Philip Hellquist

Philip Nikola Björn Hellquist (born 12 May 1991, Stockholm ) is a Swedish footballer who currently plays with the capital club Djurgårdens IF in the Swedish Allsvenskan.

Career

Association

Hellquist grew up in Kista, a suburb of Stockholm, and began playing football at Djurgårdens IF at the age of five years. Other European teams were quickly noticed him, Arsenal offered him a place in his U-17 team. However, due to a hip injury came about no change. Also at Birmingham City and FC Empoli he was under observation.

After a brief loan period at Atvidabergs FF in 2007, he spent the 2008 preseason with the first team already Djurgårdens. His very first professional game he graduated at the 2:4 defeat against IK Sirius in the Svenska Cupen in which he scored his first goal. The 1.84 meter tall defender rounder made ​​his debut in the league on July 2 DIV, when he entered the game for Jones Kusi Asare - in the 0-2 home defeat against IF Elfsborg in the 83rd minute. At the end of the 2008 season, he was honored by the club as the best young player of the club.

In the 2009 season he was meanwhile awarded to Vasalunds IF.

In March 2010 Hellquist extended his ongoing contract for three more years.

National

In April 2007 he was appointed the first time in the U-16 national team for a friendly match against Latvia. In this game, he completed his debut and scored in a 6-0 victory the last hit.