Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson
Alexander Börje Achinioti-Jönsson (born 17 April 1996) is a Swedish footballer who plays for Canadian club Forge FC as a midfielder. Club career. Helsingborgs IF. On 1 May 2014, Achinioti-Jönsson made his professional debut for Helsingborgs IF as an injury-time substitute in a Swedish Cup match against Malmö FF. Four days later on 5 May, he made his league debut as a 27th-minute substitute against AIK. In 2015, during a U21 match against IFK Göteborg, Achinioti-Jönsson was hospitalized due to a high heart rate.<ref name="Heart/Concussion"></ref> Shortly after being released from  hospital, he suffered a concussion which kept him sidelined for two months. After returning to training, he had another heart episode during a workout which sent him to the hospital once again. On this occasion, he was not cleared to return to training until the end of the season, when doctors finally determined that his heartrate issues were benign. As a result of these health issues, Achinioti-Jönsson missed out on a large amount of training and was only able to make one first-team appearance all season. In 2016, Achinioti-Jönsson made 14 league appearances for Helsingborg, including five  starts. In 2017, after Helsingborg was relegated, Achinioti-Jönsson made 15 league appearances, including 12 starts. Loan to Ängelholms FF. In August 2017, Achinioti-Jönsson was loaned to Division 1 side Ängelholms FF. IFK Värnamo. On 30 January 2018, Achinioti-Jönsson signed with Superettan club IFK Värnamo. He made 27 league appearances for Värnamo that season, scoring four goals. Forge FC. 2019. On 31 January 2019, Achinioti-Jönsson signed with Canadian Premier League club Forge FC. He made his debut for Forge on 27 April 2019, in the Canadian Premier League's first game in history, a 1–1 draw against  York9 FC. He ended up making 27 out of a possible 28 appearances for Forge in the club's inaugural season and helped the team become the first ever league champions, as Forge defeated Cavalry FC over two legs in the 2019 Canadian Premier League Finals. 2020. Achinioti-Jönsson appeared in all 11 games for Forge FC in the 2020 CPL season. He scored the winning goal in the 2020 Canadian Premier League Final when Forge defeated HFX Wanderers FC 2–0 to win their second consecutive league title. 2021. In his third season with Forge, he was unable to win  a third championship, but had a successful individual season nonetheless, recording the second-best passing accuracy in the league and being named in the Team of the Week four times, as both a defender and a midfielder. In January 2022 he was re-signed to a multi-year deal. International career. Achinioti-Jönsson has represented Sweden internationally at the U19 level. Honours. Club. Forge FC