Alexander Farnerud

Alexander Farnerud reads to me like a wandering footballing scholar. From Skåne in Sweden, he broke through at Landskrona, then crossed borders to play in France, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland and Italy before retiring at FC Chiasso in 2022, an attacking midfielder who picked up a newcomer award in 2002 and won eight caps for Sweden. What I admire is his refusal to settle somewhere comfortable; instead he absorbed new tactics, languages and cultures across a long career. Now moving into coaching, he strikes me as someone who used football as a passport to understand the wider world, and I find that genuinely romantic.

Name (English)

Alexander Farnerud

Name (Japanese)

アレクサンデル・ファルネルド

Reading

あれくさんでる・ふぁるねるど

Born

May 1, 1984 (age 42)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rat

Origin

Landskrona Parish, Skåne County, Sweden

Height

181 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Awards & achievements

• 2002 Årets nykomling

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8D%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89

Tags

• Skåne County
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.