Per "Pelle" Olsson (born 1 August 1963) is a Swedish football manager and a former player who works as head of scouting for Halmstads BK. He started out playing for his hometown club Skutskärs IF.[1] During his injury-filled playing career he also represented Gefle IF, Malmö FF,[2] Halmstads BK and the Sweden national under-21 football team.[3] 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]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 August 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Skutskär, Sweden | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Halmstads BK (head of scouting) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Skutskärs IF | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1984 | Gefle IF | ||
| 1984–1985 | Malmö FF | 17 | (7) |
| 1986–1987 | Halmstads BK | 39 | (10) |
| 1988–1992 | Gefle IF | ||
| International career | |||
| 1981 | Sweden U19 | 5 | (1) |
| 1983–1986 | Sweden U21 | 18 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1993–1995 | Gefle IF (assistant coach) | ||
| 1996 | Gefle IF (youth coach) | ||
| 1996–2002 | Gefle IF | ||
| 2003–2004 | Örebro SK (assistant coach) | ||
| 2005–2013 | Gefle IF | ||
| 2014–2016 | Djurgårdens IF | ||
| 2017 | AFC Eskilstuna | ||
| 2017–2020 | Sandvikens IF | ||
| 2020– | Halmstads BK (head of scouting). | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
References
edit- ^ "Demontränarna från Skutskär" (in Swedish). Arbetarbladet. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ^ "Avspark Gefle" (in Swedish). Malmö FF. Retrieved 23 February 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Per Olsson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Pelle Olsson är allsvenskans bästa tränare" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
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