David Löfquist (born 6 August 1986) is a

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who plays as a winger and striker for

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. The club is affiliated to Blekinge Fotbollförbund and play its home ...

. His nickname is "Löken" (''English: "The Onion").

Career

Mjällby AIF

Löfquist started his professional career at

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

Superettan Superettan (; meaning the super first (division)) is an association football league and the second highest league in the league system of Swedish men's football. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with All ...

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

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football le ...

. 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

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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 (), currently named 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 been ...

side

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

Loan to Malmö FF

On the last day of the

transfer window A transfer window is the period during the year in which a football club can transfer players from other playing staff into their playing staff. Such a transfer is completed by registering the player into the new club through FIFA. "Transfer ...

, 31 August 2012, Löfquist signed a loan deal with

club

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, is a professional football club and the most successful football club in Sweden in terms of trophies won. Formed in 1910 and affiliated with the Scania Football Associatio ...

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
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lofquist, David 1986 births Living people Swedish men's footballers Mjällby AIF players Parma Calcio 1913 players AS Gubbio 1910 players Malmö FF players Odense Boldklub players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Serie B players Danish Superliga players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Men's association football forwards Men's association football midfielders