Casper Widell

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Casper Widell
File:Casper Widell (Sweden U21 starting XI vs Moldova U21, 13 October 2023).jpg
Widell with the Swedish under-21 national team in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-05-05) 5 May 2003 (age 23)
Place of birth Landskrona, Sweden
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
 Excelsior
Number 4
Youth career
–2016 IK Wormo
2016–2020 Helsingborgs IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Helsingborgs IF 54 (0)
2023– Excelsior 65 (5)
International career‡
2018–2020 Sweden U17 16 (0)
2021–2023 Sweden U19 10 (0)
2022–2024 Sweden U21 12 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:22, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Casper Ludvig Widell (born 5 May 2003) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eredivisie club Excelsior.

Club career

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Born in Landskrona, in the Swedish province of Scania, Widell started playing football as a child in the local club IK Wormo,[1][2] together with his brother Melker (who later joined the youth sector of Malmö FF).[1] Originally a striker in his childhood, he was later moved down to the midfield.[1][2]

In 2016, he was noticed by Helsingborgs IF scouts and later joined the club's academy, where he was told to adjust his playing position once more, thus becoming a centre-back.[1][2] After featuring in the 2018 edition of the Gothia Cup with his team,[1] Widell quickly rose through the youth ranks of Helsingborg’s academy: while being a regular for the U17 side, in 2019 he was selected for the U19 squad despite his younger age.[2]

At the start of 2020, following his impressive performances at academy level and injuries occurred to several members of the senior squad, Widell was invited by head coach Olof Mellberg to join training sessions with the first team, ending up featuring in the second half of a pre-season friendly against Danish side Lyngby BK.[2] As the regular season of the Allsvenskan started, Mellberg decided to give Widell a spot in the first team, and the young centre-back made his professional debut on June 15, 2020 in the first game of the season, against Varbergs BoIS: he played the entirety of the match as his club eventually suffered a 0-3 home loss. During the season, he featured for Helsingborg six more times, two of which as a starter. However, he was involved in his club's relegation at the end of the year, as they finished second to last in the league table.

Nevertheless, after some speculation during the previous year,[3] on February 10, 2021 Helsingborg officially announced that they had agreed with Widell to extend his contract until 2023.[4]

International career

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A youth international for Sweden, Widell played for and captained the under-16 and under-17 national team.[2][3]

Personal life

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He has an older brother, named Melker (born 19 April 2002), who is also a footballer and currently plays for Swansea City in the English Championship.

Their father Mikael played as a goalkeeper in the minor leagues of Swedish football.[1]

During his time at Helsingborg, Widell has indicated his coach Olof Mellberg and the team's captain, Andreas Granqvist, as his main mentors:[2] they both were centre-backs themselves, as well as full internationals for the Sweden national team.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 22 February 2021.[5][6]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Helsingborgs IF 2020 Allsvenskan 7 0 0 0 – 0 0 7 0
2021 Superettan 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 0
Career total 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Notes

References

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  5. ^ Casper Widell at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 February 2021.Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  6. ^ Casper Widell at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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