Doug Bergqvist
Jan Douglas Bergqvist (born 29 March 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Allsvenskan club Degerfors.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jan Douglas Bergqvist[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 March 1993[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Stockholm,[1] Sweden | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Degerfors | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| 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 | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 July 2023 | |||
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 Kalmar FF, he signed for Ukrainian club Chornomorets Odesa in January 2022.[16] He returned to Kalmar FF on loan in March due to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[17] After the loan spell ended he moved to Latvian club Riga FC.[18]
Career statistics
| 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 | |
References
- "Doug Bergqvist". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- (in Swedish)
- "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.
- "Defender Doug Bergqvist praises Aldershot academy". BBC Sport. 9 December 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- "Profile". Dorchester Town F.C. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- Doug Bergqvist at Soccerbase
- "Haylock Brings In Bergqvist And Connolly As Recruitment Drive Gathers Momentum". Farnborough F.C.
- Doug Bergqvist at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- "Doug Bergqvist joins Exeter from Aldershot". BBC Sport. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- "Day adds two more to squad for 2013-14". Welling United F.C. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- "Welling sign Callum Webb and Doug Bergqvist". BBC Sport. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- "Doug Bergqvist: Exeter defender joins Swedish side Ostersunds FK". BBC Sport. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- "Football's last chance saloon - the Britons keeping their dreams alive in Sweden". BBC Sport. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- "DOUG ER KLAR" (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- "Douglas Bergqvist nowym zawodnikiem Arki Gdynia". Onet Sport. 5 February 2020.
- "Officiellt: Douglas Bergqvist lämnar Kalmar FF för Ukraina". Silly Season. 11 January 2022.
- 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.
- ""Riga" signs Swedish centre-back Bergqvist". Retrieved 10 June 2022.
- "Douglas Bergqvist klar för Degerfors IF - Degerfors IF". www.degerforsif.se. 7 July 2023.
External links
- Doug Bergqvist at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)