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In the group qualification match against ], Kim was substituted in at the start of the second half and assisted 3 of 4 goals in an incredible comeback from 4–0 disadvantage in the 55th minute to 4–4 at the end of the game. In the group qualification match against ], Kim was substituted in at the start of the second half and assisted 3 of 4 goals in an incredible comeback from 4–0 disadvantage in the 55th minute to 4–4 at the end of the game.

I that match Kallstrom helped Max (an autistic Mascot) through his big moment, which has spread around social media platforms usually awash with negative and cynical aspects of ‘the beautiful game’.
Max's father Emil wrote to Kallstrom, expressing his thanks.
He said: "Because of your actions, Kim, my son could experience precisely the same emotions as everyone else who has been a mascot: pride, a sense of being special, 'I did it' and an immense joy."


==Playing style== ==Playing style==

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Kim Källström
With Spartak Moscow in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-08-24) 24 August 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Sandviken, Sweden
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team Spartak Moscow
Number 21
Youth career
1986–1989 Sandvikens IF
1990–1996 Partille IF
1997–1998 BK Häcken
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2001 BK Häcken 69 (14)
2001–2003 Djurgårdens IF 48 (26)
2004–2006 Rennes 83 (20)
2006–2012 Lyon 204 (17)
2012– Spartak Moscow 27 (3)
International career
1997–1998 Sweden U16 32 (12)
1999 Sweden U18 2 (0)
2000–2003 Sweden U21 21 (5)
2001– Sweden 106 (16)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 October 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:14, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

Kim Källström (Swedish pronunciation: [kɪm ˈɕɛl.ˈstrœm]; born 24 August 1982 in Sandviken) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spartak Moscow and Sweden national football team.

Early life

Källström was born in Sandviken 24 August 1982 to footballer Mikael and Ann Källström. In 1986 he joined the local Sandvikens IF football team. In 1989 the family moved to Partille outside Gothenburg and Källström started to play in Partille IF.

Club career

Early career

Källström's first professional club in Sweden was BK Häcken from Gothenburg but his big breakthrough in Sweden came when he moved to Djurgårdens IF in 2002, where he won the Swedish Allsvenskan in 2002 and 2003 and the national cup tournament Svenska Cupen in 2002. Scored twice in the UEFA Cup against Shamrock Rovers and FC Copenhagen. During the 2002 season, he was Djurgården's overall and league top scorer.

He was a part of the young Djurgården epoque in Swedish football during the early 2000s (decade) together with Andreas Isaksson, Johan Elmander, Louay Chanko, Tobias Hysén, and Mikael Dorsin.

Kim Källström against Cristiano Ronaldo 2011

Stade Rennais

In the January 2004 transfer window, Källström moved to the French club Stade Rennais.

Olympique Lyonnais

He signed for Olympique Lyonnais in June 2006, and has gone on to win a number of honours with Lyon. Eventually he won stardom even in Rennes , which resulted in his 2006 signed for the French grand Lyon. The debut of Lyon became very successful - the French Super Cup against Paris SG, which was won by Lyon on penalties , was Kallstrom involved in Lyons equalizing goal . Five days later, he made league debut against FC Nantes, and was also where involved in a case . The first Champions League goal for Kallstrom came Tuesday, 17 October 2006, when his Lyon visited Dynamo Kiev. After thymus Juninho gave Lyon the lead Kallstrom extended the lead to 2-0 after receiving a long pass block , fintat off two defenders and stormed into the box and tapped into a ground shot. A världsklassmål , according to Bosse Peterson , an expert on Viasat. Just five days later came the first league goal in Lyon - in the away match against Marseille , he made 4-1 - goal , after being served a goalkeeper return in 87 minutes , and appointed by L' Équipe to one of the game 's best players. In the Champions League 2006/07 season reached Lyon round where AS Roma won the doubles encounter 2-0. Kallstrom was , however, rejoice in the spring when his club won another league gold. In July 2007, Lyon won a small club tournament ( Peace Cup ) where Kallstrom decided the final match with the only goal in the final minute . Season 2007 /08 began with the Spanish top club Valencia CF rumored tried to buy off Kallstrom from Lyon, who wanted to keep him even though it would have been offered € 13 million . Kallstrom became , despite rumors , remain in Lyon. In the second round of the French league got Kallstrom red card after spitting towards the fourth official , resulting in a shutdown of the match . The end of August saw Kallstrom to lead the national team to the first victory in a friendly international at approximately two year by making the game only goal in the meeting with the U.S. at Ullevi Stadium . In the Champions League reached Kim Källström law re round , just like the previous season , but were knocked out again . Kallstrom scored Lyon's last league goal in the final round of league where team away beat Auxerre 3-1 and thus defended the gold league . Kallstrom played 6 seasons, 171 games, scored 17 goals , won two Ligue 1 titles and two Coupe de France titles with Lyon. Euro 2008 was Kim Källström's third championship with the Swedish team .

FC Spartak Moscow

On 28 July 2012 it was announced that Kim signed with FC Spartak Moscow for €3 million and €600,000 variables.

International career

Källström made his international debut in 2001 against Finland. He made the Swedish squad for the Euro 2004, 2006 World Cup, Euro 2008 and Euro 2012 tournaments. He also scored the 1–0 goal in the 3–2 win over the Netherlands to take Sweden to the UEFA Euro 2012.

In the group qualification match against Germany, Kim was substituted in at the start of the second half and assisted 3 of 4 goals in an incredible comeback from 4–0 disadvantage in the 55th minute to 4–4 at the end of the game.

