Jesper Blomqvist
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| Jesper Blomqvist | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Jesper Blomqvist | |
| Date of birth | February 5, 1974 | |
| Place of birth | Umeå, Sweden | |
| Playing position | Left Midfielder | |
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| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1992-1993 1993-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003 |
Umeå IFK Göteborg A.C. Milan Parma Manchester United Everton Charlton Athletic Djurgårdens IF |
38 (8) 73 (18) 20 (1) 28 (1) 25 (1) 15 (1) 3 (0) 9 (1) |
| National team | ||
| 1994-2002 | Sweden | 30 (0) |
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Jesper Blomqvist OBE (born February 5, 1974 in Tavelsjö, Västerbotten) is a retired Champions League winning Swedish football player.
Blomqvist was a talented winger, who was also injury prone. He was brought in as a back-up to Ryan Giggs by Manchester United from Parma A.C. of Italy in 1998. While at United, he played in the in 1998/99 treble-winning side. The Champions League final turned out to be his last competitive game for the club as he suffered a serious injury shortly afterwards, although he remained on contract at the club for more than two years afterwards. He only scored one goal during his career with Manchester United.
Prior to joining Manchester United, Blomqvist played for Tavelsjö IK, Umeå FC, IFK Göteborg, A.C. Milan and Parma FC. It was whilst playing for Göteborg in a Champions League match against Manchester United that a young Blomqvist first caught the eye of Alex Ferguson.
In November 2001, Blomqvist was signed for Everton by Walter Smith to play on the wings with his compatriot Niclas Alexandersson. After injury problems and later, a change in manager, new boss David Moyes allowed him to leave the club, in August 2002, and he briefly played for Charlton Athletic. He then returned to his native Sweden and Djurgårdens IF. Blomqvist was part of the bronze medal-winning Swedish national team at the 1994 FIFA World Cup and was capped 30 times for his country.
He retired from playing in 2003 and is now assisting coaching in Sweden for Enköpings SK and is also a pundit for Swedish television.
[edit] External links
- Stats (apps & goals) from late 2003 (in Swedish)
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