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Jörgen Lennartsson

Jörgen Lennartsson
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Personal information
Date of birth (1965-04-10) 10 April 1965 (age 52)
Place of birth Växjö, Sweden
Club information
Current team
IFK Göteborg (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1983 Växjö Norra IF
1984–1986 FK Växjö
Teams managed
1979–1988 Växjö Norra IF (Youth team)
1989 Vederslöv/Dänningelanda IF
1990–1993 Östers IF (U20 coach)
1994–1999 Helsingborgs IF (U20 coach)
2000–2001 Helsingborgs IF (assistant coach)
2002–2004 BK Häcken
2005 Sweden U17
2005 Sweden U21 (assistant coach)
2006–2010 Sweden U21
2011 Stabæk
2012–2013 IF Elfsborg
2015– IFK Göteborg
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Jörgen Lennartsson (born 10 April 1965 in Växjö) is a Swedish football manager.

He took over Elfsborg from Magnus Haglund who had been in Elfsborg for 8 years, but moved to be the trainer in Lillestrøm SK. Jörgen had been under Elfsborg's radar for a long time, not only for his achievements with the U-21, the bronze medal in UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, but mostly for his passion to football and his strong authority and leadership. He has much knowledge about football and experience as a trainer after 20 years at the sideline. His first player to buy was Joackim Jørgensen from Sarpsborg 08 in Norway, a player as he described was much alike Jari Ilola. He will play in the Europa League Q 2012/13 with Elfsborg.

Lennartsson is former manager of Stabæk, where he started January 2011. Before Stabæk, he was the manager of the Swedish U21 team after he was held in many positions in various clubs in Sweden, the majority of which were youth coach and assistant manager positions.

After the appointment of Erik Hamrén as the head coach of the Sweden national football team there was speculation about Lennartsson being appointed assistant coach.

On August 2, 2010, Stabæk announced that Lennartson would take over as head coach, and replace Jan Jönsson on January 1, 2011. But only after one season in Stabæk Jörgen had to leave his post as a manager due to Stabæks big economic problems. Before Allsvenskan season 2012 Jörgen signed a 4-year contract as a head manager for IF Elfsborg.


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