund is currently working as an assistant coach of Veikkausliiga club IFK Mariehamn. He is best remembered for his stints with Djurgårdens IF and IFK Norrköping. He won 37 caps for the Finland national team.

Career

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Sjölund playing for Djurgården in 2011.

Daniel Sjölund was born in the municipality of Finström, based in Åland which is a Swedish-speaking autonomous region that belongs to Finland. Sjölund started his career at IF Finströms Kamraterna, when he was a child.[1] Afterwards he went to IFK Mariehamn[2] and IF Brommapojkarna,[2] before being signed by West Ham at the age of just 16, after impressive displays for Finland's youth teams. In 2000 Liverpool manager Gérard Houllier agreed to pay £1 million for the talented forward[3] in a deal that also saw Rigobert Song going the other way.[4] After failing to get into the first team at Liverpool, Sjölund joined Djurgården for the 2003 season, first on loan[5] and later on a permanent deal.[6] He has won two Swedish championships and two Swedish Cups with Djurgården. The 2005 season finally saw Sjölund become a regular in the Djurgården team, and he scored seven goals in the league.[1]

A regular for the Under-21s since the age of 17, Sjölund made his senior international debut for the Finnish national team on 22 May 2003 against Norway.[7] Good performances in the 2005 season have seen him promoted to the senior team on a regular basis. Sjölund was also a part of the Finland squad at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.

In September 2012 Sjölund played his 200th league game for Djurgården wearing a number 200 shirt.[8] But only a couple of months later the club announced that they would not be extending his contract.[9]

Sjölund signed with Åtvidabergs FF on 4 February 2013 and stayed with the club for two seasons.[10] He signed a pre-contract with local rivals IFK Norrköping during the 2014 season, and joined the squad for the 2015 season.[11]

Sjölund re-signed with IFK Mariehamn for the 2019 season.[12] In mid October, it was announced that Sjölund had retired from football.[13]

Sjölund returned to playing after less than a year of retirement, this time with Finnish fourth-tier club FC Åland.[14]

Coaching career

In November 2021 Sjölund announced that he had signed a three-year contract to manage FC Åland.[15] In September 2023, he was appointed as the assistant coach of Veikkausliiga club IFK Mariehamn for the rest of the 2023 season.[16] After the season, his contract was extended for two more years for same position.[17]

Personal information

His sister Annica Sjölund is also a Finnish international who competed in Women's Euro 2009.

Career statistics

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Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
IFK Mariehamn 1998 Kakkonen 18 4 — — — 18 4
1999 9 7 — — — 9 7
Total 27 11 0 0 — — — 27 11
Brommapojkarna 1999 Division 1 Norra 9 0 — — 9 0
Total 9 0 0 0 — — 0 0 9 0
West Ham 1999–00 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000–01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Liverpool 2000–01 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001–02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002–03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Djurgården 2003 Allsvenskan 19 3 3 1 — 1 0 23 4
2004 17 1 4 3 — 2 0 3 0 26 4
2005 22 7 6 6 — 2 0 6 1 36 14
2006 26 2 3 0 — 2 0 1 0 32 2
2007 23 5 1 0 — 24 5
2008 10 1 0 0 — 3 0 13 1
2009 19 3 0 0 — 0 0 19 3
2010 14 0 0 0 — 14 0
2011 28 2 2 1 — 30 3
2012 27 3 1 0 — 28 3
Total 205 27 20 11 — 10 0 10 1 245 39
Åtvidaberg 2013 Allsvenskan 28 6 4 1 — 32 7
2014 23 0 3 1 — 26 1
Total 51 6 7 2 — 0 0 0 0 58 8
IFK Norrköping 2015 Allsvenskan 28 2 5 0 — 33 2
2016 27 2 5 0 — 2 0 34 2
2017 25 1 4 0 — 3 0 32 1
2018 8 1 0 0 — — — 8 1
Total 84 6 14 0 — 5 0 0 0 103 6
IFK Mariehamn 2019 Veikkausliiga 17 0 2 0 — — — 19 0
FC Åland 2020 Kolmonen 3 1 0 0 — — 3 1
2021 7 1 0 0 — — 3 0 10 1
Total 10 2 0 0 — — 3 0 13 2
Career total 380 41 43 13 0 0 15 0 13 1 451 55

International goals

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Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Reports
1. 12 November 2005 Olympic Stadium, Helsinki {{ Template:Yesno alias = Estonia flag alias = Flag of Estonia.svg flag alias-naval = Naval Jack of Estonia.svg link alias-naval = Estonian Navy flag alias-army=Flag of Estonian Land Forces.svg link alias-army=Estonian Land Forces flag alias-air force =Flag of the Estonia Air Force.png link alias-air force = Estonian Air Force flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Estonia.svg link alias-navy = Estonian Navy border-naval = size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}} || 1–0 || 2–2 || Friendly match || [1]

2. 10 September 2008 Olympic Stadium, Helsinki {{safesubst: Template:Yesno alias = Germany flag alias = Flag of Germany.svg flag alias-1866 = Flag of the German Empire.svg link alias-1866 = German Empire flag alias-empire = Flag of the German Empire.svg link alias-empire = German Empire flag alias-1919 = Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg link alias-1919 = Weimar Republic flag alias-Weimar = Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg link alias-Weimar = Weimar Republic flag alias-1933 = Flag of Germany (1933-1935).svg flag alias-1935 = Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg link alias-1935 = Nazi Germany flag alias-Nazi = Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg link alias-Nazi = Nazi Germany flag alias-1946 = Merchant flag of Germany (1946–1949).svg border-1946 = flag alias-1949 = Flag of Germany.svg flag alias-EUA = German Olympic flag (1959-1968).svg flag alias-gold = Flag of West Germany; Flag of Germany (1990–1996).svg flag alias-state = Flag of Germany (state).svg link alias-military = Bundeswehr flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Germany.svg border-naval = link alias-naval = German Navy flag alias-coast guard=German Federal Coast Guard racing stripe.svg border-coast guard= link alias-coast guard=German Federal Coast Guard flag alias-army = Colour of Germany.svg flag alias-air force =Flag of Germany (state).svg link alias-air force = German Air Force link alias-army = German Army flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Germany.svg link alias-navy = German Navy border-navy = border-army= size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}} || 3–2 || 3–3 || FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying || [2]

International

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Finland national team
Year Apps Goals
2003 2 0
2004 2 0
2005 4 1
2006 1 0
2007 6 0
2008 3 1
2009 4 0
2010 4 0
2011 5 0
2012 6 0
Total 37 2

Honours

Djurgårdens IF

IFK Norrköping

Individual

References

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  13. ↑ Daniel Sjölund lägger skorna på hyllan, hbl.fi, 16 October 2019
  14. ↑ Sjölund gör oväntad comeback: "Förstärkning för slutspurten", fotbollskanalen.se
  15. ↑ ”Daja” ny tränare för FC Åland, Ålands Radio
  16. ↑ IFK Mariehamn vahvistaa valmennustaan – Daniel Sjölund kakkosluotsiksi loppukaudeksi, Veikkausliiga, 7 September 2023
  17. ↑ En pusselbit klar i IFK Mariehamns tränarteam – Daniel Sjölund fortsätter i klubben: ”Får bra kontinuitet”, Svenskan Yle, 4 December 2023
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