Anders Grönhagen

Anders Grönhagen
Personal information
Date of birth22 May 1953
Place of birthGudmundrå, Sweden
Playing positionStriker
Youth career
Kramfors IF
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
Kramfors IF
1971–1972Kramfors-Alliansen
1973–1975GIF Sundsvall
1976–1983Djurgårdens IF146(48)
1984–1985GIF Sundsvall44(33)
National team
1970–1971Sweden U18[1]8(3)
1973–1976Sweden U23[1]13(4)
1976–1979Sweden[2]18(4)
Teams managed
1986–1989GIF Sundsvall
1991IFK Sundsvall
1994–1996Djurgårdens IF
2002–2003IF Elfsborg
2004IF Brommapojkarna
2006Djurgårdens IF
2007–2009Fredrikstad FK
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Per Nils Anders Grönhagen (born 22 May 1953 in Gudmundrå, Sweden) is a manager and former football player. He signed as manager for the Norwegian Premier League club Fredrikstad F.K. on 29 January 2007 to replace Knut Torbjørn Eggen.

Between 1997 and 1998, he was Club director in Djurgården.[3]

Player career

Club

Grönhagen made his debut for Kramfors IF in Division 3 as a 15-year-old.[3] In 1972, he joined GIF Sundsvall to play in Division 2 Norra.[3] With GIF Sundsvall, he qualified for the 1975 Allsvenskan and played 25 matches in his Allsvenskan debut season.[4]

For the 1976 season, Grönhagen joined Djurgårdens IF Fotboll.[3] Over eight seasons, he played 146 league games for Djurgården and scored 48 goals.[4] In 1983, Grönhagen returned to GIF Sundsvall.[3] He finished his playing career in 1985.[3]

International

Manager career

Grönhagen started his management career in GIF Sundsvall 1986-89, before coaching IFK Sundsvall 1990-92, Djurgårdens IF 1994-96, GIF Sundsvall 1999-2001.[3] In 2002, he took over IF Elfsborg.[3] He left Elfsborg after two seasons in 2003.[5]

In November 2003, it was announced that Grönhagen was to take over IF Brommapojkarna for the 2004 season.[6] He left after one season.[7] In September 2006, Grönhagen started his second tenure in Djurgårdens IF, taking over from Kjell Jonevret.[8] He managed the team for the remaining six matches of the season[9]

Grönhagen joined Norwegian Tippeligaen side Fredrikstad FK in 2007.[10] He finished second in the 2008 Tippeligaen before leaving in 2009.[11]

Career statistics

Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GIF Sundsvall 1973 Division 2 Norra 0 0
1974 0 0
1975 Allsvenskan 25 3 25 3
Total 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 3
Djurgården 1976 Allsvenskan 18 4 2 0 20 4
1977 22 7 22 7
1978 26 10 26 10
1979 26 10 26 10
1980 17 5 17 5
1981 11 2 11 2
1982 Division 2 Norra 17 4 2 1 19 5
1983 9 6 9 6
Total 146 48 0 0 2 0 2 1 150 49
GIF Sundsvall 1983 Division 3 Södra Norrland 9 3 9 3
1984 21 18 21 18
1985 Division 3 Mellersta Norrland 14 12 14 12
Total 44 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 33
Career total 215 84 0 0 2 0 2 1 219 85

Honours

Club

GIF Sundsvall
Djurgårdens IF

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken [100 years: Swedish Football Association's centenary 1904-2004, part 2: statistics] (in Swedish). Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
    2. ↑ "Sweden national football team stats". passagen.se (in Swedish).
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 "Guliganerna gratulerar Anders Grönhagen". svenskafans.com.
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. "Anders Grönhagen". national-football-teams.com.
    5. ↑ Sveriges Radio. "Anders Grönhagen slutar i Elfsborg". sverigesradio.se.
    6. ↑ "Grönhagen klar för Brommapojkarna". DN.SE.
    7. ↑ "Grönhagen lämnar BP". Expressen.
    8. ↑ SvD.se och TT. "Jonevret lämnar Djurgården". SvD.se.
    9. ↑ "”Jag har ett stort hjärta för Dif”". Aftonbladet.
    10. ↑ "Grönhagen tar över Fredriksstad". Expressen.
    11. ↑ "Grönhagen slutar i Fredrikstad". DN.SE.

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