# Jesper Karlström

Jesper Kewe Karlström (born 21 June 1995) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Udinese and the Sweden national team.

## Club career
### Early career

Karlström started out his career playing for Hammarby IF at the age of six. When he turned nine the coach of his team moved to IF Brommapojkarna and brought his entire youth team along with him to the new club, including Karlström.

### IF Brommapojkarna

Shortly after his eighteenth birthday in 2013, Karlström made his Allsvenskan debut for Brommapojkarna away against Kalmar FF. At the start of the next year he scored for the first time when his game-winning goal in the last game of the 2013–14 Svenska Cupen group stage qualified the club for the knockout stage of the tournament. A few months later he also scored his first league goal in the 3–0 home win against IFK Norrköping.

### Djurgårdens IF

Brommapojkarna were relegated at the end of the 2014 Allsvenskan season, but Karlström had performed well enough to be signed by the larger Stockholm club Djurgårdens IF on a four-year deal. Ahead of 2017 Karlström had his shirt number changed from 22 to 6. On 10 May 2018, he played as Djurgarden beat Malmö FF 3–0 in the Swedish Cup Final.
In 2019 Karlström crowned himself as a Swedish champion as part of the Djurgårdens IF team that won the Swedish league for a twelfth time. Jesper contributed with the 2–1 goal in the remarkable second-half comeback to win the title.

### Lech Poznań

On 2 December 2020, Lech Poznań announced Karlström had signed from Djurgårdens IF on a contract until June 2024. In three-and-a-half-years, he totaled 144 appearances, four goals and nine assists across all competitions for Lech, won the 2021–22 Ekstraklasa title and contributed to the club's best-ever European campaign in 2022–23, when they reached the UEFA Europa Conference League quarter-finals.

### Udinese

On 3 August 2024, Karlström moved to Italian club Udinese on a two-year deal, for a reported fee of €2 million with potential bonuses.

## International career

Karlström has represented Sweden at the U17, U19 and U21 levels. In November 2014 he made his debut for the Sweden national under-21 football team against Austria.
He made his full international debut for the Sweden national team on 11 January 2018 in a friendly 1–0 win against Denmark, playing for 66 minutes before being replaced by Kristoffer Olsson.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 20 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| IF Brommapojkarna | 2012 | Superettan | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| IF Brommapojkarna | 2013 | Allsvenskan | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 1 |
| IF Brommapojkarna | 2014 | Allsvenskan | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 3 |
| IF Brommapojkarna | Total | Total | 41 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 53 | 4 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 2015 | Allsvenskan | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 28 | 2 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 2016 | Allsvenskan | 16 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 20 | 2 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 2017 | Allsvenskan | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 27 | 4 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 2018 | Allsvenskan | 25 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 0 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 2019 | Allsvenskan | 28 | 2 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 34 | 4 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 2020 | Allsvenskan | 28 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 2 |
| Djurgårdens IF | Total | Total | 147 | 8 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 178 | 14 |
| IF Brommapojkarna (loan) | 2017 | Superettan | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| Lech Poznań | 2020–21 | Ekstraklasa | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 0 |
| Lech Poznań | 2021–22 | Ekstraklasa | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 36 | 1 |
| Lech Poznań | 2022–23 | Ekstraklasa | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 1 |
| Lech Poznań | 2023–24 | Ekstraklasa | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 2 |
| Lech Poznań | 2024–25 | Ekstraklasa | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| Lech Poznań | Total | Total | 111 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 144 | 4 |
| Udinese | 2024–25 | Serie A | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 23 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 322 | 16 | 43 | 7 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 400 | 23 |
* ↑ Includes Svenska Cupen, Polish Cup, Coppa Italia
* 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, seventeen appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
* ↑ Appearance(s) in Polish Super Cup
* ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

### International

Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Sweden | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| Sweden | 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| Sweden | 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| Sweden | 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| Sweden | 2022 | 9 | 0 |
| Sweden | 2023 | 3 | 0 |
| Sweden | 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 16 | 0 |

## Honours

Djurgårdens IF
* Allsvenskan: 2019
* Svenska Cupen: 2017–18
Lech Poznań
* Ekstraklasa: 2021–22