Hans Eklund

Hans Eklund
Personal information
Date of birth16 April 1969
Place of birthMönsterås, Sweden
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Falkenbergs FF (manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1984–1986Mönsterås GIF43(14)
1987–1997Östers IF259(115)
1994–1995Servette Genève7(1)
1998Dalian Wanda?(8)
1998–2000Viborg FF50(21)
2000–2003Helsingborgs IF79(23)
National team
1987–1990Sweden U2120(8)
1988–1994Sweden7(0)
Teams managed
2006–2007Helsingborgs IF (assistant)
2006Helsingborgs IF (caretaker)
2007–2009Viborg FF
2010–2012Landskrona BoIS (assistant)
2013Falkenbergs FF
2014Kalmar FF
2015–Falkenbergs FF
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Hans Eklund (born 16 April 1969) is a Swedish football manager, and former football player. He is currently manager of Falkenbergs FF. In his active career, Eklund played seven games for the Sweden national football team.

Playing career

Eklund started his career at Mönsterås GIF. In 1987, he moved to Östers IF. With 16 goals in the 1992 Allsvenskan season, he was the league top goal-scorer. He stayed at Östers until 1997, when he moved abroad to play for Servette FC in Switzerland. He moved on to Chinese club Dalian Wanda, before playing for Viborg FF in Denmark. Eklund secured Viborg their first nationwide title, when he scored the only goal as Viborg beat Aalborg BK 1-0 in the 2000 Danish Cup final. He returned to Sweden, to play for Helsingborgs IF. Eklund ended his career in 2003.

Managerial career

As he ended his active career, Eklund was hired as youth team coach at Helsingborgs IF. He was later promoted to assistant coach for the team. In November 2007, he was hired as manager of his former team Viborg FF. He was fired in April 2009 due to mixed results. In December 2009 it was announced that he would join Landskrona BoIS, working as an assistant manager.

Honours

Manager

Falkenbergs FF

Sources