Gabriel Petrović
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Gabriel Petrović is a Swedish footballer currently under contract for Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 side IF Brommapojkarna
IF Brommapojkarna
IF Brommapojkarna, also called BP, is a Swedish football club located in the borough of Bromma, in the western parts of Stockholm municipality. Brommapojkarna is the largest football club in Europe in terms of the number of active teams of all ages - in 2007 there were 247 teams and 3,000 players....

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He is a defensive midfielder with both Swedish and Serbian citizenship. Currently playing for IF Brommapojkarna in the Swedish premier division, Allsvenskan.

Starting his youth career in AIK
AIK Fotboll
AIK, , an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben, , when needed internationally AIK Stockholm, is a Swedish football club based at Råsunda stadium in Solna, a municipality in Stockholm County bordering to Stockholm City Centre...

 he developed all the way up to the first team squad in the beginning of season 2002. On 6 April 2002 he made his league debut entering the pitch in the 70th minute. Following year he played another 6 matches in the league and 2 in the first round of the UEFA cup
UEFA Cup
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. In 2005 he played another 14 games for the side and contributed when the club, after only one year in the second division, immediately advanced to the first league. Since his contract wasn't renewed he joined Finnish first team IFK Mariehamn
IFK Mariehamn
IFK Mariehamn is a Finnish football club, based in Mariehamn, capital of the Åland Islands. It currently plays in the Finnish Premier Division . The club's manager is Pekka Lyyski, and it plays its home matches at Wiklöf Holding Arena....

. His first and only year there was successful as the club ended the season in 5th place and he finished second in the assist league many of them coming from corners and set pieces. Season of 2007 and 2008 was spent in Väsby United which at the time played in 3rd division, div 1 Norra. First year was a success as the team finished second in the league which led to promotion to the 2nd division, superettan. The team made it far in the 2007 Swedish cup as they were sent out late in the semifinals against Kalmar, losing 4-1 home at Vilundavallen.

In summer of 2008 AIK Solna offered him a lucrative contract but he refused as he wanted to concentrate on his teams performance in the league and continue his studies in the School of Naprapathy in Stockholm. In end of 2008 he was transferred to newcomers in Swedish first league IF Brommapojkarna.
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