Håkan Söderstjerna

Håkan Söderstjerna
Personal information
Date of birth	30 October 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth	Sweden
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1996	Landskrona BoIS
1996–1997	Fremad Amager
1997–1998	Tanjong Pagar United FC
1998–2000	Fremad Amager
2000–2002	Landskrona BoIS
2003–2004	Fredrikstad
2005–2007	Landskrona BoIS
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Håkan Söderstjerna (born 30 October 1975) is a Swedish retired footballer. In media he sometimes went under the alias "The one armed bandit", as he was born with one arm only.

Career

Söderstjerna, who was born without his lower right arm,^[1] played club football in Sweden, Denmark, Singapore and Norway for Landskrona BoIS (three spells), Fremad Amager (two spells), Tanjong Pagar United FC and Fredrikstad.^[2] He retired from club football in November 2007.^[3] Fans of Landskrona BoIS had previously written a song in his honour.^[1]^[3] Söderstjerna also studied economics and law at Lund University.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b John Ashdown (4 April 2012). "Which players have won trophies while missing body parts?". The Guardian.
^ Håkan Söderstjerna on Playerhistory.com ^{[dead link]}
^ ^a ^b Michael Svegbrandt (7 November 2007). "Håkan Söderstjerna lägger av med fotbollen helt" (in Swedish). svenskafans.com.
^ "Hallå där, Håkan Söderstjerna, hur går det mot HIF?" (in Swedish). Landskrona BoIS. 11 May 2011.

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[Guardian-1] John Ashdown (4 April 2012). "Which players have won trophies while missing body parts?". The Guardian.

[2] Håkan Söderstjerna on Playerhistory.com ^{[dead link]}

[svenskafans-3] Michael Svegbrandt (7 November 2007). "Håkan Söderstjerna lägger av med fotbollen helt" (in Swedish). svenskafans.com.

[4] "Hallå där, Håkan Söderstjerna, hur går det mot HIF?" (in Swedish). Landskrona BoIS. 11 May 2011.

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