Doug Bergqvist

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Doug Bergqvist
Bergqvist in October 2023.
Personal information
Full name Jan Douglas Bergqvist[1]
Date of birth (1993-03-29) 29 March 1993 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth Stockholm,[1] Sweden
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Karviná
Number 21
Youth career
Reading
Queens Park Rangers
2009–2010 Aldershot Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Aldershot Town 7 (0)
2010–2011 → Thatcham Town (loan)
2011 → Dorchester Town (loan) 8 (0)
2011–2012 → Farnborough (loan) 32 (2)
2012 → Basingstoke Town (loan) 5 (0)
2013 → Staines Town (loan) 4 (0)
2013–2014 Exeter City 0 (0)
2013–2014 → Welling United (loan) 18 (2)
2014–2019 Östersund 107 (3)
2019 → Haugesund (loan) 21 (1)
2020 Arka Gdynia 6 (0)
2020–2021 Kalmar FF 35 (1)
2022–2023 Chornomorets Odesa 0 (0)
2022 → Kalmar FF (loan) 10 (0)
2022 → Riga (loan) 12 (0)
2023 → Auda (loan) 15 (2)
2023 Degerfors 10 (0)
2024– Karviná 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:50, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Jan Douglas Bergqvist (born 29 March 1993) is a Swedish professional

centre-back for Czech First League club Karviná
.

Career

Born in Stockholm, Bergqvist moved with his family to England when he was seven years old.[2] He played youth football with Reading and Queens Park Rangers, before joining Aldershot Town in 2009.[3] Bergqvist eventually became youth team captain at Aldershot,[4] and spent loan spells at both Thatcham Town and Dorchester Town,[5] before making his senior debut for Aldershot in May 2011.[6] He joined Farnborough on loan in August 2011,[7] and Basingstoke Town in October 2012.[8]

Bergqvist signed for Exeter City in June 2013,[9] before moving on loan to Welling United a few days later, for the whole of the 2013–14 season.[10][11]

On 10 February 2014, Bergqvist left England to return to Sweden, signing a two-year contract with Östersund on a free transfer.[12] He did so as part of a scheme called 'League Football Education' which aims to obtain contracts abroad for players in the English league system, alongside Andrew Mills and Jamie Hopcutt.[13]

On 27 March 2019, Bergqvist joined Eliteserien side Haugesund on loan until 31 July with an option to make the deal permanent.[14]

In February 2020 he moved to Polish club Arka Gdynia.[15]

After playing in Sweden with

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[17] After the loan spell ended he moved to Latvian club Riga FC.[18]

In July 2023 he signed for Degerfors.[19]

On 2 March 2024, Bergqvist signed a contract with Czech First League club Karviná.[20]

Career statistics

As of 9 February 2019[6][8]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Aldershot Town 2010–11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2011–12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2012–13 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Total 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Dorchester Town (loan) 2010–11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Farnborough (loan) 2011–12 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 2
Basingstoke Town (loan) 2012–13 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Exeter City 2013–14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Welling United (loan) 2013–14 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 2
Östersund 2014 26 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 29 0
2015 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 2
2016
 23 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
2017 10 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 15 1
2018 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
Career total 172 7 6 0 0 0 4 0 182 7

Honours

Östersund

References

  1. ^ a b c "Doug Bergqvist". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. ^ [1] (in Swedish)
  3. ^ "DOUG BERGQVIST JOINS FROM LEAGUE TWO SIDE ALDERSHOT TOWN". Thatcham Town F.C. 31 December 2010. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Defender Doug Bergqvist praises Aldershot academy". BBC Sport. 9 December 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Profile". Dorchester Town F.C. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  6. ^ a b Doug Bergqvist at Soccerbase
  7. ^ "Haylock Brings In Bergqvist And Connolly As Recruitment Drive Gathers Momentum". Farnborough F.C.
  8. ^ a b Doug Bergqvist at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Doug Bergqvist joins Exeter from Aldershot". BBC Sport. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  10. ^ "Day adds two more to squad for 2013-14". Welling United F.C. 4 July 2013. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  11. ^ "Welling sign Callum Webb and Doug Bergqvist". BBC Sport. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  12. ^ "Doug Bergqvist: Exeter defender joins Swedish side Ostersunds FK". BBC Sport. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  13. ^ "Football's last chance saloon - the Britons keeping their dreams alive in Sweden". BBC Sport. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  14. ^ "DOUG ER KLAR" (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  15. ^ "Douglas Bergqvist nowym zawodnikiem Arki Gdynia". Onet Sport. 5 February 2020.
  16. ^ "Officiellt: Douglas Bergqvist lämnar Kalmar FF för Ukraina". Silly Season. 11 January 2022.
  17. ^ Östman, Petter (23 March 2022). "Douglas Bergqvist klar för återkomst till Kalmar FF" [Douglas Bergqvist ready for return to Kalmar FF]. Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  18. ^ ""Riga" signs Swedish centre-back Bergqvist". Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  19. ^ "Douglas Bergqvist klar för Degerfors IF". degerforsif.se. Degerfors IF. 7 July 2023.
  20. ^ "Karvinou pro boj o udržení v lize posílil švédský stoper Bergqvist". sport.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  21. ^ "Douglas Bergqvist". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 March 2024.

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