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Jesper Karlström
Karlström with Sweden in 2026
Personal information
Full name Jesper Kewe Karlström[1]
Date of birth (1995-06-21) 21 June 1995 (age 31)
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Udinese
Number 8
Youth career
2001–2004 Hammarby IF
2004–2012 IF Brommapojkarna
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 IF Brommapojkarna 41 (3)
2015–2020 Djurgårdens IF 147 (8)
2017 → IF Brommapojkarna (loan) 2 (1)
2021–2024 Lech Poznań 111 (4)
2024– Udinese 78 (2)
International career‡
2012 Sweden U17 9 (3)
2013–2014 Sweden U19 15 (0)
2014–2015 Sweden U21 5 (1)
2018– Sweden 30 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:01, 28 September 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18:18, 6 October 2026 (UTC)

Jesper Kewe Karlström (born 21 June 1995) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Udinese, which he captains, and the Sweden national team.

Club career

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Early career

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Karlström started out his career playing for Hammarby IF at the age of six. When he turned nine the coach of his team moved to IF Brommapojkarna and brought his entire youth team along with him to the new club, including Karlström.[2][3]

IF Brommapojkarna

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Shortly after his eighteenth birthday in 2013, Karlström made his Allsvenskan debut for Brommapojkarna away against Kalmar FF.[4] At the start of the next year he scored for the first time when his game-winning goal in the last game of the 2013–14 Svenska Cupen group stage qualified the club for the knockout stage of the tournament.[5] A few months later he also scored his first league goal in the 3–0 home win against IFK Norrköping.[6]

Djurgårdens IF

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Brommapojkarna were relegated at the end of the 2014 Allsvenskan season, but Karlström had performed well enough to be signed by the larger Stockholm club Djurgårdens IF on a four-year deal.[7] Ahead of 2017 Karlström had his shirt number changed from 22 to 6. On 10 May 2018, he played as Djurgarden beat Malmö FF 3–0 in the 2018 Svenska Cupen final.[8]

In 2019 Karlström crowned himself as a Swedish champion as part of the Djurgårdens IF team that won the Swedish league for a twelfth time.[9] Karlström contributed with the 2–1 goal in the remarkable second-half comeback to win the title.[10]

Lech Poznań

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On 2 December 2020, Lech Poznań announced Karlström had signed from Djurgårdens IF on a contract until June 2024.[11] In three-and-a-half-years, he totaled 144 appearances, four goals and nine assists across all competitions for Lech, won the 2021–22 Ekstraklasa title and contributed to the club's best-ever European campaign in 2022–23, when they reached the UEFA Europa Conference League quarter-finals.[12]

Udinese

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On 3 August 2024, Karlström moved to Italian club Udinese on a two-year deal, for a reported fee of €2 million with potential bonuses.[13] He was named Udinese's captain ahead of the 2025–26 season.[14]

International career

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Karlström has represented Sweden at the U17, U19 and U21 levels.[15] In November 2014 he made his debut for the Sweden national under-21 football team against Austria.[7]

He made his full international debut for the Sweden national team on 11 January 2018 in a friendly 1–0 win against Denmark, playing for 66 minutes before being replaced by Kristoffer Olsson.[15][16]

On 12 May 2026, Karlström was named in the Sweden squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[17]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 19 September 2026[18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
IF Brommapojkarna 2013 Allsvenskan 14051——191
2014 Allsvenskan 273106[b]0—343
Total 4136160—534
Djurgårdens IF 2015 Allsvenskan 26121——282
2016 Allsvenskan 16141——202
2017 Allsvenskan 24331——274
2018 Allsvenskan 250702[b]0—340
2019 Allsvenskan 28262——344
2020 Allsvenskan 281413[c]0—352
Total 147826650—17814
IF Brommapojkarna (loan) 2017 Superettan 21———21
Lech Poznań 2020–21 Ekstraklasa 16020——180
2021–22 Ekstraklasa 32140——361
2022–23 Ekstraklasa 3111019[d]01[e]0521
2023–24 Ekstraklasa 302204[f]0—362
2024–25 Ekstraklasa 20———20
Total 111490230101444
Udinese 2024–25 Serie A 37020——390
2025–26 Serie A 36120——381
2026–27 Serie A 5120——71
Total 78260——842
Career total 379184773401046125
  1. ↑ Includes Svenska Cupen, Polish Cup, Coppa Italia
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, seventeen appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  5. ↑ Appearance in Polish Super Cup
  6. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

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As of match played 5 October 2026[19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 2018 1 0
2019 0 0
2020 0 0
2021 0 0
2022 9 0
2023 3 0
2024 3 0
2025 5 0
2026 9 0
Total 30 0

Honours

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Djurgårdens IF

Lech Poznań

References

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  1. ↑ "Squad List: FIFA World Cup 2026: Sweden (SWE)" (PDF). FIFA. 17 June 2026. p. 42. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
  2. ↑ "Djurgården kändes perfekt – jag velade ingenting". FotbollDirekt. 24 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Jesper Karlström". svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Jesper nöjd med debuten". IF Brommapojkarna. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Jespers första – BP cupvann". IF Brommapojkarna. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Stjärnskottet gav BP segern". Dagens Nyheter. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Jesper Karlström klar för DIF". Djurgårdens IF. Retrieved 26 February 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  8. ↑ "DIF.se | Djurgården cupmästare". Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Djurgården Svenska Mästare 2019". 2 November 2019.
  10. ↑ "Här tänds hoppet för Djurgården". 2 November 2019.
  11. ↑ "Jesper Karlström od stycznia piłkarzem Lecha" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  12. ↑ "Jesper Karlström żegna się z Lechem" (in Polish). Lech Poznań. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  13. ↑ Maj, Jakub (3 August 2024). "Lech Poznań sprzedał zawodnika. Jesper Karlström przeniósł się do Włoch. Kosta Runjaić go chciał". gol24.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  14. ↑ "Karlstrom new captain and Lovric vice-captain". Udinese. 17 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  15. 1 2 "Jesper Karlström – Spelarstatistik – Svensk fotboll". svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  16. ↑ "Sverige – Danmark – Matchfakta – Svensk fotboll". svenskfotboll.sehttps (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 October 2021.[permanent dead link]
  17. ↑ "Mystiskt inlägg efter petningen". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). 12 May 2026. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
  18. ↑ Jesper Karlström at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  19. ↑ "Jesper Karlström – Spelarstatistik – Svensk fotboll". svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
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