Doug Bergqvist

Doug Bergqvist
	Bergqvist in October 2023
Personal information
Full name	Jan Douglas Bergqvist
Date of birth	29 March 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Stockholm, Sweden
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Karviná
Number	21
Youth career
	Reading
	Queens Park Rangers
2009–2010	Aldershot Town
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2013	Aldershot Town
2010–2011	→ Thatcham Town (loan)
2011	→ Dorchester Town (loan)
2011–2012	→ Farnborough (loan)
2012	→ Basingstoke Town (loan)
2013	→ Staines Town (loan)
2013–2014	Exeter City
2013–2014	→ Welling United (loan)
2014–2019	Östersund
2019	→ Haugesund (loan)
2020	Arka Gdynia
2020–2021	Kalmar FF
2022–2023	Chornomorets Odesa
2022	→ Kalmar FF (loan)
2022	→ Riga (loan)
2023	→ Auda (loan)
2023	Degerfors
2024–	Karviná
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 January 2025

Jan Douglas Bergqvist (born 29 March 1993) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Czech First League club Karviná.

Career

Born in Stockholm, Bergqvist moved with his family to England when he was seven years old.^[2] He played youth football with Reading and Queens Park Rangers, before joining Aldershot Town in 2009.^[3] Bergqvist eventually became youth team captain at Aldershot,^[4] and spent loan spells at both Thatcham Town and Dorchester Town,^[5] before making his senior debut for Aldershot in May 2011.^[6] He joined Farnborough on loan in August 2011,^[7] and Basingstoke Town in October 2012.^[8]

Bergqvist signed for Exeter City in June 2013,^[9] before moving on loan to Welling United a few days later, for the whole of the 2013–14 season.^[10]^[11]

On 10 February 2014, Bergqvist left England to return to Sweden, signing a two-year contract with Östersund on a free transfer.^[12] He did so as part of a scheme called 'League Football Education' which aims to obtain contracts abroad for players in the English league system, alongside Andrew Mills and Jamie Hopcutt.^[13]

On 27 March 2019, Bergqvist joined Eliteserien side Haugesund on loan until 31 July with an option to make the deal permanent.^[14]

In February 2020 he moved to Polish club Arka Gdynia.^[15]

After playing in Sweden with Kalmar FF, he signed for Ukrainian club Chornomorets Odesa in January 2022.^[16] He returned to Kalmar FF on loan in March due to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[17] After the loan spell ended he moved to Latvian club Riga FC.^[18]

In July 2023 he signed for Degerfors.^[19]

On 2 March 2024, Bergqvist signed a contract with Czech First League club Karviná.^[20]

Career statistics

As of 9 February 2019^[6]^[8]

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Aldershot Town	2010–11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2011–12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2012–13	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	Total	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Dorchester Town (loan)	2010–11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Farnborough (loan)	2011–12	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	2
Basingstoke Town (loan)	2012–13	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Exeter City	2013–14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Welling United (loan)	2013–14	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	2
Östersund	2014	26	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	29	0
	2015	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	2
	2016	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	0
	2017	10	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	15	1
	2018	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0
Career total		172	7	6	0	0	0	4	0	182	7

Honours

Östersund

Svenska Cupen: 2016–17^[21]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Doug Bergqvist". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
^ [1] (in Swedish)
^ "DOUG BERGQVIST JOINS FROM LEAGUE TWO SIDE ALDERSHOT TOWN". Thatcham Town F.C. 31 December 2010. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
^ "Defender Doug Bergqvist praises Aldershot academy". BBC Sport. 9 December 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
^ "Profile". Dorchester Town F.C. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
^ ^a ^b Doug Bergqvist at Soccerbase
^ "Haylock Brings In Bergqvist And Connolly As Recruitment Drive Gathers Momentum". Farnborough F.C.
^ ^a ^b Doug Bergqvist at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
^ "Doug Bergqvist joins Exeter from Aldershot". BBC Sport. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
^ "Day adds two more to squad for 2013-14". Welling United F.C. 4 July 2013. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
^ "Welling sign Callum Webb and Doug Bergqvist". BBC Sport. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
^ "Doug Bergqvist: Exeter defender joins Swedish side Ostersunds FK". BBC Sport. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
^ "Football's last chance saloon - the Britons keeping their dreams alive in Sweden". BBC Sport. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
^ "Doug er klar" (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
^ "Douglas Bergqvist nowym zawodnikiem Arki Gdynia". Onet Sport. 5 February 2020.
^ "Officiellt: Douglas Bergqvist lämnar Kalmar FF för Ukraina". Silly Season. 11 January 2022.
^ Östman, Petter (23 March 2022). "Douglas Bergqvist klar för återkomst till Kalmar FF" [Douglas Bergqvist ready for return to Kalmar FF]. Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 March 2022.
^ ""Riga" signs Swedish centre-back Bergqvist". Retrieved 10 June 2022.
^ "Douglas Bergqvist klar för Degerfors IF". degerforsif.se. Degerfors IF. 7 July 2023.
^ "Karvinou pro boj o udržení v lize posílil švédský stoper Bergqvist". sport.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ "Douglas Bergqvist". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 March 2024.

External links

Doug Bergqvist at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
Doug Bergqvist at Fortunaliga.cz

[Hugman-1] "Doug Bergqvist". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[2] [1] (in Swedish)

[loan-3] "DOUG BERGQVIST JOINS FROM LEAGUE TWO SIDE ALDERSHOT TOWN". Thatcham Town F.C. 31 December 2010. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2011.

[4] "Defender Doug Bergqvist praises Aldershot academy". BBC Sport. 9 December 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2011.

[5] "Profile". Dorchester Town F.C. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.

[SB-6] Doug Bergqvist at Soccerbase

[7] "Haylock Brings In Bergqvist And Connolly As Recruitment Drive Gathers Momentum". Farnborough F.C.

[SW-8] Doug Bergqvist at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 July 2023.

[9] "Doug Bergqvist joins Exeter from Aldershot". BBC Sport. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.

[10] "Day adds two more to squad for 2013-14". Welling United F.C. 4 July 2013. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.

[11] "Welling sign Callum Webb and Doug Bergqvist". BBC Sport. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.

[12] "Doug Bergqvist: Exeter defender joins Swedish side Ostersunds FK". BBC Sport. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.

[13] "Football's last chance saloon - the Britons keeping their dreams alive in Sweden". BBC Sport. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2018.

[14] "Doug er klar" (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.

[15] "Douglas Bergqvist nowym zawodnikiem Arki Gdynia". Onet Sport. 5 February 2020.

[16] "Officiellt: Douglas Bergqvist lämnar Kalmar FF för Ukraina". Silly Season. 11 January 2022.

[17] Östman, Petter (23 March 2022). "Douglas Bergqvist klar för återkomst till Kalmar FF" [Douglas Bergqvist ready for return to Kalmar FF]. Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 March 2022.

[18] ""Riga" signs Swedish centre-back Bergqvist". Retrieved 10 June 2022.

[19] "Douglas Bergqvist klar för Degerfors IF". degerforsif.se. Degerfors IF. 7 July 2023.

[20] "Karvinou pro boj o udržení v lize posílil švédský stoper Bergqvist". sport.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.

[21] "Douglas Bergqvist". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 March 2024.

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