Dennis Collander

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

Dennis Collander
Personal information
Full name Kjell Dennis Collander
Date of birth (2002-05-09) 9 May 2002
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
0000–2012 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 5 (0)
2022 → Hammarby TFF (res.) 2 (0)
International career‡
2017–2019 Sweden U17 22 (2)
2021– Sweden U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 July 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:57, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

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 the 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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Skiljebo SK 2018 Division 2 12100—121
Total 1210000121
Örebro SK 2019 Allsvenskan 0020—20
2020 15030—180
2021 21230—242
Total 3628000442
Hammarby TFF 2022 Ettan 2000—20
Total 20000020
Hammarby IF 2022 Allsvenskan 5010—60
2023 00000000
Total 50100060
Total 5539000643

Honours

Individual

References
  1. Supportrarnas Matchprogram NR 424. Stockholm: Supportrarnas Matchprogram. 3 August 2023. p. 17.
  2. "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. "Dennis Collander" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  7. "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. "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.
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