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|url=http://www.football-lineups.com/wiki/_match3834.php | accessdate=23 February 2007}}</ref> While with Gimnàstic he appeared in 9 league matches and scored 2 goals but injuries limited his chamces with the club. At the end of the season Gimnàstic was relegated to the Spanish Second Division and Grahn was sent on loan to [[Hertha BSC]] in [[Germany]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.sportal.de/sportal/generated/article/fussball/2007/08/20/7191700000.html| title = Hertha BSC leiht Tobias Grahn aus | language = German| publisher = sportal.de | date = 20 August 2007 | accessdate = 2 February 2009}}</ref> He made his debut for Hertha on 25 August 2007 in the 2–0 loss to Arminia Bielefeld in the Bundesliga. Grahn appeared in 13 matches for Hertha during his loan stint.
|url=http://www.football-lineups.com/wiki/_match3834.php | accessdate=23 February 2007}}</ref> While with Gimnàstic he appeared in 9 league matches and scored 2 goals but injuries limited his chamces with the club. At the end of the season Gimnàstic was relegated to the Spanish Second Division and Grahn was sent on loan to [[Hertha BSC]] in [[Germany]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.sportal.de/sportal/generated/article/fussball/2007/08/20/7191700000.html| title = Hertha BSC leiht Tobias Grahn aus | language = German| publisher = sportal.de | date = 20 August 2007 | accessdate = 2 February 2009}}</ref> He made his debut for Hertha on 25 August 2007 in the 2–0 loss to Arminia Bielefeld in the Bundesliga. Grahn appeared in 13 matches for Hertha during his loan stint.


In the January transfer window of 2009, Grahn was rumored to return to Danish football, with Brøndby IF being the most likely destination. On 28 January 2009, he was transferred to the Danish super league club [[Randers FC]] on a three year long contract. Grahn was so disappointed about his own performances and lack of success at Randers FC that he offered to leave the club in November 2009. So on 12 November 2009, he was granted a free transfer by the club and returned on 14 November 2009 to Berlin for a trial with [[1. FC Union Berlin]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/news/33806/zwei-testspieler-bei-union.html | title = Zwei Testspieler bei Union | language = German | publisher = transfermarkt.de | date = 14 December 2009 | accessdate = 24 April 2011}}</ref> He signed for Swedish top tier club [[Mjällby AIF]] before the start of the [[2010 Allsvenskan|2010 season]].
In the January transfer window of 2009, Grahn was rumored to return to Danish football, with Brøndby IF being the most likely destination. On 28 January 2009, he was transferred to the Danish super league club [[Randers FC]] on a three year long contract.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://fotbollskanalen.se/1.828032/2009/01/28/tobias_grahn_klar_for_randers
| title = Tobias Grahn klar för Randers | language = Swedish| publisher = fotbollskanalen.se | date = 28 January 2009 | accessdate = 2 February 2009}}</ref>
Grahn was so disappointed about his own performances and lack of success at Randers FC that he offered to leave the club in November 2009. So on 12 November 2009, he was granted a free transfer by the club and returned on 14 November 2009 to Berlin for a trial with [[1. FC Union Berlin]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/news/33806/zwei-testspieler-bei-union.html | title = Zwei Testspieler bei Union | language = German | publisher = transfermarkt.de | date = 14 December 2009 | accessdate = 24 April 2011}}</ref> He signed for Swedish top tier club [[Mjällby AIF]] before the start of the [[2010 Allsvenskan|2010 season]].


===International===
===International===
Grahn made his debut for the [[Sweden national under-21 football team|Sweden Under 21]] national team in 2001. He made his first appearance for the full national side during January of 2001 in a 0-0 draw with the [[Faroe Islands national football team|Faroe Islands]].
Grahn made his debut for the [[Sweden national under-21 football team|Sweden Under 21]] national team in 2001. He made his first appearance for the full national side during January of 2001 in a 0-0 draw with the [[Faroe Islands national football team|Faroe Islands]].
<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.svenskfotboll.se/t2.aspx?p=7177&x=1&a=11324| title = Herr: 0-0 för framtidslaget | language = Swdish| publisher = svenskfotboll.se | date = 2 January 2001 | accessdate = 2 January 2001}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.svenskfotboll.se/t2.aspx?p=7177&x=1&a=11324| title = Herr: 0-0 för framtidslaget | language = Swedish| publisher = svenskfotboll.se | date = 2 January 2001 | accessdate = 2 January 2001}}</ref>


