Benny Persson is a Swedish football manager.

Coaching career

Persson started his coaching career in Djurgården's youth teams.[1] Later in the decade, he was an assistant coach for the Djurgården senior team.[2] When the clubs Bålsta IF and Övergrans IF merged to form Håbo FF ahead of the 1997 season, Persson managed the men's team which would start in the Division 3.[3] Persson led the team to contest the 1998 and 1999 Division 2, before being hired by IF Brommapojkarna ahead of the 2000 season.[1] Persson managed Brommapojkarna during four seasons until 2003.[4] He then managed FC Väsby United and Syrianska FC.[5]

In the summer of 2005, he took over Djurgården/Älvsjö.[6] In late 2007, Persson took over AIK women's team[7] He left AIK after having finished fourth in the 2008 Damallsvenskan.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Ulfvebrand, Staffan (20 November 1999). "Brommapojkarna har fått klart..." Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). p. 50.
  2. ^ "Examensprov för Djurgår'n". Svenska Dagbladet. 26 July 1989. p. 25.
  3. ^ Ekstig, Leif (6 December 1996). "Stockholm". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish).
  4. ^ Lundin, Niklas (14 October 2003). "Benny Persson slutar i BP". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Syrianska får ny tränare". Dagens Nyheter. 17 November 2004. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Tränarbyte i Djurgården/Älvsjö - Radiosporten". Sverigesradio.se. 13 June 2005. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Persson från Djurgården till AIK". Svenska Dagbladet. 29 October 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  8. ^ "22-åring ny tränare i AIK - Sport". SVT.se. 3 November 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Persson
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