Robbin Sellin (born 12 April 1990) is a

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former

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who played as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

Career

Sellin started playing football at the age of four when he joined his hometown club

BKV Norrtälje BKV Norrtälje is a Swedish football club located in Norrtälje. Background Bollklubben Vargarna were founded in 1933, the club's name being changed to Bollklubben Vargarna Norrtälje in 1993. The team plays in red shirts and blue shorts and in ...

. After having also spent some time as a youth player at

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 lea ...

club

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is named ...

he was signed to a first team contract by third-tier side

IK Brage Idrottsklubben Brage, also known as IK Brage or simply Brage, is a Swedish football club located in Borlänge. The club is affiliated with Dalarnas Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Domnarvsvallen. The club colours, reflected in their ...

in 2009. Two and a half years later, in the middle of the 2012 season, he had impressed enough to make the move up to Allsvenskan when he was signed by

GIF Sundsvall Gymnastik- och Idrottsföreningen Sundsvall, more commonly known as GIF Sundsvall (), Giffarna or simply Sundsvall, is a Swedish professional football club based in Sundsvall. The club is affiliated with Medelpads Fotbollförbund and plays its h ...

International career

Sellin has represented both the

Sweden national under-17 football team The Sweden national under-17 football team ( sv, svenska pojklandslaget i fotboll) is the football team representing Sweden in competitions for under-17-year-old players. The Swedish U17 team came into existence following the realignment of the ...

and

Sweden national under-19 football team The Sweden national under-19 football team ( sv, svenska juniorlandslaget i fotboll) is the football team representing Sweden in competitions for under-19 year old players. Primarily, it competes to qualify for the annual UEFA European Under-19 ...

on several occasions.

Personal life

Sellin grew up supporting

. Until the age of 15 he combined playing football with

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before choosing the former as his career.

Honours

Individual * Veikkausliiga Top assist provider:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sellin, Robbin 1990 births Living people Swedish men's footballers Swedish expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players IK Brage players GIF Sundsvall players IFK Mariehamn players Superettan players Allsvenskan players Veikkausliiga players Sweden men's youth international footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Finland