Pontus Wernbloom
Pontus Wernbloom in February 2009
Pontus Anders Mikael Wern Bloom ( born June 25, 1986 in Kungälv ) is a Swedish football player. The midfielder, who made his debut in the Swedish national team in 2007, won with IFK Gothenburg Swedish championship and the national cup.
- 2.1 Title
- 2.2 Personal Awards
Career
Breakthrough in Sweden
Wernbloom played in the youth initially for IK Kongahälla before he moved to the youth department of IFK Göteborg 2003. 2005 moved to the offensive players on the Erstligakader and came in his debut season to seven games for the club in Allsvenskan. Already in the 2006 the young player had established in the root formation and scored six goal a season 23 inserts. With that he took his leave for the population Tommy Söderberg and Jörgen Lennartsson U- 21 team in Sweden. On May 24 of that year he came during a 3-1 victory against the Polish junior national team alongside players such as Petter Andersson, Björn Runström and Oscar Wendt for his debut, he was able to crown with a 1-0 opening goal. As a result, he established himself as a regular in the national selection, with her in the play- off matches to qualify for the U- 21 European Championship 2007 finals to the Serbian National Selection after a 3-0 away win by a 0-5 home defeat failed.
Through his good performances he moved into the focus of coach Lars Lagerback and was nominated for a trip to America the senior team in the squad. On 18 January 2007 he made his debut during a game against Ecuador in the National Jersey. In the subsequent season 2007 Wernbloom tied at IFK Gothenburg in the previous year and was again with six goals this season to the supports of the team that won the Lennart Johansson - Cup for the Swedish national champion. On the side of Niclas Alexandersson, Jonas Wallerstedt and Stefan Selakovic he played 24 league games and reached with the team the cup final against Kalmar FF, where he was in the starting lineup. Winning the doubles was missed apparent after conceding César Santin and Patrik Ingelsten by a 0-3 defeat.
Before the start of the following season Lagerback nominated again Wernbloom for the senior national team, so he came to a second international match. Although he scored in the subsequent season eight goals this season, but it was enough for him with the club team only to third place in the final table behind champions Kalmar FF and IF Elfsborg. However, she moved like last year the cup final and prevented by a 5:4 win on penalties turn the double of KFF. Wernbloom was able to transform the last penalty to the triumph of Gothenburg clubs against Petter Wastå. At the beginning of the 2009, he again confirmed the shape of the previous years. Until the summer break, he was involved in eight goals directly or through assist of and ranked so klub internally behind Selakovic and Tobias Hysén. The decisive support which helped the club to first place in the standings for the summer break, the end of May nominated him the coach Söderberg and Lennartsson for the U- 21 European Championship finals in the summer in their own country. With the team he reached the semifinals of the tournament, where she was eliminated in a penalty shootout against England.
Move abroad
Years in the Netherlands
Due to its good performance Wernbloom made international attention. In April 2009, he announced his move to the Dutch Eredivisie. The reigning champions AZ Alkmaar offered 30 million Swedish crowns order for four seasons, plus an option for a further year to tie the offensive player itself. Initially, due to various injuries - he therefore also missed the match for Johan Cruijff Schaal, who won his club against SC Heerenveen - mainly a reserve player, he could especially in the second half of the season his first season in the Netherlands under the December newly obligated coach Dick Advocaat play in the starting lineup. At the end of the season he had played in 23 games for renewed European Cup qualifying in fifth.
In summer 2010 Wernbloom got with a new head coach Gertjan Verbeek, because as the new coach of the Russian national Advocaat left the club. Under the new training manager he was promoted to the side by Maarten Martens, Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson and his compatriot Rasmus Elm for stem force at right midfield. In parallel, he established himself on the national team as well as a regular force. In the opening game of qualifying for the 2012 European Championship in September 2010, he crowned his for new face in a competitive match for the selection of a brace in the 2-0 victory over the Hungarian national team.
While Wernbloom established himself with the national team after the national team of the Netherlands in Group E, he swayed with his club within the league. After a poor start with only three points from their first five matches, followed by a series of five wins, then the team lost only one game to the end of the first round. In the second half the team lost something constant, although the connection to the top ranks, but reached as in fourth again qualifying for the international business. With four goals this season Wernbloom let it temporarily recognize his goal threat from Gothenburg times, even in qualifying for the UEFA Europa League 2011/12 he wore with two goals in four games decisively to place in the group phase at. There, the team remained undefeated in six games, but the rise was achieved in the Round of the basis of five draws only on the final day. In the national squad was Wern Blooms use crowned with success: In October 2011, he was in the final group game of the European Championship qualifier against the Netherlands as a substitute with and was thus involved in the 3-2 victory, which meant as best runners- direct qualification.
Under contract with CSKA Moscow
Mid- January 2012 announced Wernbloom said goodbye to the Dutch Eredivisie. He accepted an offer of the Russian first division club CSKA Moscow. With his new club, he signed a valid contract until the summer of 2012 with a term of four and a half years, the club paid an estimated 3 million euro transfer fee than to AZ Alkmaar. During his competitive debut in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League in February of this year he scored in stoppage time on presentation of Alexei Vladimirovich Berezutsky the goal for a 1-1 draw against Real Madrid, after a 1:4 defeat in the return match, he retired with the team from the out of competition. In early March, he stood first in the Premjer league on the field and was up to the end of the season regulars. At the last game he missed with the club due to a 1-3 defeat against Rubin Kazan a place to qualify for the UEFA Champions League 2012/13, as Spartak Moscow with a simultaneous victory against Lokomotiv Moscow CSKA filed past and was runner-up.
Achievements
Title
- Swedish Champion: 2007
- Swedish Cup winner: 2008
- Swedish Supercup: 2008
- Champion of Russia: 2013
- Russian Cup winner: 2013
Personal Awards
- Nomination Swedish midfielder of the year: 2010