Williot Swedberg

Williot Theo Swedberg (born 1 February 2004) is a Swedish footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan.[2]

Williot Swedberg
Swedberg with Hammarby IF in 2021.
Personal information
Full name Williot Theo Swedberg
Date of birth (2004-02-01) 1 February 2004
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Hammarby IF
Number 44
Youth career
0000–2011 Sickla IF
2011–2020 Hammarby IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Hammarby IF 24 (7)
2020 → IK Frej (loan) 16 (0)
2021 Hammarby TFF 11 (1)
National team‡
2019–2020 Sweden U17 4 (1)
2021– Sweden U19 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 April 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 March 2022

Early life

Born and primarily raised in Stockholm, Swedberg also lived in Valencia, Spain, for three years in his childhood.[3] He started to play youth football with local club Sickla IF.[4] In 2011, at age seven, he joined the youth academy of Hammarby IF.[5][6][7][8] In 2019, he went on trial with Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.[9]

Club career

Hammarby IF

In 2020, Swedberg was sent on loan to Hammarby's affiliated club IK Frej in Ettan, the domestic third tier, where he made his debut in senior football. He began the 2021 season on loan at feeder team Hammarby TFF, also competing in Ettan.[10][2]

On 11 July 2021, Swedberg made his competitive debut for Hammarby in Allsvenskan, in a 5–1 home win against Degerfors IF, coming on from the bench in the 79th minute and scoring two minutes later.[11][12][5] After his debut, Swedberg reportedly attracted interest from Danish clubs Brøndby IF and FC Midtjylland.[13][14] On 12 August, Swedberg signed a new three-year deal until 2024 with Hammarby, his first professional contract.[15] He featured in five games as the side reached the play-off round of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League, after eliminating Maribor (4–1 on aggregate) and FK Čukarički (6–4 on aggregate, in which Swedberg scored). In the playoff, then, Hammarby was knocked out by Basel (4–4 on aggregate) after a penalty shoot-out.[16][17][18][19] In October 2021, Swedberg was named as one of the 60 best young talents in world football, born in 2004, by the English newspaper The Guardian.[20]

On 23 February 2022, Swedberg was close to join Lokomotiv Moscow for a reported fee of around €4.5 million, but the deal ultimately fell through due to administrative reasons and the political instability following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.[21]

International career

Swedberg scored in his debut for the Swedish U17 national team in a 3–1 friendly win against Norway on 17 September 2019.[22]

Style of play

A right-footed player with good technique, Swedberg is often deployed as an attacking central midfielder. He is a space operator and likes to get into the vacated spaces and make movements off-the-ball, much like Thomas Müller and Donny van de Beek. Known for his first touch and vision, Swedberg tends to often pass or carry the ball into the penalty area.[23][20]

Personal life

He is the son of the former professional footballers Hans Eskilsson and Malin Swedberg.[7][8]

Career statistics

Club
As of 26 April 2022[24]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
IK Frej (loan) 2020 Ettan 16000—160
Hammarby Talang FF (loan) 2021 Ettan 11100—111
Total 2710000271
Hammarby IF 2021 Allsvenskan 192105[lower-alpha 1]1253
2022 Allsvenskan 5550—105
Total 2476051358
Career total 5186051629
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

References
  1. "Williot Swedberg" (in Swedish). Eurosport. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  2. "Williot Swedberg" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  3. "Supertalangen hyllas: "En delikat spelare"" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 26 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  4. "Ytterligare en kille från P03 tar klivet till Hammarby elit" (in Swedish). Sickla IF. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  5. "2021 pojkakademins bästa år någonsin" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  6. "Grattis Williot Swedberg" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  7. "Drömdebut för Williot Swedberg inför ögonen på pappa" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  8. "Pappan i tårar – sedan nätar Swedberg direkt" (in Swedish). Expressen. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  9. "Tottenham intresserade av profilernas son - har besökt klubben: "Gott betyg till oss"" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  10. "Williot Swedberg & HTFF – Bajens Ettansatsning bär frukt" (in Swedish). Ettan Fotboll. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  11. "Williot – "Helt surrealistiskt, med fansen tillbaka och allt"" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  12. "Förlösande femetta mot Degerfors" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  13. "Allsvenska affärerna som sprack – i allra sista stund" (in Swedish). Expressen. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  14. "AVSLÖJAR: Tungt intresse - vill köpa loss Bajens supertalang" (in Swedish). Fotbolldirekt. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  15. "Hektiskt avslut på deadline day – tre avtal klara" (in Swedish). Hammarby IF. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  16. "Maribor 0 – 1 Hammarby". UEFA. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  17. "Hammarby 5 – 1 Čukarički". UEFA. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  18. "Hammarby 3 – 1 Basel". UEFA. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  19. "Ett slut att glömma efter 210 minnesvärda minuter" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  20. "Next Generation 2021: 60 of the best young talents in world football" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  21. "Hammarby: Swedberg-affären sprack på grund av kriget" (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  22. "Första segern för pojkar -04" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  23. "Williot Swedberg: Sweden and Hammarby IF". Total Football Analysis. 28 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  24. "Williot Swedberg". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
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