Alexander Gerndt

Born and raised in Visby, on the island of Gotland, Gerndt started to play for the island's top club Visby IF Gute during his youth system. As Gute's second best goal-scorer, he drew attention from Swedish top league clubs such as Örebro SK and AIK.{{cite web|url=http://www.fotbolldirekt.com/node/20871 |title=Gerndt testar vidare – gör succé i Örebro |date=27 October 2006 |access-date=18 July 2011 |publisher=FotbollDirekt |language=sv |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930063930/http://www.fotbolldirekt.com/node/20871 |archive-date=30 September 2011 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.aik.se/fotboll/aikindex.html?/fotboll/2006/herrar/lasvart/061011_provspelare.html |title=Gerndt från Visby Gute provspelar |publisher=AIK Fotboll |author=Tommy Bäckman |language=sv |date=11 October 2006 |access-date=18 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322015626/http://www.aik.se/fotboll/aikindex.html?%2Ffotboll%2F2006%2Fherrar%2Flasvart%2F061011_provspelare.html |archive-date=22 March 2012 }} On 3 November 2006, he signed a three-year contract with AIK.{{cite web|url=http://www.aik.se/fotboll/aikindex.html?/fotboll/2006/herrar/lasvart/061103_gerndt.html |title=Alexander Gerndt klar för AIK |publisher=AEK |author=Tommy Bäckman |language=sv |date=3 November 2006 |access-date=18 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322015631/http://www.aik.se/fotboll/aikindex.html?%2Ffotboll%2F2006%2Fherrar%2Flasvart%2F061103_gerndt.html |archive-date=22 March 2012 }}

In 2007, he only made five appearances in the league, all without scoring. Struggling to make it into the starting 11, he was loaned out to the second-tier club Sirius prior to the 2008 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.siriusfotboll.com/web/truppen/Default.asp?pId=824&modVID=102&modID=1808|title=Sirius lånar Alexander Gerndt från AIK|date=20 December 2007|access-date=28 April 2010|publisher=IK Sirius Fotboll|language=sv|archive-date=13 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313231554/http://www.siriusfotboll.com/web/truppen/Default.asp?pId=824&modVID=102&modID=1808|url-status=dead}} In Sirius, he made 14 appearances, scoring six goals.

Although it was thought that he would stay the entire season on loan at Sirius, he signed for Gefle in the top flight division during the summer transfer window of 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.gefleiffotboll.se/nyheter/256/|title=Gerndt klar för Gefle IF|date=21 July 2008|access-date=28 April 2010|publisher=Gefle IF|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722213300/http://www.gefleiffotboll.se/nyheter/256/|archive-date=22 July 2011|url-status=dead}}

His start in Gefle was not a success at all; he did not score any goals for the club during 2008.

In the season of 2009, Gerndt played 26 out of 30 league games (14 as a starter), scoring 3 goals.[https://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/person/?playerid=5017 "Alexander Gerndt — svenskfotboll.se"] (in Swedish)

In 2010, he made a major breakthrough in his career. Showing much improvement, he scored 8 goals in the first 14 games for Gefle. As a fact of that, it was rumored that he would make a transfer to the Dutch team Heerenveen in the summer transfer windows of 2010, but also that Helsingborg wanted his signature.{{cite news |url=http://fotboll.expressen.se/allsvenskan/1.2067499/gefle-och-gerndt-overens-om-hif-flytt |title=Gefle och Gerndt överens om HIF-flytt |newspaper=Expressen |author=Rebecka Martikainen |language=sv |date=17 July 2010 |access-date=19 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100719031351/http://fotboll.expressen.se/allsvenskan/1.2067499/gefle-och-gerndt-overens-om-hif-flytt |archive-date=19 July 2010 |url-status=dead}}

