Dennis Collander

Dennis Collander
Personal information
Full name Kjell Dennis Collander
Date of birth (2002-05-09) 9 May 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Västerås, Sweden
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Hammarby IF
Number 14
Youth career
–2012 Barkarö SK
2013–2017 Skiljebo SK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 Skiljebo SK 12 (1)
2019–2022 Örebro SK 36 (2)
2022– Hammarby IF 12 (0)
2022 → Hammarby TFF 2 (0)
International career‡
2017–2019 Sweden U17 22 (2)
2021 Sweden U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:25, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Kjell Dennis Collander (born 9 May 2002) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hammarby IF in the Allsvenskan.[2]

Early life

Collander was born in Västerås and started to play football as a youngster with local club Barkarö SK. At age 11, he moved to Skiljebo SK.[3][4]

Club career

Skiljebo SK

On 14 February 2018, aged 15, Collander was promoted to Skiljebo's senior team, competing in Division 2, Sweden's fourth tier.[5] He played 12 league games throughout the season, scoring once, helping the club to finish 2nd in the table.[6][7]

Örebro SK

On 17 January 2019, Collander transferred to Örebro SK in Allsvenskan, the domestic top tier. He signed a three-year deal with the club,[7] after a successful trial.[8] He spent most of the season sidelined, nursing an abdominal muscle injury.[9][10]

On 5 July 2020, Collander made his debut for Örebro in Allsvenskan, in a 1–2 loss to IK Sirius, coming on as a late substitute.[11][12] He ended the 2020 season making 15 league appearances for Örebro, that finished 7th in the Allsvenskan table.[6]

On 10 February 2021, Collander signed a new three-year deal with Örebro.[13] He made 21 league appearances, scoring twice, before his season was cut short in early October due to a knee injury.[14] Collander was unable to save the club from suffering a relegation to Superettan, but was voted Örebro Player of the Year by the fans of the club.[15]

Hammarby IF

On 12 January 2022, Collander transferred to Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan, signing a four-and-a-half-year contract until the summer of 2026.[16][17] The transfer fee was reportedly set at around 4,5 million SEK.[18][19] Collander featured in the final of the 2021–22 Svenska Cupen, in which Hammarby lost by 4–5 on penalties to Malmö FF after the game ended in a 0–0 draw.[20][21] On 22 July 2022 after making five appearances in Allsvenskan, it was announced that Collander would be sidelined for several months due to an other knee injury,[22] eventually leading to him missing the rest of the 2022 season. In May 2023, when he had returned to training, Collander suffered a cruciate ligament injury, expected to keep him sidelined for the rest of the year.[23]

International career

Between 2017 and 2019, Collander won 22 caps for the Swedish national under-17 team, scoring twice. He briefly captained the side and was called up to the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, where Sweden was eliminated in the group stage.[24][25]

On 3 June 2021, Collander made his debut for the Swedish national under–21 team, in a 2–0 win against Finland.[26]

Personal life

His father Conny Collander is a former footballer who represented Västerås SK between 1989 and 1996, mainly in the Swedish second tier, before he was forced to retire due to several knee injuries.[27]

Career statistics

Club

As of 17 October 2023[2]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Skiljebo SK 2018 Division 2 12 1 0 0 — 12 1
Total 12 1 0 0 0 0 12 1
Örebro SK 2019 Allsvenskan 0 0 2 0 — 2 0
2020 15 0 3 0 — 18 0
2021 21 2 3 0 — 24 2
Total 36 2 8 0 0 0 44 2
Hammarby TFF 2022 Ettan 2 0 0 0 — 2 0
Total 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Hammarby IF 2022 Allsvenskan 5 0 1 0 — 6 0
2023 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
Total 55 3 9 0 0 0 64 3

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ Supportrarnas Matchprogram NR 424. Stockholm: Supportrarnas Matchprogram. 3 August 2023. p. 17.
  2. ^ a b "Sweden - D. Collander - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Grattis Dennis!" (in Swedish). Barkarö SK. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Artikelserien: Dennis Collander". Tipselit.se (in Swedish). 20 March 2019. Archived from the original on 26 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Dennis Collander skriver på A-lagskontrakt" (in Swedish). Skiljebo SK. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Dennis Collander" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Dennis Collander skriver på för ÖSK" (in Swedish). Örebro SK. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Dennis Collander tränar med ÖSK" (in Swedish). Örebro SK. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Västeråslöftet Collander om mysterieskadan som har förstört debutsäsongen i allsvenskan: "Knappt expertisen vet"" (in Swedish). Vestmanlands Läns Tidning. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  10. ^ "ÖSKTV möter: Dennis Collander" (in Swedish). Örebro SK. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  11. ^ "ÖSK föll i regnet i Uppsala" (in Swedish). Örebro SK. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  12. ^ "En besviken Axel Kjäll på presskonferensen efter match" (in Swedish). Örebro SK. 5 July 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Collander förlänger kontraktet" (in Swedish). Örebro SK. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  14. ^ "ÖSK:s tunga smäll – Collander kan missa resten av säsongen: "Får se om jag hinner"" (in Swedish). Nerikes Allehanda. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  15. ^ a b "Säsongens priser utdelade i herr- och damlaget" (in Swedish). Örebro SK. 19 December 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  16. ^ "Dennis Collander klar för Hammarby" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  17. ^ "Dennis Collander lämnar ÖSK Fotboll" (in Swedish). Örebro SK. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  18. ^ "AVSLÖJAR: Hammarby nära värva Collander" (in Swedish). Örebro SK. 9 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  19. ^ "Uppgifter: Klubbarna överens – så mycket kostar landslagsmannen" (in Swedish). Nerikes Allehanda. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  20. ^ "Straffar gav MFF första cupguldet på 33 år" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  21. ^ "Bajen golvat från elva meter i titelmatchen" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  22. ^ "Genomgång av skadeläget i Hammarbytruppen" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  23. ^ "Dennis Collander knäskadad" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  24. ^ "P02: Sammanfattningen 2017-2021" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 9 March 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  25. ^ "Första målet för Collander" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  26. ^ "U21: 15 debutanter mot Finland" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  27. ^ "Så vill förre VSK-stjärnan höja nivån på ungdomsverksamheten i Västmanland" (in Swedish). Vestmanlands Läns Tidning. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2022.