Kevin Walker (Swedish footballer)

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Kevin Walker
Walker at Gröna Lund during Sommarkrysset in 2014
Born (1989-08-03) 3 August 1989 (age 34)
Örebro, Sweden
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Association football career
Position(s) Centre midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Örebro SK
Number 8
Youth career
1994 Varbergs BoIS
1994–1998 Kalmar FF
1998–2000 ÖSK Ungdom
2001–2004 GIF Sundsvall
2005 Örebro SK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Örebro SK 6 (0)
2007–2011 AIK 26 (1)
2008 →
Väsby United
 3 (0)
2010 →
Väsby United
 8 (2)
2010 →
Assyriska
(loan)		 7 (0)
2011 → GIF Sundsvall (loan) 8 (3)
2012–2014 GIF Sundsvall 81 (11)
2015–2020 Djurgårdens IF 132 (14)
2021– Örebro SK 60 (4)
International career
2006
Sweden U17
 8 (3)
2008
Sweden U19
 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 November 2023
Musical career
Genres
Universal Music
Sweden (2013–present)

Kevin Walker (born 3 August 1989) is a Swedish

Idol in 2013.[1]

Football career

Walker training with Djurgårdens IF, 2015

Club

Walker was born in

Patrick Walker, Kevin made his senior debut for Superettan team Örebro SK in the 2006 season.[2] Örebro SK was promoted to Allsvenskan and Walker made his Allsvenskan debut in the following season.[2]

From 2007 to 2011, Walker was in the

Assyriska Föreningen and GIF Sundsvall. He moved to GIF Sundsvall at the end of the 2011 season.[3]

Walker played for

vice-captained during the autumn 2013. After the 2014 season, Walker signed a contract with Djurgårdens IF and was presented on 5 November 2014. In March 2016 Walker was appointed captain for Djurgårdens IF.[4] On 10 May 2018 he played as Djurgarden beat Malmö FF 3–0 in the Swedish Cup Final.[5]

On 30 December 2020, Örebro SK announced that they had signed Walker to a three-year deal.

International

Walker made eight

Sweden national under-19 football team
appearances in 2008.

Walker and his brother

Robert are also eligible to represent the Republic of Ireland.[6]

Honours

Club

AIK

Djurgårdens IF

Musical career

Walker has been fascinated with music from a very young age; ever since he heard his Irish grandfather sing.[7]

In Idol

In 2013, he auditioned to the Swedish

TV4. His whole Idol adventure began after a video of him jamming with a teammate at a football club function caught the attention of the show's producers.[9] A few of Walker's football league games for GIF Sundsvall were moved to avoid a clash with his television commitments during Idol.[9][10]

Walker reached the final alongside Elin Bergman, with both of them singing the winning song "Belong". Walker won by popular vote. His winning prize included a recording contract with Universal Music Sweden.[11] In the final show, he and Bergman joined Robbie Williams in singing Williams' song, "Shine My Shoes".[11]

Performances

After Idol

After winning the title, he was signed to Universal Music as part of the award, and released his debut single, the winning song "Belong"[13] that subsequently charted on Sverigetopplistan, the official Swedish Singles Chart.[14] Walker's debut studio album, also titled Belong, peaked at number 2 on the Swedish Album chart.[15]

In late December 2013, Walker was interviewed in the talk show

The Late Late Show on RTÉ while visiting Ireland.[16][17] He performed "Where the Streets Have No Name
" during the show.

Discography

Walker singing

Album

Year Album Peak positions Certification
SWE
[18]
2013 Belong 2

Singles

Year Single Peak positions Certification Album
SWE
[18]
2013 "Belong" 8 Belong
2020 "Humble By Life"[19] — — Non-album single
Preceded by
Idol
 winner
Kevin Walker (2013) 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ "Kevin Walker: Sweden's Pop Idol winner now playing in the top flight". BBC Sport. 2 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Kevin Walker — svenskfotboll.se". Archived from the original on 19 February 2014.
  3. ^ Mellerborg, Stefan. "Kevin Walker till GIF Sundsvall" Archived 12 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine. AIKFotboll.se, 28 November 2011. Retrieved on 7 May 2013.
  4. ^ Bohman, Per. "Klart: Han blir ny kapten i Djurgården". sportbladet.se, 25 March 2016. Retrieved on 15 April 2016.
  5. ^ "DIF.se | Djurgården cupmästare". Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  6. Evening Herald
    , 21 March 2013. Retrieved on 7 May 2013.
  7. ^ "Kevin Walker – Soldier – Idol Sverige 2013 (TV4)" (in Swedish). YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  8. ^ a b "TV: Se när Kevin Walker gick vidare – en av 20 till livesända kvalet" (in Swedish). fotbollskanalen.se. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  9. ^ a b Patrick Reilly (5 December 2013). "The extraordinary story of Swedish football's Pop Idol – Kevin Walker". Goal.com. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  10. ^ "Pop 'idol' footballer forces fixture shift in Sweden". BBC Sport. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  11. ^ a b c Ben Burrows (7 December 2013). "Footballer's Got Talent as midfielder Kevin Walker WINS Sweden Pop Idol". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  12. ^ ST.nu: Kevin sjunger idolens låt – I kväll sjunger han en låt av sin idol John Mayer. Archived 31 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine (in Swedish)
  13. ^ a b Olof Adlercreutz (6 December 2013). "Kevin Walkers vinnarlåt läckte – För de allra flesta var det under Idol-finalen man fick höra "Belong" med Kevin Walker för första gången" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  14. ^ SwedishCharts.com: Kevion Walker – "Belong" song page
  15. ^ SwedishCharts.com: Kevion Walker – Belong album page
  16. ^ Frida Söderlund (17 December 2013). "Kevin Walker uppträder på Irland" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  17. ^ RTÉ Ten: Brendan O'Carroll for Late Late Show (in Swedish)
  18. ^ a b "Kevin Walker discography". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  19. ^ "Humble By Life by Kevin Walker". Spotify. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.

External links

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