On 18 July 2010, it was confirmed that he would move to Helsingborg, signing a 3.5 year contract. Helsingborg were during that time a club fighting to be the Swedish champions of 2010.{{cite web | url=http://www.fotbollskanalen.se/1.1718317/2010/07/18/klart_gerndt_kritar_pa_for_helsingborg |title=KLART: Skyttekung till HIF: "Väldigt nöjda" |publisher=Fotbollskanalen |author=Hampus Hagman |language=sv |date=18 July 2010 |access-date=18 July 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110721235929/http://www.fotbollskanalen.se/1.1718317/2010/07/18/klart_gerndt_kritar_pa_for_helsingborg| archive-date= 21 July 2011 | url-status= live}}

Gerndt continued to score goals and was a major reason that Helsingborg could battle against their biggest rivals Malmö for the title into the last round of the league. In 15 games, he scored 12 goals and was the top-scorer of Allsvenskan in 2010 with a total of 20 goals. Alexander Gerndt was also named the Player of the Year in the 2010 Allsvenskan. He received the price at a gala in Malmö, the city of Helsingborg's rivals, and was greeted by whistles from the crowd. Alexander Gerndt, however, took his time and waited them out to have utter silence when holding his winning speech.{{cite web|url=http://www.gotland.net/sv/att-gora/gerndt-arets-allsvenska-spelare |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102155649/http://www.gotland.net/sv/att-gora/gerndt-arets-allsvenska-spelare |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 January 2011 |title=Gerndt årets allsvenska spelare |publisher=Gotland.net |author=Bo Eriksson |language=sv |date=16 November 2010 |access-date=19 July 2011 }}

Helsingborgs IF, aware there was a big risk that Alexander Gerndt would leave the club, started to look for replacements already in March 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.matchdax.se/allsvenskan/helsingborgs-if-letar-en-ers%C3%A4ttare | title=Helsingborgs IF letar en ersättare |publisher=Matchdax |language=sv |author=Kenneth Andersson |date=22 March 2011 | access-date=18 July 2011}} Alexander Gerndt was for a while rumored to sign with the Danish club Copenhagen,{{cite news | url=http://fotboll.expressen.se/allsvenskan/1.2473779/efter-tunga-varen-nara-en-flytt-till-fck | title=Efter tunga våren – nära en flytt till FCK | newspaper=Expressen | author=Mathias Lühr | language=sv | date=19 June 2011 | access-date=18 July 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622122613/http://fotboll.expressen.se/allsvenskan/1.2473779/efter-tunga-varen-nara-en-flytt-till-fck | archive-date=22 June 2011 | url-status=dead }} and on 30 June he confirmed his interest in accepting a 20-million SEK deal with the club.{{cite news |url=http://fotboll.expressen.se/allsvenskan/1.2485171/gerndts-besked-vill-till-fc-kopenhamn |title=Gerndts besked: Vill till FC Köpenhamn |newspaper=Expressen |author=Lars Wiklund |language=sv |date=30 June 2011 |access-date=18 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703083628/http://fotboll.expressen.se/allsvenskan/1.2485171/gerndts-besked-vill-till-fc-kopenhamn |archive-date=3 July 2011 |url-status=dead }} However, on 12 July it was announced that no deal with F.C. Copenhagen would be made.{{cite news |url=http://www.expressen.se/sport/1.2496986/ingen-gerndt-till-fck-blir-ingen-affar |title=Ingen Gerndt till FCK: "Blir ingen affär" |newspaper=Expressen |language=sv |date=12 July 2011 |access-date=18 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715174149/http://www.expressen.se/sport/1.2496986/ingen-gerndt-till-fck-blir-ingen-affar |archive-date=15 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}

