Klebér Saarenpää

Klebér Saarenpää
Personal information
Full nameJohn Klebér Saarenpää
Date of birth14 December 1975
Place of birthUppsala, Sweden
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in)
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current team
Vejle BK (head coach)
Youth career
1981–Stäppens IF
–1991Uppsala-Näs IK
1991–1992IK Sirius
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992–1995IK Sirius46(2)
1995–1996Djurgårdens IF34(1)
1997–2000IFK Norrköping88(4)
2001–2004AaB31(1)
2005–2005IK Sirius5(0)
2005–2007Hammarby IF6(0)
2007Vejle Boldklub10(2)
2007–2008Hammarby IF13(0)
National team
1995–1998Sweden U2111(0)
2000–2001Sweden11(0)
Teams managed
2012–2013Syrianska
2014Vejle BK (assistant manager)
2014–Vejle BK
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

John Klebér Saarenpää (14 December 1975[1] — ) is a Swedish football manager, former footballer and former member of the Swedish national team (11 caps).

Playing career

Saarenpää was born in Uppsala and started his career in local team Stäppens IF.

Saarenpää represented Djurgårdens IF, IFK Norrköping, Hammarby IF and AaB (in Denmark). He made a contract with the Danish club Vejle Boldklub from 1 January 2007. On 10 March 2007 the defender debuted as captain for Vejle Boldklub and scored two goals. His contract with Vejle Boldklub only ran until 30 June 2007 and Saarenpää has therefore played his last match for the club. After that he returned to his old club Hammarby IF and signed a two-year contract with the Stockholm based club. He ended his career after the 2008 season.

Coaching career

In January 2014 he signed a 2.5 year contract with Vejle Boldklub as an Assistant Manager.[2] In October of the same year he was promoted to Manager of Vejle Boldklub after the former Manager Tonny Hermansen withdrew from the position.[3]

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