I that match Kallstrom helped Max (an autistic Mascot) through his big moment, which has spread around social media platforms usually awash with negative and cynical aspects of ‘the beautiful game’.

Max's father Emil wrote to Kallstrom, expressing his thanks.

He said: "Because of your actions, Kim, my son could experience precisely the same emotions as everyone else who has been a mascot: pride, a sense of being special, 'I did it' and an immense joy."

Playing style

A central midfielder who can also play on the left side of midfield as a wide midfielder, Källström has the potential to work as a deep lying playmaker or as a more attacking influence. He is also known for his left-footed free kick ability.

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 6 September 2003 Ullevi, Gothenburg  San Marino 4–0 5–0 Euro 2004 qualifying
2. 28 April 2004 Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra  Portugal 1–0 2–2 Friendly
3. 8 June 2005 Råsunda, Stockholm  Norway 1–0 2–3 Friendly
4. 12 October 2005 Råsunda, Stockholm  Iceland 3–1 3–1 2006 World cup qualifying
5. 2 September 2006 Skonto Stadium, Riga  Latvia 1–0 1–0 Euro 2008 qualifying
6. 11 October 2006 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavik  Iceland 1–1 2–1 Euro 2008 qualifying
7. 22 August 2007 Ullevi, Gothenburg  United States 1–0 1–0 Friendly
8. 21 November 2007 Råsunda, Stockholm  Latvia 2–1 2–1 Euro 2008 qualifying
9. 20 August 2008 Ullevi, Gothenburg  France 2–3 2–3 Friendly
10. 10 September 2008 Råsunda, Stockholm  Hungary 1–0 2–1 2010 World cup qualifying
11. 19 November 2008 Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam  Netherlands 1–2 1–3 Friendly
12. 11 February 2009 UPC-Arena, Graz  Austria 2–0 2–0 Friendly
13. 10 June 2009 Ullevi, Gothenburg  Malta 1–0 4–0 2010 World cup qualifying
14. 7 June 2011 Råsunda, Stockholm  Finland 1–0 5–0 Euro 2012 qualifying
15. 6 September 2011 Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle  San Marino 1–0 5–0 Euro 2012 qualifying
16. 11 October 2011 Råsunda, Stockholm  Netherlands 1–0 3–2 Euro 2012 qualifying

Career statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sweden League Svenska Cupen League Cup Europe Total
1999 BK Häcken Superettan 22 4 2 1 – – 24 5
2000 Allsvenskan 23 2 3 1 – – 26 3
2001 24 8 1 0 – – 25 8
2002 Djurgårdens IF Allsvenskan 24 12 6 3 – 6 1 36 16
2003 24 14 3 1 – 2 0 29 15
France League Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Europe Total
2003–04 Stade Rennais Ligue 1 18 7 3 0 – – – 21 7
2004–05 31 5 1 0 1 1 – 33 6
2005–06 34 8 5 1 0 0 4 0 43 9
2006–07 Lyon Ligue 1 33 3 3 0 4 0 6 1 46 4
2007–08 37 5 6 0 2 0 8 1 53 6
2008–09 32 2 2 0 1 0 6 0 41 2
2009–10 32 4 2 0 0 0 13 1 47 5
2010–11 32 3 2 0 1 0 5 0 40 3
2011–12 32 0 2 0 1 0 7 0 42 2
Russia League Russian Cup League Cup Europe Total
2012–13 Spartak RFPL 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 0
Total Sweden 117 40 15 6 – 8 2 140 48
France 239 36 24 1 9 1 42 3 314 41
Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 356 76 39 7 9 1 50 5 454 89

Notes:

  • No league cup in Sweden and Russia.
  • European appearances whilst playing in Sweden should relate to the Euro season immediately after the domestic one e.g. 2002 entry should include 2002/03 Euro stats
As of 14 November 2012
Sweden national team
Year Apps Goals
2001 2 0
2002 5 0
2003 7 1
2004 10 1
2005 7 2
2006 12 2
2007 9 2
2008 10 3
2009 9 2
2010 7 0
2011 11 3
2012 9 0
Total 98 16

Honours

Club

Djurgården
Lyon

References

  1. "Kim Kallstrom". Stats and transfer history. Sky Sports. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  2. ^ ""Спартак" и "Лион" достигли договоренности о переходе Чельстрёма" (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow official site. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  3. http://www.sydsvenskan.se/sport/kim-ar-mer-hemma-borta/
  4. "Knatten som blev kung" (in Swedish). Gefle Dagblad. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  5. "Partille IF" (in Swedish). Partille IF. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  8. ^ "Kim Källström". Anciens joueurs et entraîneurs > K (in French). Stade Rennais Online. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  9. http://www.actusnews.com/documents_communiques/ACTUS-0-29249-cp-ol-groupe-100912.pdf
  10. Sweden squad
  11. Sweden World Cup Squad 2006
  12. Sweden Euro 2008 Squad
  13. Marcotti, Gabrielle. "Euro 2012: Sweden". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  14. ^ Hacken player stats
  15. ^ "Kim Källström". Allsvenskan (in Swedish). Svensk Fotboll. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
Sweden squads
Sweden squad – UEFA Euro 2004
Sweden
Sweden squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup
Sweden
Sweden squad – UEFA Euro 2008
Sweden
Sweden squad – UEFA Euro 2012
Sweden
FC Spartak Moscow – current squad

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