Nils Erik Mattias Bjärsmyr (born 3 January 1986) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Beginning his professional career with IFK Göteborg in 2005, he went on to play in Greece, Norway, and Turkey before retiring at IFK Göteborg in 2022. A full international between 2008 and 2009, he won three caps for the Sweden national team.

Club career

After playing for a local club, Grimsås IF, and Husqvarna FF, Bjärsmyr joined IFK Göteborg in 2005. He made his first appearance for IFK Göteborg on 30 May 2005 as the club took on IF Elfsborg. He became a regular starter later in the year and was nominated best newcomer at the Swedish national football gala. On 15 July 2009, he signed a four-year contract for Panathinaikos in Super League Greece. On 29 Augusti 2012, he returned to IFK Göteborg. He had another stint abroad in Turkey between 2017 and 2020 before retiring at IFK Göteborg in 2022.

International career

Bjärsmyr featured three times for the senior team. He made his debut in the Sweden national team on 13 January 2008 against Costa Rica. Bjärsmyr had previously served as the captain for Sweden U21 team, and he also captained Sweden's U21 team that competed in the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

Career statistics

Club

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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!rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|Cup

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Total

|-

!Division

!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals

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|rowspan="4"|Husqvarna FF

|2002

|Division 2 Östra Götaland

|1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||1||0

|-

|2003

|Division 2 Östra Götaland

|15||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||15||0

|-

|2004

|Division 2 Östra Götaland

|21||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||21||0

|-

! colspan="2" |Total

!37!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!37!!0

|-

|rowspan="6"|IFK Göteborg

|2005

|Allsvenskan

|19||0||2||0||6||0||27||0

|-

|2006

|Allsvenskan

|20||0||1||0||2||0||23||0

|-

|2007

|Allsvenskan

|25||2||5||1||colspan="2"|—||30||3

|-

|2008

|Allsvenskan

|27||1||6||0||4||0||37||1

|-

|2009

|Allsvenskan

|13||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||13||0

|-

! colspan="2" |Total

!104!!3!!14!!1!!12!!0!!130!!4

|-

|rowspan="3"|Panathinaikos

|2009–10

|Super League Greece

|17||0||3||0||5||0||25||0

|-

|2011–12

|Super League Greece

|9||0||2||0||0||0||11||0

|-

! colspan="2" |Total

!26!!0!!5!!0!!5!!0!!36!!0

|-

|rowspan="3"|Rosenborg BK (loan)

|2010

|Tippeligaen

|7||0||1||0||6||0||14||0

|-

|2011

|Tippeligaen

|2||0||1||0||0||0||3||0

|-

! colspan="2" |Total

!9!!0!!2!!0!!6!!0!!17!!0

|-

|rowspan="7"|IFK Göteborg

|2012

|Allsvenskan

|8||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||8||1

|-

|2013

|Allsvenskan

|20||1||7||0||0||0||27||1

|-

|2014

|Allsvenskan

|30||0||4||0||6||0||40||0

|-

|2015

|Allsvenskan

|23||1||6||1||4||0||33||2

|-

|2016

|Allsvenskan

|23||0||2||1||8||0||33||1

|-

|2017

|Allsvenskan

|14||1||3||0||colspan="2"|—||17||1

|-

! colspan="2" |Total

!118!!4!!22!!2!!18!!0!!158!!6

|-

|rowspan="3"|Sivasspor

|2017–18

|Süper Lig

|32||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||32||0

|-

|2018–19

|Süper Lig

|28||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||29||0

|-

! colspan="2" |Total

!60!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!61!!0

|-

|rowspan="2"|Gençlerbirliği

|2019–20

|Süper Lig

|8||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||10||0

|-

! colspan="2" |Total

!8!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0!!10!!0

|-

| rowspan="4" |IFK Göteborg

|2020

|Allsvenskan

|20||4||5||0||1

|0||26||4

|-

|2021

|Allsvenskan

|30

|1

|5

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|35

|1

|-

|2022

|Allsvenskan

|16

|0

|1

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|17

|0

|-

! colspan="2" |Total

!66!!5!!11!!0!!1!!0!!78!!5

|-

! colspan="3" |Career total

!428!!12!!57!!3!!42!!0!!527!!15

|}

International

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

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|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals

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|rowspan="2"|Sweden

|2008||2||0

|-

|2009||1||0

|-

!colspan="2"|Total!!3!!0

|}

Honours

<!--Actual awards only; do not include runners-up.-->Husqvarna FF

  • Division 2 Östra Götaland: 2002, 2004

IFK Göteborg

  • Allsvenskan: 2007
  • Svenska Cupen: 2008, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2019–20
  • Svenska Supercupen: 2008

Panathinaikos

  • Super League Greece: 2009–10
  • Greek Football Cup: 2009–10

Rosenborg

  • Tippeligaen: 2010
  • Årets Ärkeängel: 2020

References

  • IFK Göteborg profile