Jesper Westerberg (born 1 February 1986) is a retired

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who played as a right back.

Career

Started his career in Arkelstorps IF before moving to IFÖ Bromölla IF, and later on to

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. In 2003, he made his first appearance in the Swedish highest league

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, but he played only one match for the club between 2003 and 2005, during the 2005 season he was loaned out to IFK Hässleholm and in 2006 he joined Halmstads BK. On 4 October 2008 Westerberg said that he would not renew his contract with Halmstads BK, which ended after the 2008 season, on 20 March 2009 Landskrona confirmed that Westerberg had signed a one-year contract with the club. After one year in Landskrona he moved to

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. In December 2011 it was announced that Westerberg had signed a contract with the Norwegian club

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Retirement

On 23 October 2019

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confirmed, that 33-year old Westerberg had decided to retire at the end of the season. However, the club announced on 7 January 2020, that Westerberg would continue at the club in a different role as a salesman in the club's marketing department.Jesper kvar i HBK
hbk.se, 7 January 2020

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* * * * 1986 births Living people Swedish men's footballers Swedish expatriate men's footballers Sweden men's under-21 international footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders Allsvenskan players Superettan players Eliteserien players Landskrona BoIS players Halmstads BK players Mjällby AIF players Lillestrøm SK players Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Norway People from Kristianstad Municipality Footballers from Skåne County {{sweden-footy-defender-stub