Holger Hansson

Personal information

Full name

Holger Valdemar Hansson

Date of birth

26 January 1927

Place of birth

Gothenburg, Sweden

Place of death

17 January 2014 (aged 86)^[1]

Playing position

Defender

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps^†

(Gls)^†

1946–1961

IFK Göteborg

254

(12)

National team

1952-1956

Sweden

(0)

Teams managed

1961-1962

1965-1967

1970-1972

1974

Honours

Men's Football
Competitor for Sweden
Bronze	Helsinki 1952	Team Competition

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Holger Valdemar Hansson (26 January 1927 – 17 January 2014) was a football player and coach. He was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. During his club career, Hansson played for IFK Göteborg.^[2] He won the bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[3]^[4] He later trained a number of teams, including IK Brage,^[5] IFK Göteborg, GAIS^[6] in Sweden.

References

Sweden squad – 1952 Summer Olympics – Bronze Medalists

1 K. Svensson 2 Samuelsson 3 Nilsson (c) 4 Hansson 5 Gustavsson 6 Lindh 7 Bengtsson 8 Löfgren 9 Rydell 10 Brodd 11 Sandberg 12 T. Svensson 13 Andersson 14 Åhlund 15 Å. Jönsson 16 Eriksson 17 Sandell 18 E. Jönsson Coach: Raynor

IFK Göteborg – managers

Bródy (1921–23)
Svensson (1924–29)
Hjelm (1930)
Svensson (1931–32)
Hjelm (1933–38)
Morris (1938–40)
Andersson (1941–42)
Svensson (1943)
Nagy (1943–48)
Rydberg (1948–49)
Mahon (1949–53)
Ohlsson (1953–54)
Probst (1954–58)
Stroh (1959–60)
Gren (1960)
Hansson (1961–62)
Brodd (1963–66)
Johansson (1967–70)
Karlsson (1971–73)
Hansson (1974)
Berghamn (1975–76)
Karlsson (1977–78)
Eriksson (1979–82)
Bengtsson (1982)
Westerberg (1983–84)
Bengtsson (1985–87)
Pettersson (1988–89)
Gustafsson (1990–95)
Jingblad (1996–98)
Almqvist (1998–99)
Lundin (1999–2002)
Gustafsson (2002)
Johansson (2003–04)
Erlandsen (2005–06)
Pettersson (2006)
Olsson & Rehn (2007–10)
Olsson (2010–11)
Stahre (2012–14)
Lennartsson (2015–)

GAIS – managers

Holmgren (1938–40)
Holmgren & Holmberg (1940–41)
Holmgren & Liljebjörn (1941–42)
Liljebjörn (1942–43)
Jernsten (1943–47)
Raynor & Jernsten (1947–48)
Jernsten (1948–49)
Wolf (1949–50)
Wolf & Ekstrand & Jacobsson (1950–51)
Ahlström (1951–52)
Jacobsson (1952–54)
Hallberg (1954–55)
Hallberg & Rosenqvist (1955–56)
Rosenqvist & Grahn (1956–57)
Grahn (1957–59)
Thorstensson (1960–61)
Takács (1962)
G. Gren (1963–64)
Hansson (1965–67)
G. Gren (1968–69)
Hansson (1970–72)
Varszegi (1973–75)
Varszegi & Jingård (1976)
Lindqvist (1977)
Hedén (1978–79)
Lilledal (1980)
Nilsson (1981)
Falk (1982–90)
Falk & Kristesen (1991)
Falk (1992)
Strömberg (1993–95)
Strömberg & Falk (1996)
H. Gren (1997–98)
Ottordal (1999–2000)
Ottordal & Kierdorf (2001)
Ottordal (2002)
Jacobsson (2003)
Nilsson (2004–07)
Pehrsson (2008)
Axén (2009–12)
Mak (2012)
Westman (2012)
Askebrand (2013–14)
Ljung (2014–)