Jesper Ljung

Jesper Pierre Ljung (born 31 December 1973) is a Swedish football manager who currently serves as a youth coach at BK Häcken. He is also a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Jesper Ljung
Personal information
Full name Jesper Pierre Ljung
Date of birth (1973-12-31) 31 December 1973
Place of birth Malmö, Sweden
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Ryssby IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989 Ljungby IF 3 (1)
1989–1991 Kalmar AIK Fotboll 45 (13)
1992–1998 Helsingborgs IF 103 (13)
1998–2000 Vejle BK 39 (3)
2000–2003 Landskrona BoIS 72 (5)
2003 Raufoss IL 10 (3)
2004–2007 BK Häcken 85 (10)
Total 357 (48)
National team
1989–1991 Sweden U17 30 (14)
1993–1995 Sweden U21 15 (3)
1995 Sweden B 1 (0)
Teams managed
Holmalunds IF
2010–2014 FC Trollhättan
2014–2016 GAIS (assistant)
2016– BK Häcken (youth)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Early life

Born in Malmö, Ljung grew up in Ryssby in Ljungby municipality and eventually started his footballing career with Kalmar AIK Fotboll and debuted in the second division at the age of 16.[1]

Club career

Considered one of the best prospects in Sweden at the time,[2] he later chose to join Helsingborgs IF due to their home crowd despite interest from the most successful Swedish clubs.[1] After injury in 1997 and surgery in 1998, Ljung signed for Danish side Vejle BK[2] to replace Denmark international Thomas Gravesen, who left for Hamburger SV in the German top flight.[1]

In 2003, he signed for Raufoss IL in the Norwegian second division.[1]

International career

Ljung won a total of 45 youth caps for the Sweden U17 and U21 teams, and appeared once for the Sweden B team in a friendly game against Scotland B.[3]

References
  1. Lördagsintervjun: ”Jag tackade nej till Blåvitt” blogg.ttela.se
  2. Vejle vinder på udlændinge jyllands-posten.dk (Archived)
  3. "Jesper Ljung - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 November 2020.
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