The same day as that announcement, the Dutch club Utrecht offered Alexander Gerndt a 35-million SEK deal.{{cite news |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/sverige/allsvenskan/helsingborg/article13309883.ab |title=Utrecht kan snuva FCK på Gerndt |newspaper=Aftonbladet |language=sv |date=12 July 2011 |access-date=18 July 2011}} On 18 July 2011, exactly a year after signing with Helsingborgs IF, Alexander Gerndt signed a four-year contract worth roughly 27 million SEK and joined the club playing in the Eredivisie, the top football league in the Netherlands, on 1 August.{{cite web|url=http://fcutrecht.nl/nieuws/actueel/3809/fc-utrecht-strikt-alexander-gerndt |title=FC Utrecht strikt Alexander Gerndt |publisher=FC Utrecht |language=nl |date=18 July 2011 |access-date=18 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325204527/http://fcutrecht.nl/nieuws/actueel/3809/fc-utrecht-strikt-alexander-gerndt |archive-date=25 March 2012 }} The affair was the biggest in Helsingborgs IF's club history.{{cite news |url=http://fotboll.expressen.se/allsvenskan/1.2503137/hif-storsta-affaren-i-klubbens-historia |title=HIF: "Största affären i klubbens historia" |newspaper=Expressen |language=sv |date=18 July 2011 |access-date=18 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719185115/http://fotboll.expressen.se/allsvenskan/1.2503137/hif-storsta-affaren-i-klubbens-historia |archive-date=19 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}

Alexander Gerndt's first game with FC Utrecht did not come in the team's premiere game of the season on 6 August 2011; the Swedish Discipline Committee suspended Alexander Gerndt between 5–7 August as a result of an incident on 23 July when he punched Malmö player Miljan Mutavdžić in the head, and the suspension was carried over to FC Utrecht as the Dutch Football Association (DFA) was notified by the Swedish Football Association (SFA) of the suspension.{{cite news |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/internationell/holland/article13422037.ab |title=Gerndt får inte spela premiären med Utrecht |newspaper=Aftonbladet |author=Johan Flinck, Fredrik Jönsson |language=sv |date=4 August 2011 |access-date=4 August 2011}}{{cite news |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/sverige/allsvenskan/helsingborg/article13367280.ab |title=Gerndt lämnade HIF – med ett rött kort |newspaper=Aftonbladet |author=Daniel Grefve |language=sv |date=23 July 2011 |access-date=24 July 2011}} Instead, his debut game with FC Utrecht came on 14 August 2011, at home against De Graafschap. The game ended in a 2–2 tie. Alexander Gerndt had a great chance to score the game-winning goal in the second half, but the shot hit the inside post.{{cite web |url=http://hd.se/sport/2011/08/14/gerndt-mallos-i-debuten/ |title=Gerndt mållös i debuten |publisher=Helsingborgs Dagblad |author=Torbjörn Dencker |work=Helsingborgs Dagblad |language=sv |date=14 August 2011 |access-date=15 August 2011}} Gerndt's first goal with Utrecht came instead on 19 September 2011, in a match against Heracles Almelo that finished in another 2–2 tie.{{cite news |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/internationell/holland/article13642324.ab |title=Flera svenskar nätade i Holland |newspaper=Aftonbladet |author=Fredrik Jönsson |language=sv |date=18 September 2011 |access-date=19 September 2011}}

On 31 January 2013, the last day of the 2012–13 transfer window, it was confirmed that Gerndt had joined Swiss Super League club Young Boys.{{cite news |last1=Wagner |first1=Michael |last2=Larsson |first2=Jimmie |title=Gerndt till Young Boys för 20 miljoner kronor |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/a/yvmbAA/gerndt-till-young-boys-for-20-miljoner-kronor |access-date=16 January 2021 |work=Aftonbladet |date=31 January 2013 |language=Swedish}}

Gerndt moved to FC Lugano, also of the Swiss Super League, in August 2017. He signed a contract until 2019. He played his first game just three days after being transferred to Lugano.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bluewin.ch/de/sport/fussball/2017/8/2/gerndt-von-den-young-boys-zu-lugano.html |title=Gerndt von den Young Boys zu Lugano |access-date=5 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806023436/https://www.bluewin.ch/de/sport/fussball/2017/8/2/gerndt-von-den-young-boys-zu-lugano.html |archive-date=6 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}

On 3 July 2021, he signed a contract with Thun in the second-tier Swiss Challenge League for the term of one year with an option for a second year.{{cite web|publisher=Thun|url=https://fcthun.ch/de/News/Newsmeldung?newsid=3734&teaserId=|title=Willkommen Alexander Gerndt|date=3 July 2021|accessdate=19 October 2021|language=de}}

