Chelstrom, Kim

He started playing football in the club "Partille" (a suburb of Gothenburg ). Chelstrom's first professional club was Hacken . In 1999, the club returns to the elite of Swedish football, in the same season, the debut of the 16-year-old midfielder. In 2000, in a duel against Gothenburg , Chelstrom made his debut for Hecken, replacing him at the end of the match, and a minute later he scored his first goal for the club.

He gained fame in Sweden already playing for Jurgorden , with whom he became the champion of the country in 2002 and 2003 (in 2002 Kim scored 12 goals in the championship, and in 2003 scored 14 times).

In the winter of 2004, Tottenham and Chelsea are willing to buy Chelstrema, but the midfielder chooses the modest French Rennes . The amount of transfer 1.7 million dollars. At that time, his teammate, goalkeeper Andreas Isacsson, performed in this team.

In the second half of the 2003/04 season, Kim scored 7 goals in 18 matches. In the 2004/05 season, the team weakened by injuries did not matter, at that moment Chelstrom showed his leadership qualities. "Rennes" at the end of the season ranks fourth and gets the right to participate in the UEFA Cup.

In May 2006, he signed a contract with Olympic Lyon . On July 30, 2006, in the match for the French Super Cup against Paris Saint-Germain , Chelström made his debut for a new club. On August 4, in a duel against Nantes , he debuted in the championship ^[2] . On October 17 of the same year, Kim scored his first goal for Lion in the group stage match of the Champions League against Dynamo Kyiv ^[3] . On October 22, the Swede scored with a goal in the away match against Marseille , which was his debut in the French championship , and helped his team to win a major victory, 1-4 ^[4] . In this club, he twice became the champion of France (for the club, these titles became the sixth and seventh in a row). May 30, 2009 in a duel against Toulouse , Kim spent 100 match for the club in Ligue 1 ^[5] . After the adoption of the law on increased tax deductions Chelstrem, as many legionaries decided to leave France .

July 28, 2012 between Spartak and the French Olympic Lyon , an agreement was reached on the transfer of a football player to the Moscow club. July 30, Kim Chelstrom successfully passed medical examination. August 1, 2012 signed a contract with the club. September 15 in the game against the Krasnodar " Kuban ", Kim made his debut in the new club ^[6] . September 19 debuted for the “red-and-white” in the Champions League , coming out in the starting lineup at the Camp Nou against Barcelona ^[7] . September 29, 2012 , in the away match with Perm " Amkar ", scored his first goal for Spartak , hitting the opponent's goal with a free-kick ^[8] . In that meeting, Unai Emery wards achieved a strong-willed victory over Permians - 3: 1 ^[9] .

On January 31, 2014 , on the last day of the transfer window , Chelstrom was leased to Arsenal in London ^[10] , and Spartak received £ 300,000 for this lease. Since at the time of signing the player was injured, the clubs agreed that Spartak would pay the player until his full recovery ^[11] . On March 25, Kim made his debut in the English Premier League in a duel against Swansea City , replacing Tomas Rosicky in the second half ^[12] .

On April 12, Chelstrom scored a post-match penalty in the semi-final of the FA Cup against Wigan Athletic , but in the Arsenal winning final Kim did not make the bid for the match ^[13] .

In the summer, Chelstrom returned to Spartak. Under the new coach of Muscovites Murat Yakin, he again became the main player of the “red-and-whites”. On November 2, Kim made a “double” in the match against Kuban ^[14] . In May, Chelstrom refused to renew the contract with Spartak. An active interest in Kim was shown by the Swiss Grasshopper ^[15] . On June 5, he signed a three-year contract with Grasshopper. ^[16] July 19, in a match against Tyun , Kim made his debut in the Swiss Super League ^[17] . On November 29, Chelstrom scored his first goal for the grasshoppers in a duel against Zurich ^[18] .

In early 2017, Kim terminated the contract with Grasshopper and returned to his former club, Djurgården ^[19] . At the end of the same year, Chelstrom broke up with “Yurgorden” and announced his retirement ^[20] .

On February 1, 2001, in a friendly match against Finland, Chelstrom made his debut for the national team of Sweden ^[21] . On September 6, 2003, in the Euro 2004 qualifying match against the San Marino national team, he scored his first goal for the national team .

Participated in the final tournaments of Euro 2004 , 2008 and 2012 , World Championships 2006 . He scored several important goals in the qualifying tournament of the Euro 2008 championship, including a beautiful goal against the Icelandic team from 45 meters.

After Euro 2016, he refused to play for the national team.

Goals for the Sweden national team

Team

  " Yurgorden "

• Champion of Sweden : ( 2 ) 2002 , 2003
• Swedish Cup Winner: 2002

  Olympic Lyon

• Champion of France : ( 2 ) 2006/07 , 2007/08
• Winner of the French Cup : ( 2 ) 2007/08 , 2011/12
• Winner of the French Super Cup : ( 2 ) 2006 , 2007

  Arsenal

• FA Cup Winner : 2014

• Profile on the site Soccerway (eng.)
• Player Profile (English) on Transfermarkt
• Profile on sports.ru
• Profile on the Swedish Football Association website (Swedish)