Gustav Berggren

Gustav Berggren (born 7 September 1997) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ekstraklasa club Raków Częstochowa.^[1]

Gustav Berggren

Personal information
Full name	Karl Gustav Vilhelm Berggren
Date of birth	(1997-09-07) 7 September 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Sweden
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Raków Częstochowa
Number	5
Youth career
	IF Väster
	GAIS
2014–2015	BK Häcken
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2022	BK Häcken	126	(8)
2017	→ Varbergs BoIS (loan)	15	(0)
2022–	Raków Częstochowa	60	(5)
International career
2014	Sweden U17	4	(0)
2014–2016	Sweden U19	8	(0)
2020	Sweden	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 September 2024

Club career

BK Häcken

Born in Stockholm, Berggren started his career in the youth system of IF Väster. He then went on to play in the youth ranks of GAIS and BK Häcken. In January 2015, with Häcken, he signed a contract that officially brought him to the first team. He played his first professional match on 25 February 2015 in a 2–1 Svenska Cupen win over Östers IF.^{[citation needed]} He made his debut in Allsvenskan, on 15 May 2016, in a 4–1 victory over Falkenbergs FF.^{[citation needed]}

After making eight appearances in the 2016 season and 7 appearances in the first part of the 2017 Allsvenskan season, Berggren was loaned out to Varbergs BoIS, a team playing in the Superettan, with which he concluded the year making 15 appearances as a regular starter.^[2] He returned to Häcken at the end of the loan spell. On 7 July 2019, Berggren scored his first goal as a professional in a 1–2 league loss to IFK Norrköping.^{[citation needed]}

Raków Częstochowa

On 29 July 2022, Berggren signed a three-year contract with Polish side Raków Częstochowa.^[3] He quickly established himself as a regular holding midfielder for the Polish side. On 7 May 2023, Berggren helped Raków win the Ekstraklasa championship for the first time in their history.^[4] He also helped the club to the last qualifying round of the Champions League where they faced Copenhagen from Denmark.^{[citation needed]}

Berggren scored his first goal for Raków on 27 May 2023 in a 1–1 league draw against Zagłębie Lubin. Entering the game, he scored the equalizing goal on a service from Vladyslav Kocherhin.^{[citation needed]}

International career

Berggren made his debut for the Sweden national team on 9 January 2020 in a friendly game against Moldova.^[5]

Honours

BK Häcken^[6]

• Allsvenskan: 2022
• Svenska Cupen: 2015–16, 2018–19

Rakow Częstochowa

• Ekstraklasa: 2022–23^[6]

References

1. Gustav Berggren at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
2. "BK Häcken lånar ut talangen till superettan" (in Swedish). expressen.se. 10 July 2017.
3. "Gustav Berggren nowym zawodnikiem Rakowa!" (in Polish). Raków Częstochowa. 29 July 2022.
4. "Raków mistrzem Polski! Zdobył tytuł dwie godziny po meczu". sport.pl (in Polish). 7 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
5. "Gustav Berggren — svenskfotboll.se". www2.svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
6. "Gustav Berggren". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 30 April 2024.

External links

• Gustav Berggren at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)