Jörgen_Lennartsson
Jörgen Lennartsson
Swedish footballer and manager
Dan Inge Jörgen Lennartsson (born 10 April 1965) is a Swedish football manager and former player.[1] He is currently the head coach of the Allsvenskan team Helsingborgs IF.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dan Inge Jörgen Lennartsson | ||
| Date of birth | (1965-04-10) 10 April 1965 (age 58) | ||
| Place of birth | Växjö, Sweden | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Helsingborgs IF (head coach) | ||
| 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 | |||
Lennartsson was born in Växjö. He took over Elfsborg from Magnus Haglund who had been in Elfsborg for 8 years, but moved to be the trainer in Lillestrøm SK. Jörgen had been under Elfsborg's radar for a long time, not only for his achievements with the U-21, the bronze medal in UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, but mostly for his passion to football and his strong authority and leadership. He has much knowledge about football and experience as a trainer 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.
Lennartsson is former manager of Stabæk, where he started January 2011. Before Stabæk, he was the manager of the Swedish U21 team after he was held in 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 national football team there was speculation about Lennartsson being appointed assistant coach.[3]
On 2 August 2010, Stabæk announced that Lennartson would take over as head coach, and replace Jan Jönsson on 1 January 2011. But only after one season in Stabæk Jörgen had to leave his post as a manager due to Stabæks big economic problems. Before Allsvenskan season 2012 Jörgen signed a four-year contract as a head manager for IF Elfsborg.[4]
On 30 September 2013, IF Elfsborg sacked manager Jörgen Lennartsson. [5]
Before the start of the 2015 Allsvenskan season, IFK Göteborg appointed Lennartsson as manager following the sacking of previous head coach Mikael Stahre.[6]
Manager
BK Häcken
IF Elfsborg
- Jörgen Lennartsson at WorldFootball.net
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- "Assistent krattar för Hamréns dubbeljobb - Landslaget - Allsvenskan, Premier League, Serie A - och VM!". 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 Eurosport UK". uk.eurosport.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013.
- "Lennartsson tar över IFK Göteborg" (in Swedish). IFK Göteborg. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2015.