Alexander Gerndt

Alexander Claes Robin Gerndt (* July 14, 1986 in Visby ) is a Swedish football player. The striker picked up in the 2010 season of Allsvenskan top scorer title. In the same year he won with Helsingborgs IF the Swedish National Cup and made his debut in the Swedish national team.

Career

Career start and first professional experience

Gerndt began in 1989 with the football games at Visby IF Gute. There he went through the various youth teams and moved in 2004 to the first-team squad. In the following years, he established himself at third division, with which he qualified for the new Division 1 at the end of the 2005. In the third division he came in the 2006 season to twelve gates, so that he had made a higher class names and Örebro SK and AIK after each training sample according to season end in October of this year vying for his services. Ultimately, he opted for the club from Solna, with whom he signed a three -year contract in early November.

After Gerndt had come in the preparation used several times and had been successful in a game against IK Sirius as a scorer, he ran under coach Rikard Norling on Matchday fourth of the 2007 first time in the Allsvenskan. In the 0:4 defeat against Malmo FF he stood at the side of Miran Burgič, Kenny Pavey, Dulee Johnson and Wilton Figueiredo in the starting lineup before Bernt Hulsker replaced him from the 74 minutes. As a result, he was irregular in the squad. On August 2, the year he scored in the European Cup match against Glentoran FC in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup 2007/ 08 his first competitive goal when he met with the 4-0 win in the 88th minute for interim 3-0 lead. By the end of the season he was used in five league games in which he had remained without a goal. At times, he was also in the squad of the cooperation partner Väsby United, for whom he played a game.

Shortly before the end of 2007 agreed AIK cooperation with IK Sirius, was loaned under which Gerndt to the second division. With his new club, he advanced to a regular goalscorer and scored until summer 2008 six goals in 14 games in the Superettan. He had again higher class recommended.

Breakthrough in the Allsvenskan and title wins

End of July 2008 undertook the first division Gefle IF Gerndt as the successor to the Djurgårdens IF impersonated Johan Oremo and gave him a contract with three and a half years duration. In September, however, he was injured in training, as he unhappily fell on his back after a challenge with Peter Bergqvist. Such braked, he played in his first half of the season for the club only seven league games in which he was only three times in the starting lineup. In the following season initially regular substitute, he fought in the second half of the season a regular place on the side of Jonas Lantto, Jonathan Berg, Daniel Theorin and Andreas Dahlén. On 25 October 2009, he scored in a 2-1 home win against Trelleborg FF his first Erstligator, the remainder of the season, two more followed.

His goalscoring saved Gerndt in the following season and made ​​sure that the club held until the summer in the mid table area. With eight goals this season before the summer break he woke again the desires of other clubs. He decided against a move abroad, especially after the Dutch club SC Heerenveen had shown interest, and signed a contract with Helsingborgs IF. Even with his new club he sat up against the competition for Rasmus Jönsson and Erik Sundin by un -established in the forward line of the title contenders. For a long time on a par with Malmö FF in the race for the title, missed the team with two points behind rivals the Lennart Johansson - Cup. However, as a regular scorer he pushed just before end of the season in the penultimate round with his 20th goal of the season Denni Avdić from the top of the scoring list he up to the end of the season - both remained on the last game without scoring - defended. After the season he was also with the team to Joel Ekstrand, Pär Hansson, Erik Edman and Hannu cartridges in the cup final, which was won after a goal by Jönsson against Hammarby IF with a 1-0 success. On the Fotbollsgalan end of the season, he was one day later honored as player of the year in Allsvenskan, but the audience booed him from Malmö at the award ceremony.

Shortly before coach Erik Hamrén Gerndt had for the first time in the squad of the Swedish national team for a friendly match against the German national selection. On 17 November, he made ​​his debut at the 0-0 draw between the two teams as a substitute for Kim Kallstrom in the 88th minute in the National Jersey. In the first international game of the following year he scored his first international goal when he next Team Captain Anders Svensson netted in a 2-1 win over Botswana, and then was still a member of the squad of the national selection. Shortly before the beginning of the subsequent season he won with his club the next trophy, as goals from Marcus Nilsson and Erik Sundin with a goal from Wilton Figueiredo succeeded in winning the title in Supercupen. After an initial goal drought he showed up in the Allsvenskan goal threat again and held on to as one of the few active in his home country players in the national team.

Move abroad

As a scorer and international Gerndt had attracted attention outside the country's borders. After the end of the 2010 transfer rumors had arisen, which continued its continued accuracy in 2011. In July 2011, in the first half of the Allsvenskan season 2011 he had scored seven goals and thus again placed in the top five goal scorers to date, he left Sweden and moved to Dutch club FC Utrecht. In his new employer, the vormaligem with Johan Mårtensson Gerndts teammate Marcus Nilsson had just committed two more Sweden, he signed a contract with 4 years duration. Together with Edouard Duplan, Frank Demouge and Jacob Mulenga he led at the end of the season to the Association's internal scorers with seven goals this season, as Tabellenelfter the club placed in the middle table space. In the following season he was one of the most accurate attackers of the club.

At the end of the winter transfer window Gerndt joined end January 2013 for Swiss club BSC Young Boys Bern. In his first half of the season he was unable to match the scoring prowess of the previous stops there, according to an ascending form in the fall of 2013 he returned, however, after the injury-related loss of Johan Elmander shortly re-nominated in the national squad for the last group game to qualify for the World Cup 2014 back to Germany. Ultimately, he stayed with the 3:5 defeat without use.

Private

On December 13, 2011 Gerndt was found by a court in Helsingborg one assaulting his former wife guilty. He was sentenced to a fine of 8,800 euros for assault. His ex-wife he had to pay the equivalent of 7,000 euros for pain and suffering. Gerndt was left after the guilty verdict on probation in freedom. The judgment Gerndt went to appeal. The Svenska Fotbollförbundet announced after the judgment of 13 December 2011 that Gerndt will provisionally no longer used in the national team.