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Thomas Dennerby
Swedish football coach
Thomas Lennart Dennerby (born 13 August 1959) is a Swedish football manager. He managed Sweden to a third place finish at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. He last served as the head coach of the India women's football team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Lennart Dennerby | ||
| Date of birth | (1959-08-13) 13 August 1959 (age 64) | ||
| Place of birth | Stockholm, Sweden | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977−1985 | Hammarby IF | 157 | (8) |
| 1985−1987 | Spårvägens IF | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Värtans IK | |||
| Spårvägens FF | |||
| 1996−1999 | Hammarby IF DFF | ||
| 2001 | Hammarby IF (assistant) | ||
| 2002−2004 | Djurgården/Älvsjö | ||
| 2005−2012 | Sweden (women) | ||
| 2013 | Hammarby IF | ||
| 2018−2019 | Nigeria (women) | ||
| 2019−2023 | India U17 (women) | ||
| 2019−2023 | India U20 (women) | ||
| 2021−2023 | India (women) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Dennerby, the former coach of the Nigeria women's national football team also known as super Falcons was previously a player in Hammarby IF[1] and Spårvägens IF, as well as the national U21 team. He has also worked as a police officer. As a coach, he won Allsvenskan with Hammarby IF in 2001, and Damallsvenskan with Djurgården/Älvsjö.[2]
Dennerby can be seen in the Sveriges Television documentary television series The Other Sport from 2013.
He became manager of the Nigerian women's national team in January 2018.[3] He resigned in October 2019.[4]
On 9 November 2019, All India Football Federation (AIFF) appointed Dennerby as the head coach of India U17 Women's team which is going to participate in the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup as the host of the edition.[5]
Later Thomas Dennerby took charge as Head Coach of the Indian Senior Women's National Team in August 2021.[6]
Individual
- Swedish Manager of the Year (women's football)[7] (1): 2004
- CAF Awards - Women's Coach of the Year (nominated)[8]
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- "uefa". Archived from the original on 8 September 2009.
- "Swede Thomas Dennerby to coach Nigeria's women's team". 25 January 2018. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- "Nigeria women's coach Thomas Dennerby resigns". 10 October 2019. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- "AIFF appoints Thomas Dennerby as the head coach of U17- women's world cup team". AIFF. 9 November 2019. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- "Thomas Dennerby to take charge as Head Coach of Indian Senior Women's Team". AIFF. 13 August 2021. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- "Övriga utmärkelser — fogis.se". fogis.se. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- "CAF Awards 2019: Former Super Falcons coach Thomas Dennerby nominated for African Women's Coach of the Year award". Pulse. Archived from the original on 27 November 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- Thomas Dennerby – UEFA coaching record (archived)
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