Tommy Svensson

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"Thomas "Tommy" Svensson (born 4 March 1945) is a Swedish football manager and former player.

His playing career took him to Östers IF as well as Belgian Standard Liège. He was awarded Guldbollen in 1969 and played at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. After retiring, he started working as the Östers IF coach. He later had a successful period with Tromsø IL, and became national team coach in 1991. He led the Swedish team to the 1992 European Football Championship semi final as well as a bronze medal at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He continued with the national team until 1997, and later worked in television with match commentary as well as coaching Tromsø for a second period in 2001.

Tommy Svensson is the son of Stig Svensson and the uncle of Joachim Björklund.

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Preceded by
Nils Andersson
(caretaker)
Sweden national
football team

manager

1991–97
Succeeded by
Tommy Söderberg
Preceded by
Björn Nordqvist
Swedish Football player of the year
1969
Succeeded by
Jan Olsson