| Kalle Björklund | |
| Fullname: | Kalle Nils Björklund |
| Birth Date: | 31 May 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Valencia, Spain |
| Position: | Centre-back |
| Currentclub: | Vasalunds IF |
| Clubnumber: | 3 |
| Youthyears1: | –2017 |
| Youthclubs1: | Valencia CF |
| Years1: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs1: | Torre Levante |
| Caps1: | 36 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2018–2022 |
| Clubs2: | Hammarby IF |
| Caps2: | 14 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2020 |
| Clubs3: | → IK Frej (loan) |
| Caps3: | 5 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2021 |
| Clubs4: | → Falkenbergs FF (loan) |
| Caps4: | 10 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Years5: | 2021 |
| Clubs5: | → Västerås SK (loan) |
| Caps5: | 14 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2022–2022 |
| Clubs6: | → Hammarby TFF |
| Caps6: | 4 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2023 |
| Clubs7: | IFK Stocksund |
| Caps7: | 28 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Years8: | 2024– |
| Clubs8: | Vasalunds IF |
| Caps8: | 8 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2017–2018 |
| Nationalteam1: | Sweden U19 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 1 August 2024 |
Kalle Nils Björklund (born 31 May 1999) is a footballer who plays as a centre-back for Vasalunds IF in Ettan. Born in Spain, he was a youth international for Sweden.
Björklund was born in Valencia, Spain. He also lived in England and Italy before the age of six, due to his father Joachim Björklund being a professional footballer.[1] [2]
He started to play football with Valencia CF and was part of their youth academy up until 2017, when he moved to Torre Levante to start his professional career.[2] Björklund made 36 appearances for the club in the 2017–18 campaign of Tercera División, Spain's fourth tier.[1]
On 16 August 2018, Björklund signed a two and half-year deal with Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan, Sweden's top tier.[3] He spent the vast majority of the 2018 and 2019 seasons nursing a serious knee injury.[1] [4]
In 2020, Björklund made his debut in Allsvenskan, playing 14 league games for Hammarby, as the club disappointingly finished 8th in the table.[5] He also made one appearance in the second qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League, where Hammarby lost 0–3 to Polish side Lech Poznań.[6]
On 21 January 2021, Björklund was sent on loan to Falkenbergs FF in Superettan, the Swedish second tier.[7] [8] On 12 July 2021, he was recalled by Hammarby, only to be immediately sent on loan to fellow Superettan club Västerås SK for the remainder of the year.[9] [10]
In 2022, Björklund made some appearances for Hammarby's affiliated club Hammarby TFF in Ettan, Sweden's third tier, but subsequently left the club at the of the year.[5]
In early 2023, he signed with IFK Stocksund in Ettan.[11] [12]
Björklund was called up to the Sweden under-19 national team in March 2018, and featured in two qualification games to the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship against Romania and Serbia.[13]
Björklund also holds a Spanish citizenship.[14] He is the son of former Swedish international footballer Joachim Björklund, and the grandson of football coach Karl-Gunnar Björklund.[15]