David Löfquist (born 6 August 1986) is a Swedish

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who plays for Kristianstad FC. His nickname is "Löken" (English: "The Onion").

Career

Mjällby AIF

Löfquist started his professional career at

Mjällby AIF Mjällby Allmänna Idrottsförening, also known simply as Mjällby AIF, Mjällby or (especially locally) MAIF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Hällevik in Sölvesborg Municipality. The club is affiliated to Blekinge Fo ...

where he played for five seasons. The three first seasons was in Sweden's second highest tier of football,

Superettan Superettan (; ) is an association football league and the second highest league in the Swedish football league system, league system of Swedish football, Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and rel ...

, while the last two seasons was in Sweden's highest league,

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...

. Löfquist managed to play more than 130 league matches for Mjällby before he left the club in early 2012.

Parma

On 5 December 2011 it was announced that Löfquist had signed a two-and-a-half-year-long contract with Italian side

Parma Parma (; ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, Giuseppe Verdi, music, art, prosciutto (ham), Parmesan, cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,986 inhabitants as of 2025, ...

with an option to further extend the contract with two years in the summer of 2014.

Loan to Gubbio

Before Löfquist had played for Parma he was loaned out to

Serie B The Serie B (), officially known as Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had b ...

side

Gubbio Gubbio () is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia (Umbria). It is located on the lowest slope of Mt. Ingino, a small mountain of the Apennine Mountains, Apennines. History Prehistory The ol ...

on 31 January 2012 for the remainder of the 2011–12 season.

Loan to Malmö FF

On the last day of the

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, 31 August 2012, Löfquist signed a loan deal with

club

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö, Scania. They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda S ...

for the rest of the 2012 season. Löfquist only appeared in four league matches for Malmö FF during the loan spell.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Mjällby AIF

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References

External links

Malmö FF profile
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