Jörgen Lennartsson
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dan Inge Jörgen Lennartsson | ||
| Date of birth | 10 April 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | Växjö, Sweden | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Fateh (assistant) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1983 | Växjö Norra IF | ||
| 1984–1986 | FK Växjö | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1979–1988 | Växjö Norra IF (youth team) | ||
| 1989 | Vederslöv/Dänningelanda IF | ||
| 1990–1993 | Östers IF (U20 coach) | ||
| 1994–1999 | Helsingborgs IF (U20 coach) | ||
| 2000–2001 | Helsingborgs IF (assistant coach) | ||
| 2002–2004 | BK Häcken | ||
| 2005 | Sweden U17 | ||
| 2005 | Sweden U21 (assistant coach) | ||
| 2006–2010 | Sweden U21 | ||
| 2011 | Stabæk | ||
| 2012–2013 | IF Elfsborg | ||
| 2015–2017 | IFK Göteborg | ||
| 2018–2019 | Lillestrøm SK | ||
| 2021–2022 | Helsingborgs IF | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Dan Inge Jörgen Lennartsson (born 10 April 1965) is a Swedish football manager and former player, he is the currently assistant head coach of Saudi Pro League side Al-Fateh.[1]
Career
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Lennartsson was born in Växjö. He became the manager of the Swedish U21 team after he had held many positions in various clubs in Sweden, the majority of which were youth coach and assistant manager positions.
After the appointment of Erik Hamrén as the head coach of the Sweden men's national football team there was speculation about Lennartsson being appointed assistant coach.[2]
On 2 August 2010, Stabæk announced that Lennartson would take over as head coach, and replace Jan Jönsson on 1 January 2011.[3] But only after one season in Stabæk, Lennartson had to leave his post as a manager due to Stabæks big economic problems.
Before the 2012 Allsvenskan season, Lennartsson signed a four-year contract as a head manager for IF Elfsborg. He took over Elfsborg from Magnus Haglund who had been in Elfsborg for eight years, but moved to be the coach of Lillestrøm SK. Lennartsson had been under Elfsborg's radar for a long time, not only for his achievements with the Sweden U21 team, the bronze medal in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, but mostly for his passion to football and his strong authority and leadership.[citation needed] He has much knowledge about football and experience as a coach after 20 years at the sideline. His first player to buy was Joackim Jørgensen from Sarpsborg 08 in Norway, a player as he described was much alike Jari Ilola. He played in the Europa League qualification 2012–13 with Elfsborg.
On 30 September 2013, IF Elfsborg sacked manager Jörgen Lennartsson. [4]
Before the start of the 2015 Allsvenskan season, IFK Göteborg appointed Lennartsson as manager following the sacking of previous head coach Mikael Stahre.[5]
Honours
[edit]Manager
[edit]BK Häcken
IF Elfsborg
References
[edit]- ^ a b Jörgen Lennartsson at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Assistent krattar för Hamréns dubbeljobb". Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
- ^ "– Han har en veldig god merittliste". 2 August 2010.
- ^ "European Football – Swedish champions Elfsborg sack coach Lennartsson". Yahoo!. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013.
- ^ "Lennartsson tar över IFK Göteborg" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 25 November 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
External links
[edit]- Living people
- 1965 births
- Swedish men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Swedish football managers
- BK Häcken managers
- Stabæk Fotball managers
- IF Elfsborg managers
- IFK Göteborg managers
- Lillestrøm SK managers
- Helsingborgs IF managers
- Östers IF non-playing staff
- Helsingborgs IF non-playing staff
- Swedish expatriate football managers
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Expatriate football managers in Norway
- Allsvenskan managers
- Eliteserien managers
- Footballers from Växjö
- 20th-century Swedish sportsmen