Patrik Christoffer Källqvist (born 26 August 1983) is a former Swedish professional

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goalkeeper. He was a one-club man and spent his entire career at

BK Häcken Bollklubben Häcken, more commonly known as BK Häcken or simply Häcken (), is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Gothenburg (Hisingen). It currently plays in Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. Forme ...

Club career

During the

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season, Källqvist announced his decision to retire from elite football at the end of the season. He underwent hip surgery in 2015, and has only played 5 Allsvenskan games for Häcken since then. In his youth, Christoffer had a couple of trials with a various number of teams in England, such as

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and

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International career

Källqvist represented the Sweden U17, U19, and U21 teams a total of 41 times between the years 1998 and 2005.

Honours

;BK Häcken *

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: 2015–16

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* * 1983 births Living people Footballers from Gothenburg Allsvenskan players Superettan players BK Häcken players Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers 21st-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-footy-goalkeeper-stub