Filip Dagerstål (born 1 February 1997) is a Swedish professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

IFK Norrköping

Dagerstål, a native of

Norrköping Norrköping ( , ) is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, about 160 km southwest of the national capital Stockholm, 40 km east of county seat Lin ...

, began training at

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollför ...

at four years old. He spent the 2013 season at loan at

IF Sylvia IF Sylvia is a Swedish football club based in Norrköping. The club, formed on 19 May 1922, plays in the fourth tier of Swedish football, Division 2. The club is affiliated to the Östergötlands Fotbollförbund. In the early years, the club wa ...

, making his professional debut for them coming on in the last minute in a 2–1 victory over

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. In the following 2014 season, he made his senior debut for IFK Norrköping, appearing twice in that year's

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. He scored his first goal for Norrköping during 2015 against Halmstad BK, and made five more appearances during IFK's successful run for the Swedish championship in 2015. Dagerstål himself was however again loaned out to IF Sylvia during the conclusion of the season. During the following years, he mainly came on as a substitute before stabilizing himself as a starter at the centre-back position during the 2019 and 2020 seasons. Following the 2020 campaign, and 132 league appearances for IFK, he chose to not renew his contract, and instead pursue a career abroad.

FC Khimki

On 23 January 2021, Dagerstål signed with

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club

FC Khimki FC Khimki () was a Russian professional football club based in Khimki. History The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from Khimki, Rodina, and Novator. Khimki entered the amateur league and played their first official match on ...

. On 7 March 2022,

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introduced special regulations related to the

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. Those regulations allowed foreign players in Russia to unilaterally temporarily suspend their contracts with their Russian clubs until the end of the 2021–22 season and join clubs outside of Russia until that date. On 17 March 2022, Dagerstål used the new rule to return to

until 30 June. On 5 July 2022, Dagerstål suspended his Khimki contract for the 2022–23 season under the same FIFA regulations that have been extended for a year.

Lech Poznań

On 26 July 2022, Polish side

Lech Poznań Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation's highest division. ...

announced the signing of Dagerstål on a one-year contract. On 24 May 2023, after FIFA prolonged the regulations until 30 June 2024, it was announced that he would remain at Lech until his contract with Khimki expires, and then join the club on a permanent basis. On 28 October 2023, he sustained an ankle injury during a 1–1

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draw against Cracovia. Initially expected to be out of action for three to six weeks, he missed the rest of the season and the first half of the following campaign. In March 2025, two months after resuming training, he underwent another surgery on his ankle which would sideline him for the remainder of the 2024–25 season. His contract was terminated by mutual consent on 25 June 2025.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

;IFK Norrköping *

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Svenska Supercupen Svenska Supercupen, ''Swedish Super Cup'', was a one-off fixture in Swedish football played between the Allsvenskan champions and the winners of Svenska Cupen. The fixture was played in November, after the Allsvenskan season. In the event of a ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dagerstal, Filip 1997 births Footballers from Norrköping Living people Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers Sweden men's under-21 international footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders IF Sylvia players IFK Norrköping players FC Khimki players Lech Poznań players Lech Poznań II players Division 2 (Swedish football) players Ettan Fotboll players Allsvenskan players Russian Premier League players Ekstraklasa players II liga players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Russia Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Poland 21st-century Swedish sportsmen