Jonny Rödlund

Jonny Rödlund
Personal information
Full name	Jonny Erik Gunnar Rödlund
Date of birth	22 December 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth	Västerås, Sweden
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1986	Skiljebo SK
1987	Västerås SK
1987–1988	Anderlecht
1988–1989	Manchester United
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988–1989	Manchester United
1989–1993	IFK Norrköping
1994	BK Häcken
1994	Västerås SK
1995	Degerfors IF
1995–1997	Braga
1997–1999	Västerås SK
1999–2001	Energie Cottbus
2001	Beijing Guoan
2002–2004	Enköpings SK
2004–2007	Skiljebo SK
International career
1987–1988	Sweden U17
1988–1991	Sweden U19
1990–1993	Sweden U21/O
1990–1992	Sweden
Managerial career
2008	Syrianska IF Kerburan
2009–2010	Irsta IF
2010	Skiljebo SK
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jonny Erik Gunnar Rödlund (born 22 December 1971) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. A youth player at RSC Anderlecht and Manchester United, he went on to win Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen with IFK Norrköping before representing teams in Portugal, Germany, and China. A full international between 1990 and 1992, he won two caps for the Sweden national team and represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Club career

Starting his footballing career with Skiljebo SK, Rödlund played youth football at RSC Anderlecht and Manchester United between 1987 and 1989 before signing with IFK Norrköping in 1989.^[1] While at Norrköping, he helped the club win the 1989 Allsvenskan and the 1990–91 Svenska Cupen titles.^[2] He also represented clubs in Portugal, Germany, and China before retiring at Skiljebo SK in 2007.^[3]

In Sweden, due to his youth career both with RSC Anderlecht and Manchester United, he is generally considered as 'the talent that never bloomed'.^[4]

Rödlund won two caps for the Sweden national team in 1990 and 1992.^[5] He also represented the Sweden Olympic team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain and scored two goals before Sweden was eliminated in the quarterfinals.^[6]

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[5]
National team	Year	Apps
Sweden	1990	1
	1991	0
	1992	1
Total		2

IFK Norrköping

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^ ^a ^b ^c Andersson, Pär (22 January 2019). "IFK-stjärnan: "Jag förlorade allt" – Motala Vadstena Tidning". mvt.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
^ "Jonny Rödlund blåst – förlorade miljoner". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
^ "Pappan som kom hem - till slut..." Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Jonny Rödlund - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
^ Grönlund, Christopher (16 July 2015). "Rödlund om OS-upplevelsen 1992". vlt.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 March 2021.