Olof Guterstam

Olof Guterstam
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-01-04) January 4, 1983
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Free agent
Youth career
Enskede IK
Älvsjö AIK FF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2010 Brommapojkarna[1] 209 (54)
2007FC Brussels (loan)[2] 14 (4)
2008Hammarby (loan) 16 (2)
2011 IK Frej 23 (6)
2012 Älvsjö AIK FF 19 (17)
National team
2007 Sweden[3] 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Olof Guterstam (born January 4, 1983) is a Swedish footballer who last played for Älvsjö AIK FF.

Club career

He came to Brommapojkarna in 2002, previously he has played for Enskede IK and Älvsjö AIK as a midfielder and as a winger.[4] Guterstam was retrained to be a striker after he was recruited by Brommapojkarna, at the initiative of the then manager of the team, Benny Persson.

Olof was the winner of the Superettan Goalscorer List 2006, alongside Stefan Rodevåg of Falkenbergs FF, having scored a total of 17 goals during the season.[5] He was also instrumental in taking Brommapojkarna to Allsvenskan, the highest division in Swedish football, scoring two goals in the qualifyers against BK Häcken in November 2006.[6] He played 25 games with Brommapojkarna in Allsvenskan and scored 4 goals. Brommapojkarna was last place in Allsvenskan and the club was sent down to Superettan. Instead of following the club to Superettan, Olof signed a half-year loan contract with a Belgian club, FC Brussel.[7] He was very successful there, scoring 4 goals in 9 games. He returned to Brommapojkarna in May 2008. Shortly after his return he signed a half-year loan contract, with an option of a permanent transfer, this time with Swedish club Hammarby IF.[4] After a poor start with the club, he did improve and eventually managed to score two goals. Despite his improvement, Hammarby did not choose to buy him after the contract expired.[8] On 25 December 2010 left after eight years his club IF Brommapojkarna and signed a two-years contract for Division 1 Norra promoted club IK Frej.[9]

International career

Recently Guterstam was called up to the Sweden national football team on their South America tour in January 2007.[10]

Personal life

When he does not play football, he studies to become a physician at Karolinska Institutet in Solna.[11] He lives on Södermalm in Stockholm.

Career statistics

As of 7 June 2013[12]
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sweden League Svenska Cupen Europe Total
2002 IF Brommapojkarna Superettan 14000140
2003 27500275
2004 27800278
2005 2812002812
2006 3017003017
2007 Allsvenskan 25400254
2007–08 FC Brussels (loan) Belgian Pro League 144144
2008 Hammarby IF (loan) Allsvenskan 16200162
2009 IF Brommapojkarna 30500305
2010 28310293
2011 IK Frej Division 1 23600236
2012 Älvsjö AIK FF Division 3 1917001917
Career total 281771028277

References

  1. Olof Guterstam - Fotbolltransfers.com
  2. Olof Guterstam | FOOTGOAL
  3. Olof Guterstam at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. 1 2 "11. Olof Guterstam" (in Swedish). Brommapojkarna. Archived from the original on February 20, 2012. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
  5. "Webb-tv: Rodevåg om flytten till ÖSK" (in Swedish). Nerikes Allehanda. 2006. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
  6. "BP klart för Allsvenskan!" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 2006. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
  7. "fotbollsverige.se" (in Swedish). fotbollsverige.se. 2007. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
  8. "Hammarby nyttjar inte option på Guterstam" (in Swedish). Hammarby fotboll. 2008. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
  9. Olof Guterstam skriver tvåårskontrakt med IK Frej
  10. "Herr: Nya namn i landslaget" (in Swedish). Svenska fotbollförbundet. 2006. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
  11. Lars Grimlund (2007). "Landslaget ett avbrott från studierna" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
  12. "Eliteprospects.com - Olof Guterstam". Eliteprospects. 7 June 2013.
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