Full name Daniel Swärd Playing position 0000–2008 Linköpings FF Current team FC Linköping City | Place of birth Ljungsbro, Sweden Number 10 Height 1.84 m Position Forward | |
Date of birth (1990-02-22) 22 February 1990 (age 27) | ||
Daniel Swärd (born 22 February 1990) is a Swedish footballer who plays as a forward for FC Linköping City.
Swärd was born in Ljungsbro, Sweden, and played youth football with local team BK Ljungsbro, and in the early teens he established himself in Linköpings FF before joining Åtvidabergs FF in Superettan in 2009.
In his first year with Åtvidabergs FF the team ended up in second place and earned promotion to Allsvenskan, the Swedish top tier. The spell in Allsvenskan lasted for one season, before the team got relegated back to Superettan, but before relegation Swärd earnt his first cap in the Swedish top division.
Swärd stayed in Åtvidabergs FF for a total of three seasons, making 21 appearances and scoring two goals, before moving to Motala AIF in Division 2 (Swedish fourth tier) for the 2012 season. Before 2015 season, after three years in Motala AIF (last season in Division 1), Svärd made the decision to move back to Linköping and Division 2 to play for FC Linköping City in their ambition of becoming an elite team.