Joakim Sjöhage

Joakim Sjöhage (born 27 September 1986 Målsryd ) is a Swedish football player. The offensive player won both the Swedish and the Norwegian title.

Career

Sjöhage began playing football at Målsryds IF in his hometown. About Dalsjöfors GoIF he came to the youth department of the IF Elfsborg. For the club from Borås he made his debut in Allsvenskan 2004. In the following season, he still belonged to the squad and stood at 14 of its 23 season appearances in the starting XI. In the season of 2006 he stood in all 26 games of the season on the field and contributed four goals this season to win the Lennart Johansson - Cup as a Swedish national champion at. When winning the inaugural Supercupen in March of the following year with a 1-0 win against Helsingborgs IF with a goal by James Keene he sat on the bench but did not play.

Although Sjöhage had come during the first half of the season the 2007 infrequently used, reported the Norwegian club SK Brann be interested in signing the young player. When antretenden in the Tippeligaen club, he signed a contract valid until 2010 in July. However, it did not settle in the attack of the club and only came to three season stakes. Nevertheless, he won the league title with the club at the end of the season.

In February 2008 Sjöhage returned on loan to IF Elfsborg after the striker -budgetary Keene, Mathias Svensson and Fredrik Berglund had been injured in the preparation for the 2008 season. In addition players - 17 of his 22 season matches he played as a substitute - he won with the team the runner-up behind Kalmar FF. After the club then gave up a further obligation to GAIS and Trelleborg FF interested in a commitment. Ultimately, he moved to Trelleborg FF, who loaned him until June 2009. Here he knew to convince, so close to the end of the loan period, the club used a contractually fixed option and signed him firmly by the end of 2011. However, under coach Tom Prahl he advanced in his second season for the club into second place and was increasingly only for the second team to use. In the first half of the 2011 additionally slowed by a stomach illness, he announced in the summer of his departure from the club at the latest when his contract expires at the end. By the end of the season he had only denied four games and could therefore not prevent the descent into second-rate Superettan.

Shortly after the end of the season announced in November of the year of the second division Movers Varberg BoIS the obligation Sjöhages for two seasons.