==Honours==
==Honours==

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Tobias Grahn
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-03-05) 5 March 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Karlskrona, Sweden
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
Rödeby AIF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Östers IF 1 (0)
1998–1999 S.C. Beira Mar 0 (0)
1999 Östers IF 6 (0)
1999–2002 Lyngby BK 36 (2)
2001–2003 Vålerenga IF 36 (9)
2003–2004 Malmö FF 21 (3)
2004–2006 AGF Aarhus 47 (10)
2006–2007Odense BK (loan) 15 (6)
2006–2008 Gimnàstic 9 (2)
2007Hertha BSC (loan) 13 (0)
2008–2009 Randers FC 19 (0)
2010– Mjällby AIF 50 (2)
International career
2001 Sweden U21 3 (1)
2001–2003 Sweden 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2010
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2003

Tobias Grahn (born 5 March 1980 in Karlskrona, Sweden) is a Swedish professional football midfielder.

Career

Club

Grahn began his career in the youth system of Rödeby AIF in his hometown of Karlskrona. He than signed with Östers IF and made his first team debut in 1997. He than started to draw interest from foreign sides including Middlesbrough FC and in 1998 he left Sweden signing with Portugal's S.C. Beira Mar. After not featuring for Beira Mar he returned to Östers for the 1999 season. After playing in 6 league matches for Östers during the 2009 season, Grahn left the club signing with Lyngby in the Danish Superliga. During the 2001/02 season Grahn became a regular for the club appearing in 27 league matches and scoring 1 goal. Grahn began the 2001/02 season with Lyngby, but was sold to Norway's Vålerenga during the early part of the season. In his first year with the Norwegian club Grahn helped the club gain promotion to the Tippeligaen. During his second season with the club he helped the club in capturing the 2002 Norwegian Football Cup. In his 18 months at the club he appeared in 36 league matches and scored 9 goals.

In 2003 he left the Oslo club and returned to Sweden signing with Malmö FF. While with Malmo Grahn made 21 appearances and scored 3 goals but soon fell out of favor with coach Tom Prahl. As a result he left the club and returned to Denmark joing AGF Aarhus. In his first season with Aarhus Grahn enjoyed great success appearing in 22 league matches and scoring 8 goals and providing 13 assists as the clubs playmaker. After appearing in 47 league matches and scoring 10 goals, Grahn was sent on loan to Odense BK for the 2006/07 season. Grahn got off to a great start with Odense scoring 6 goals in 15 league matches and helped the Danish club to an impressive run in the 2006-07 UEFA Cup. As a result he began to draw interest from clubs in the top leagues in Europe. During the winter transfer period he was sold to Spain's Gimnàstic. On 18 February 2007, Grahn played his first La Liga match for Gimnàstic against Racing de Santander.[1] While with Gimnàstic he appeared in 9 league matches and scored 2 goals but injuries limited his chamces with the club. At the end of the season Gimnàstic was relegated to the Spanish Second Division and Grahn was sent on loan to Hertha BSC in Germany.[2] He made his debut for Hertha on 25 August 2007 in the 2–0 loss to Arminia Bielefeld in the Bundesliga. Grahn appeared in 13 matches for Hertha during his loan stint.

In the January transfer window of 2009, Grahn was rumored to return to Danish football, with Brøndby IF being the most likely destination. On 28 January 2009, he was transferred to the Danish super league club Randers FC on a three year long contract.[3]

Grahn was so disappointed about his own performances and lack of success at Randers FC that he offered to leave the club in November 2009. So on 12 November 2009, he was granted a free transfer by the club and returned on 14 November 2009 to Berlin for a trial with 1. FC Union Berlin.[4] He signed for Swedish top tier club Mjällby AIF before the start of the 2010 season.

International

Grahn made his debut for the Sweden Under 21 national team in 2001. He made his first appearance for the full national side during January of 2001 in a 0-0 draw with the Faroe Islands. [5]

Honours

Vålerenga IF
2002
Malmö FF
2004


References

  1. ^ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved 23 February 2007.
  2. ^ "Hertha BSC leiht Tobias Grahn aus" (in German). sportal.de. 20 August 2007. Retrieved 2 February 2009.
  3. ^ "Tobias Grahn klar för Randers" (in Swedish). fotbollskanalen.se. 28 January 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2009.
  4. ^ "Zwei Testspieler bei Union" (in German). transfermarkt.de. 14 December 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  5. ^ "Herr: 0-0 för framtidslaget" (in Swedish). svenskfotboll.se. 2 January 2001. Retrieved 2 January 2001. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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