Anders Jonas Wallerstedt (born 18 March 1978) is a Swedish former footballer and current coach, who is the Manager of the Tipselit team of GIF Sundsvall.
[10] The player would be proven wrong as the team had a hard time without their star and finished 13th (of 14) and was relegated to Superettan after six straight seasons in the top flight.
Wallerstedt was purchased from GIF Sundsvall to Swedish giants IFK Göteborg for a reported sum of €50,000, along with his teammate and fellow striker Ali Gerba, to replace Peter Ijeh at the front.
His debut in Allsvenskan came in the first game of the season when he replaced his former GIF Sundsvall teammate as a second half-substitute (as a part of an unusual triple substitution), in a disappointing 0–0 draw against newly promoted side Öster.
He was initially used as a substitute for Stefan Selakovic, who failed to make an impact and in the 10th game for the season Wallerstedt finally made it into the starting eleven.
Faring much better than Selakovic and with the departure of fellow striker Marcus Berg to FC Groningen, he was regularly a starter in the latter half of the season, usually paired with Pontus Wernbloom at the top.
[14] The two strong and hard-working attackers proved to be a hard pair to defend against as IFK Göteborg finished the season with 14 straight games without a loss.
The final in Svenska Cupen was however not as much fun for Wallerstedt, who played the entire game as Göteborg lost the title to Kalmar FF (3–0).
This was attributed to the rise of new star Robin Söder and to managers Stefan Rehn and Jonas Olsson preferring the speed injected by Tobias Hysén rather than Wallerstedt's strength.
[21] His second goal of the season came in week 6 as he secured a point for his team from the penalty spot in the 1–1 draw against Qviding FIF, a game in which he also was chosen as captain in Stefan Ålander's absence.
[23] Jonas Wallerstedt made his international debut for the Sweden national team against South Africa in Pretoria on 27 November 1999 as he came in from the bench replacing Marcus Allbäck.