Jan Douglas Bergqvist (born 29 March 1993) is a Swedish professional

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who plays as a

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Career

Born in Stockholm, Bergqvist moved with his family to England when he was seven years old. He played youth football with

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and

Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional association football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English f ...

, before joining

Aldershot Town Aldershot Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system. The club was founded in the spr ...

in 2009. Bergqvist eventually became youth team captain at Aldershot, and spent loan spells at both Thatcham Town and Dorchester Town, before making his senior debut for Aldershot in May 2011. He joined Farnborough on loan in August 2011, and Basingstoke Town in October 2012. Douglas Bergqvist

Bergqvist signed for

Exeter City Exeter City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Exeter, Devon, England. The team play in , the third level of the English football league system. Known as "the Grecians", the origin of their nickname is subject to ...

in June 2013, before moving on loan to

Welling United Welling United Football Club is a semi-professional association football club, based in Welling in the London Borough of Bexley, England. The most prominent aspect of the club is its men's first team, who play in the , the seventh level of the E ...

a few days later, for the whole of the 2013–14 season. On 10 February 2014, Bergqvist left England to return to Sweden, signing a two-year contract with

Östersund Östersund (; ) is an Urban areas in Sweden, urban area (Stad (Sweden), city) in Jämtland in northern Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-larg ...

on a free transfer. He did so as part of a scheme called 'League Football Education' which aims to obtain contracts abroad for players in the English league system, alongside Andrew Mills and Jamie Hopcutt. On 27 March 2019, Bergqvist joined

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side

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on loan until 31 July with an option to make the deal permanent. In February 2020 he moved to Polish club

Arka Gdynia Morski Związkowy Klub Sportowy Arka Gdynia () is a professional football club based in Gdynia, Poland, that plays in the Ekstraklasa after winning the 2024–25 I liga. The club was founded as Klub Sportowy Gdynia in 1929. History The h ...

. After playing in Sweden with

Kalmar FF Kalmar Fotbollförening, more commonly known as Kalmar FF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Kalmar, Sweden. The club is affiliated to Smålands Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Guldfågeln Arena. Formed on 15 June 1 ...

, he signed for Ukrainian club

Chornomorets Odesa FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa, Ukraine. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 as ''Dynamo'', but until 2002 it carried a logo with 1958 and 1959 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

. After the loan spell ended he moved to Latvian club

Riga FC Riga Football Club, commonly referred to as Riga FC, is a Latvian Association football, football club, founded in 2014. The club is based at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Since 2016 Latvian Higher League, 2016, the club has been playing in the Latv ...

. In July 2023 he signed for

Degerfors Degerfors () is a locality and the seat of Degerfors Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden, with 7,160 inhabitants in 2010. Degerfors is the sixth-largest city in Örebro County. It is located at the southern shore of lake Möckeln, 13 km (8 mi) so ...

. On 2 March 2024, Bergqvist signed a contract with

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club

Karviná Karviná (; , ) is a city in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 49,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Olza (river), Olza River in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Karviná is known as an industrial city with t ...

Career statistics

Honours

Östersund *

Svenska Cupen Svenska cupen (, ), also known as the Swedish Cup in English, is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. ''Svenska cupen'' usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also ...

: 2016–17

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bergqvist, Doug 1993 births Living people Footballers from Stockholm Swedish men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Reading F.C. players Queens Park Rangers F.C. players Aldershot Town F.C. players Thatcham Town F.C. players Dorchester Town F.C. players Farnborough F.C. players Basingstoke Town F.C. players Staines Town F.C. players Welling United F.C. players English Football League players Exeter City F.C. players Östersunds FK players FK Haugesund players Arka Gdynia players Kalmar FF players FC Chornomorets Odesa players Riga FC players FK Auda players Degerfors IF players MFK Karviná players National League (English football) players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Eliteserien players Ekstraklasa players Latvian Higher League players Czech First League players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in England Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Poland Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic 21st-century Swedish sportsmen