Philip Hellquist (born 21 May 1991) is a Swedish professional

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who plays as a

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for Ettan club

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Career

Hellquist grew up in the Stockholm suburb

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, and began playing football in Djurgården's youth team at the age of five. He was named for the Swedish U17 national team in a friendly against

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in April 2007. The game was his debut in any of the Swedish national teams, and he also scored the last goal in the 6–0 victory. He drew attention from English club

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, which offered him a place in their U17-team. No transfer was made due to a hip injury. Hellquist also had a trial at

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and Italian club

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showed interest in him. He began playing with the senior team during the 2008 pre-season. He played his first game in

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in the 4–2 loss against

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, and also scored his first goal in the Cup. Hellquist made his

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debut on 2 July 2008 against

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as a substitute. Djurgården awarded him "Junior player of the year" for his achievements during the 2008 season. He extended his contract with Djurgården for an additional three years in March 2010. On 15 January 2014, he signed a contract with Austrian team

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. On 9 June 2015, he signed a contract with Austrian team

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. On 7 August 2017, he signed a six months contract with Swedish team

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. On 9 February 2018, he signed a contract with Greek team

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. In March 2021, he joined

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(KuPS) in Finnish

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. On 10 August 2021, Hellquist returned to

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and signed a contract until the end of 2022. In January 2023, he signed with Ettan club

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hellquist, Philip 1991 births Living people Footballers from Stockholm Swedish men's footballers Swedish expatriate men's footballers Sweden men's under-21 international footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players Vasalunds IF players Assyriska FF players Wolfsberger AC players Kalmar FF players IF Brommapojkarna players PAS Giannina F.C. players Chungnam Asan FC players Kuopion Palloseura players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Super League Greece players K League 2 players Veikkausliiga players Kakkonen players Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Austria Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Swedish expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Swedish sportsmen Täby FK players