Jens Fjellström

Jens Fjellström (born 27 October 1966, in Umeå) is a former footballer and football commentator. He is currently working as a scout for the Danish national football team.

Jens Fjellström
Personal information
Full name Jens Åke Alexander Fjellström
Date of birth (1966-10-27) 27 October 1966
Place of birth Umeå, Sweden
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Denmark (scout)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1988 Gimonäs CK ? (?)
1988–1992 Djurgårdens IF 115 (23)
1993–1997 Malmö FF 98 (19)
1997–1998 → Dalian Wanda (loan) 44 (6)
1999–2000 Malmö FF 21 (0)
National team
1990–1992 Sweden 3 (1)
Teams managed
2016–2019 Malmö FF (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Fjellström started his career at local Umeå club Gimonäs CK. After the bigger clubs noticed his skills he moved to Stockholm and Djurgårdens IF. He remained at Djurgården for five seasons before moving to Malmö FF. He enjoyed much success at the club and went on a loan to Dalian Wanda in China before playing a final season in Malmö. Fjellström decided to end his career after a knee injury had made him miss a season after which he thought that he couldn't perform at the same level as before his injury.

Fjellström won a total of 3 caps for the Sweden national team, He scored his first and only international goal in a friendly match against Norway on 22 August 1990, which was also his international debut.[1]

After retiring

After retiring, Fjellström worked 15 years as a football expert on Swedish TV-channel TV4. He didn't extend his contract with the channel and instead on 26 July 2016, he was appointed as assistant manager of Malmö FF.[2] He left the position on 21 January 2019.[3]

In March 2019, he announced that he was going to work for the Danish national football team as a scout. His job was to go out and watch Denmark's opponents and then compile reports and give to manager Åge Hareide.[4]

References
  1. "Herrar A Träningslandskamp Matchinformation: Norge mot Sverige 1990-08-22 (1-2) — svenskfotboll.se". www2.svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  2. "Jens Fjellström ny tränare i Malmö FF (Jens Fjellström new coach at Malmö FF)". aftonbladet.se. 2016-07-26.
  3. Officiellt: Fjellström lämnar Malmö FF, fotbollskanalen.se, 21 January 2019
  4. Fjellströms nya jobb - i danska landslaget: "Lite kittlande", fotbollskanalen.se, 21 March 2019
  • Malmström, Håkan (2010). 100 MFF:ARE. Sydsvenska Dagbladets AB. ISBN 978-91-85319-71-8.


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