Per Olsson

Per Olsson
Personal information
Date of birth1 August 1963
Place of birthSkutskär, Sweden
Playing positionForward (retired)
Club information
Current team
Djurgårdens IF (manager)
Youth career
Skutskärs IF
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1981–1984Gefle IF
1984–1985Malmö FF17(7)
1986–1987Halmstads BK
1988–1992Gefle IF
National team
Sweden U21
Teams managed
1993–1995Gefle IF (assistant coach)
1996Gefle IF (youth coach)
1996–2002Gefle IF
2003–2004Örebro SK (assistant coach)
2005–2013Gefle IF
2014–Djurgårdens IF
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Per "Pelle" Olsson (born 1 August 1963) is a Swedish football manager and the current manager of Djurgårdens IF.[1] He started out playing for his hometown club Skutskärs IF.[2] During his injury-filled playing career he also represented Gefle IF, Malmö FF,[3] Halmstads BK and the Sweden national under-21 football team. In his managerial career he is influenced by the managers who he previously played for like Roy Hodgson, Stuart Baxter and Benny Lennartsson.[4] Before the start of the 2012 Allsvenskan season he was named the best manager in the league by newspaper Aftonbladet due to his ability to build a low-budget team that is greater than its individual parts.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Pelle Olsson ny tränare i Djurgården". dif.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF. 20 November 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Demontränarna från Skutskär" (in Swedish). Arbetarbladet. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "Avspark Gefle" (in Swedish). Malmö FF. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  4. ↑ "Intervju med Pelle Olsson, del 1 – ledarskap, ekonomi och försäsongen: "Det skapas en tro på det vi gör"" (in Swedish). Svenska Fans. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "Pelle Olsson är allsvenskans bästa tränare" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 23 February 2013.