Pelle Olsson

Per "Pelle" Olsson (born 1 August 1963) is a Swedish football manager in charge of Sandvikens IF. He started out playing for his hometown club Skutskärs IF.[1] During his injury-filled playing career he also represented Gefle IF, Malmö FF,[2] Halmstads BK and the Sweden national under-21 football team. In his managerial career he is influenced by the managers who he previously played for like Roy Hodgson, Stuart Baxter and Benny Lennartsson.[3] Before the start of the 2012 Allsvenskan season he was named the best manager in the league by newspaper Aftonbladet due to his ability to build a low-budget team that is greater than its individual parts.[4]

Per Olsson
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-08-01) 1 August 1963
Place of birth Skutskär, Sweden
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
Sandvikens IF (Head coach)
Youth career
Skutskärs IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1984 Gefle IF
1984–1985 Malmö FF 17 (7)
1986–1987 Halmstads BK 39 (10)
1988–1992 Gefle IF
National team
Sweden U21
Teams managed
1993–1995 Gefle IF (assistant coach)
1996 Gefle IF (youth coach)
1996–2002 Gefle IF
2003–2004 Örebro SK (assistant coach)
2005–2013 Gefle IF
2014–2016 Djurgårdens IF
2017 AFC Eskilstuna
2017– Sandvikens IF
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

References

  1. "Demontränarna från Skutskär" (in Swedish). Arbetarbladet. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  2. "Avspark Gefle" (in Swedish). Malmö FF. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  3. "Intervju med Pelle Olsson, del 1 – ledarskap, ekonomi och försäsongen: "Det skapas en tro på det vi gör"" (in Swedish). Svenska Fans. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  4. "Pelle Olsson är allsvenskans bästa tränare" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
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