Sebastian Svärd
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sebastian Steve Qvacoe Cann-Svärd[1] |
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| Date of birth | January 15, 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Hvidovre, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Silkeborg IF | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1998 | B 1908 | ||
| 1998–2000 | KB | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000–2006 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Copenhagen (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Stoke City (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | → Brøndby (loan) | 33 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Vitória (loan) | 34 | (1) |
| 2006–2010 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 43 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Hansa Rostock (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Roda JC | 12 | (0) |
| 2012– | Silkeborg IF | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998–1999 | Denmark U16 | 5 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Denmark U17 | 23 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Denmark U19 | 13 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Denmark U20 | 7 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Denmark U21 | 9 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 January 2012. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Sebastian Steve Qvacoe Cann-Svärd (born 15 January 1983), commonly known as Sebastian Svärd, is a Danish footballer of Swedish and Ghanaian ancestry,[3] who plays for Danish club Silkeborg IF.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Early career
Born in Hvidovre, Copenhagen to a Swedish mother and Ghanaian father, he started out at Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, the reserve team of F.C. Copenhagen. Here he was seen as somewhat of a prodigy, impressing the coaches of the Denmark under-16, under-17 and under-19 national teams, and he was bought by English club Arsenal F.C. for an undisclosed fee in November 2000.
[edit] Arsenal
He won the FA Youth Cup with the youth team of the club in his first season. His first-team Arsenal debut came in a League Cup fourth round match on November 27, 2001, as a substitute in a 2–0 win over Grimsby Town. Over the next two years, he made two more appearances for Arsenal, one more in the League Cup against Sunderland and one in the FA Cup against Oxford United.
[edit] Loan period
He returned on loan to his old club F.C. Copenhagen in August 2003, in need of first-team play; after just four months he returned to England to play for Stoke City, for whom he played nine league matches and scored one goal against Sunderland[4] before returning to Arsenal. In August 2004, he came on as a substitute in Arsenal's 3–1 Community Shield victory over Manchester United, but soon after he was loaned to Danish club Brøndby IF for the whole season. At Brøndby, he played both as a defensive midfielder and right back, in a season which ended with both the Danish Superliga championship and triumph in the Danish Cup tournament.
In July 2005, he left Arsenal to join Portuguese club Vitória S.C. for an undisclosed fee, having played four times in total for the London club. After a single season with Vitória, where he was, and still is a beloved player, he moved to Borussia Mönchengladbach on June 21, 2006, again for an undisclosed fee.
[edit] Mönchengladbach
On February 25, 2007 he played his first Bundesliga match for Mönchengladbach against SV Werder Bremen [5]
He was snapped on 8 January 2009 F.C. Hansa Rostock after being released by Borussia Mönchengladbach in Germany.[6]
[edit] Roda JC
On 15 January 2010 Borussia Mönchengladbach resigns his contract and he becomes a free agent.[7] On 18 January, Svärd is signed by Dutch club, Roda JC.[8] [9]
[edit] International career
Svärd debuted for the under-21 national team in November 2002, 19 years old. He has played more than 50 matches for various Danish youth national teams.
[edit] Honours
- FA Youth Cup : 2000–01
- FA Community Shield : 2004
- Danish Superliga : 2004–05
- Danish Cup : 2004–05
[edit] References
- ^ Svärd profile at ZeroZero.pt
- ^ Transfermarkt profile
- ^ Sebastian Svärd Player Profile
- ^ "Sunderland 1–1 Stoke". BBC. 16 March 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/3507690.stm. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. http://www.football-lineups.com/wiki/_match4240.php. Retrieved March 2, 2007.
- ^ Vertrag mit Sebastian Svärd aufgelöst
- ^ Mönchengladbach trennt sich von Svärd
- ^ Roda JC versterkt zich met Sebastian Svärd
- ^ Svárd unterschreibt bei Roda
[edit] External links
- Danish national team profile
- (Danish) Brøndby IF profile
- (Dutch) Voetbal International profile
- (German) FussballDaten career statistics
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- Danish footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Arsenal F.C. players
- F.C. Copenhagen players
- Stoke City F.C. players
- Brøndby IF players
- Vitória S.C. players
- Borussia Mönchengladbach players
- F.C. Hansa Rostock players
- Roda JC players
- Silkeborg IF players
- Eredivisie players
- The Football League players
- Danish expatriate footballers
- Danish expatriates in the United Kingdom
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Danish expatriates in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Danish expatriates in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Danish expatriates in the Netherlands
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Denmark under-21 international footballers
- People of Ghanaian descent
