Daniel Sjölund

Daniel Sjölund was born in the municipality of Finström, based in Åland which is a Swedish-speaking autonomous region that belongs to Finland. Sjölund started his career at IF Finströms Kamraterna, when he was a child. Afterwards he went to IFK Mariehamn and IF Brommapojkarna, before being signed by West Ham at the age of just 16, after impressive displays for Finland's youth teams. In 2000 Liverpool manager Gérard Houllier agreed to pay £1 million for the talented forward in a deal that also saw Rigobert Song going the other way. After failing to get into the first team at Liverpool, Sjölund joined Djurgården for the 2003 season, first on loan and later on a permanent deal. He has won two Swedish championships and two Swedish Cups with Djurgården. The 2005 season finally saw Sjölund become a regular in the Djurgården team, and he scored seven goals in the league. A regular for the Under-21s since the age of 17, Sjölund made his senior international debut for the Finnish national team on 22 May 2003 against Norway. Good performances in the 2005 season have seen him promoted to the senior team on a regular basis. Sjölund was also a part of the Finland squad at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship. In September 2012 Sjölund played his 200th league game for Djurgården wearing a number 200 shirt. But only a couple of months later the club announced that they would not be extending his contract. Sjölund signed with Åtvidabergs FF on 4 February 2013 and stayed with the club for…

In November 2021 Sjölund announced that he had signed a three-year contract to manage FC Åland. In September 2023, he was appointed as the assistant coach of Veikkausliiga club IFK Mariehamn for the rest of the 2023 season. After the season, his contract was extended for two more years for same position.

As of 26 September 2019

International goals

As of 17 October 2010

International

As of 14 November 2012

Djurgårdens IF

Allsvenskan: 2003, 2005 Svenska Cupen: 2004, 2005 IFK Norrköping

Allsvenskan: 2015 Individual

Swedish Goal of the Year: 2005 Årets Järnkamin: 2008