Kim Källström

Kim Källström was, to me, an artist of the left foot. From Sandviken in Sweden to back-to-back Allsvenskan titles with Djurgården and then on to Rennes and Lyon in France, he built a career on vision and dead-ball precision rather than raw flash. At 185 cm he anchored midfields as the kind of unglamorous lubricant every great side needs, and winning Newcomer of the Year in 2000 before sustaining a long top-level career speaks to rare consistency. I will always prefer cerebral players like him to mere highlight machines. A genuine Nordic master of the craft.

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Name (English)

Kim Källström

Name (Japanese)

キム・シェルストレーム

Reading

きむ・しぇるすとれーむ

Born

August 24, 1982 (age 44)

Origin

Sandviken, Gävleborg County, Sweden

Height

185 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dog

Awards & achievements

• 2000 Årets nykomling

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%20K%C3%A4llstr%C3%B6m
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214124

Tags

• Gävleborg County
• association football player

Last updated

September 23, 2026

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