Alexander Gerndt scored his first goal for the Sweden national team against Botswana, scoring the 1–0 goal in a game that ended with a 2–1 win for the Swedish team.{{Cite web|title=Alexander Gerndt - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll|url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/alexander-gerndt/e561befb-dde1-4422-b2cf-743cb78a7ee0/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-08|website=www.svenskfotboll.se.|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608134410/https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/alexander-gerndt/e561befb-dde1-4422-b2cf-743cb78a7ee0/ |archive-date=8 June 2021 }}

Gerndt has gone through a divorce with his wife My, and they have two children together.{{cite news|title=Jag var helt förstörd|language=sv|newspaper=Aftonbladet|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/landslagsfotboll/emkvalet/article12775147.ab?teaser=true|access-date=11 April 2011}} He has talked about his big interest of tattoos and he has said it's like an obsession. "Once you’ve started, you can’t stop; you are always looking for what the next tattoo project can be."{{cite web|date=28 October 2010|title=TV: Ekwall vs. Lundh med Gerndt: "När man börjat tatuera sig är det svårt att sluta"|url=http://www.fotbollskanalen.se/1.1875855/2010/10/28/tv_ekwall_vs._lundh_med_gerndt_nar_man_borjat_tatuera_sig_ar_det_svart_att_sluta|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722000151/http://www.fotbollskanalen.se/1.1875855/2010/10/28/tv_ekwall_vs._lundh_med_gerndt_nar_man_borjat_tatuera_sig_ar_det_svart_att_sluta|archive-date=22 July 2011|access-date=18 July 2011|publisher=Fotbollskanalen|language=sv}} Gerndt was also a survivor of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.{{cite news|author=Ludvig Holmberg|date=21 July 2010|title=Gerndt: "Vi hade bara tur som överlevde"|language=sv|newspaper=Expressen|url=http://fotboll.expressen.se/allsvenskan/1.2072084/gerndt-vi-hade-bara-tur-som-overlevde|url-status=dead|access-date=18 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827091450/http://fotboll.expressen.se/allsvenskan/1.2072084/gerndt-vi-hade-bara-tur-som-overlevde|archive-date=27 August 2011}}

In December 2011, Gerndt was handed a suspended jail sentence and fined 80,000 SEK for assaulting his ex-wife My. This handed him an indefinite ban from the Sweden national team, as decided by the Swedish Football Association (SvFF).{{cite web|author=Laul/Wagner/Linderstam/Sjögren|date=14 December 2011|title=Alexander Gerndt stängs av från landslaget|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/landslagsfotboll/landslaget/article14079133.ab|access-date=14 December 2011|work=Aftonbladet|language=sv}}{{cite web|author=Johan Andersson|date=13 December 2011|title=Alexander Gerndt döms för misshandel|url=http://nyheter24.se/sport/fotboll24/landslag/article637569.ece|access-date=26 December 2011|publisher=Nyheter24.se|language=sv}} However, the suspension from the national team was lifted on 27 April 2012.{{cite web|last=Holmberg|first=Ludvig|date=27 April 2012|title=Gerndts avstängning hävs - kan spela i EM|url=http://www.expressen.se/sport/fotboll/landslaget/gerndts-avstangning-havs---kan-spela-i-em/|access-date=8 August 2012|work=Expressen|language=sv}} Both Gerndt and the prosecutor of the case decided to appeal the sentence on 3 January 2012. Gerndt considered himself not guilty while the prosecutor originally was appealing for a three-month jail sentence.{{cite web|date=3 January 2012|title=Gerndt överklagar domen|url=https://www.dn.se/sport/fotboll/gerndt-overklagar-domen/|access-date=4 January 2012|work=Dagens Nyheter|language=sv}}

:Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Gerndt goal.

Helsingborg

• Allsvenskan: 2011

Individual

• Allsvenskan top scorer: 2010 (20 goals)
• Allsvenskan Player of the Year: 2010
• Swiss Super League Goal of the Year: 2020–21

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