Kalle Björklund (footballer, born 1999)
Kalle Björklund is a Swedish footballer who plays as a defender for Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan.Club career
Early career
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.
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. Björklund made 36 appearances for the club in the 2017–18 campaign of Tercera División, Spain's fourth tier.Hammarby IF
On 16 August 2018, Björklund signed a two and half-year deal with Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan, Sweden's top tier. He spent the vast majority of the 2018 and 2019 season nursing a serious knee injury.
On 1 September 2019, Björklund was named in Hammarby's match day squad for the first time, but remained on the bench for the whole game as Hammarby lost 2–0 against away against IFK Norrköping.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.Personal life
Björklund also holds a Spanish citizenship. He is the son of former Swedish international footballer Joachim Björklund, and the grandson of football coach Karl-Gunnar Björklund.
