Magnus Pehrsson
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Karl Magnus Pehrsson | ||
| Date of birth | 25 May 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Malmö, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Malmö FF | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1982–1990 | IFK Lidingö | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1993 | IF Brommapojkarna | 2 | (0) |
| 1994–1996 | Djurgårdens IF | 62 | (4) |
| 1996 | → Bradford City (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | IFK Göteborg | 12 | (1) |
| 1999–2003 | Djurgårdens IF | 72 | (9) |
| Total | 149 | (14) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2004–2005 | Åtvidabergs FF | ||
| 2006 | IK Sirius | ||
| 2008 | GAIS | ||
| 2009–2010 | Aalborg BK | ||
| 2011–2013 | Djurgårdens IF | ||
| 2013–2016 | Estonia | ||
| 2016– | Malmö FF | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Karl Magnus Pehrsson (born 25 May 1976) is a Swedish football manager and former professional player who is the head coach of Swedish club Malmö FF. Before that appointment he managed the Estonian national team, from December 2013 to September 2016.
Magnus Pehrsson was born in Malmö but raised in Lidingö.
Pehrsson started his career in IFK Lidingö. He played for Djurgårdens IF and IFK Göteborg in Sweden, as well as Bradford City in England.
For the 1999 season, he rejoined Djurgården. He retired from football as a player due to an injury in 2003.
Pehrsson started his managing career as assistant manager in Åtvidabergs FF. He then managed IK Sirius in 2006 and GAIS in 2008.
In January 2009 he moved from the Swedish leagues to Denmark to coach the Danish Superliga team Aalborg BK.
In his first season AaB managed to finish the Superliga season in 7th with 3 wins and 7 draws from 16 matches under his management. AaB reached the 2008–09 Danish Cup final. In the UEFA Cup AaB were drawn against Deportivo La Coruña. AaB won the first leg at home 3–0 and the away leg 1–3 beating Deportivo 6–1 aggregate. AaB thereby earned a place among the last 16 where they faced Manchester City. After a 2–0 loss in Manchester in the first leg AaB fought back to tie the score with a 2–0 win at home, but were defeated by 4–3 on penalties.
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