Isak Bjerkebo

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Isak Bjerkebo
Personal information
Full name Kenneth Viktor Isak Bjerkebo
Date of birth (2003-01-19) 19 January 2003 (age 22)
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 IK Sirius
Youth career
–2016 Hässleholms IF
2016–2022 Malmö FF
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2023 Kalmar FF 12 (1)
2023 → Skövde AIK (loan) 18 (5)
2024–2025 Varbergs BoIS 30 (11)
2025– IK Sirius
International career‡
2019 Sweden U16 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 March 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 March 2025

Isak Bjerkebo (born 19 January 2003) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a forward for IK Sirius in Allsvenskan.

He hails from Stoby, [1] Hässleholm Municipality, and started his youth career with Hässleholms IF. Bjerkebo then joined Malmö FF at the age of 13, successively playing for their U15, U17, U19 and U21 teams. [2] Among others, he played and scored several goals in the 2021–22 UEFA Youth League group stage, lastly on away ground against Juventus. [3] For Sweden's youth national teams, Bjerkebo was selected for Sweden U16 in 2019, [4] appearing in 7 matches and scoring 1 goal. [5]

In the summer of 2022, Bjerkebo started his senior career when Allsvenskan team Kalmar FF managed to sign him. [6] He made his Allsvenskan debut in July 2022. [7] Despite scoring his first Allsvenskan goal a month later, he did not became a regular in Kalmar's team. [8] As playing time waned significantly in 2023, Bjerkebo was loaned to Superettan team Skövde AIK in the summer. [1] He continued in Superettan's Varbergs BoIS from 2024, taking the same path as former Skövde manager Tobias Linderoth. [9] The 2024 Superettan campaign became successful for Bjerkebo as he scored 11 league goals. [10]

After starting the 2025 season playing for Varberg in the 2024-25 Svenska cupen, [7] he was picked up by IK Sirius, thus returning to Allsvenskan. [10] [11]

References

  1. 1 2 Johnsson, Johannes Höghäll (1 July 2023). "Isak Bjerkebo klar för lag i Superettan". Norra Skåne (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "Ahlén möter – Isak Bjerkebo: "Jag känner mig redo"" (in Swedish). Kalmar FF. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  3. ↑ Nilsson, Mattias (8 December 2021). "MFF-äventyret över – avslutades med förlust i snön". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  4. ↑ Törner, Ole (26 April 2019). "Många skånska spelare i P16-landslaget" (in Swedish). Skånesport. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  5. ↑ SvFF
  6. ↑ Ahlqvist, Oskar (22 June 2022). "Kalmar värvar spelare från MFF:s ungdomsverksamhet". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  7. 1 2 Isak Bjerkebo at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  8. ↑ Ström, Jörgen (3 September 2022). "Bjerkebo stressar inte genombrottet. "Jag har mycket att lära"". Barometern Oskarshamns-Tidningen (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  9. ↑ Gustavsson, Anton (8 January 2024). "Köps loss – följer med Linderoth till Varberg". Skaraborgs Allehanda (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  10. 1 2 Kristoffersson, Daniel (7 March 2025). "Sirius är nära att värva Varbergs succéspelare Isak Bjerkebo". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  11. ↑ "Bekräftat: Bjerkebo klar för allsvenska Sirius". Kristianstadsbladet (in Swedish). 10 March 2025. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
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