Gustaf Lagerbielke

Arriving on a five-year deal from IF Elfsborg, Swedish defender Gustaf Lagerbielke became the sixth player to be brought to the club by Brendan Rodgers during the 2023/24 summer transfer window, joining Marco Tilio, Odin Holm, Hyeokkyu Kwon, Hyunjun Yang and Maik Nawrocki.  

The 23-year-old, who has spent his career playing in Sweden before moving to Glasgow, made 16 appearances in the 2023/24 Swedish league, scoring twice.

Gustaf is the latest Swedish player to join Celtic, replacing his fellow countryman, Carl Starfelt, who left the club weeks earlier while also taking over the number 4 jersey from the departed defender.

Henrik Larsson does, of course, lay claim to being Celtic’s most famous Swede, with the striker having netted 242 goals in 315 appearances for the club, while the other Swedish players are Johan Mjallby, Mikael Lustig, Magnus Hedman, Daniel Majstorović, John Guidetti and Freddie Ljungberg.

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In January 2023, he won his first cap for the Swedish national side, playing in a friendly 2-1 win over Iceland.