Christian Sund (born 24 December 1978) is a Finnish football coach and a former player. He is the head coach of Ekenäs IF (EIF) in Ykkösliiga.

Coaching career

After retiring, Sund worked as a youth coach for Vasa IFK and later SJK. In 2018, he took charge of VPS's B-team and later became assistant manager of the first team in the beginning of 2019.[1] In the summer 2019, he was appointed manager of the club.[2]

On 17 November 2021, he signed a two-year contract as the head coach of KPV, beginning in the 2022 season.[3]

On 14 November 2023, it was announced that Sund joins Ykkösliiga club KTP as their new assistant manager.[4]

After the dismissal of Gabriel Garcia Xatart, in August 2024 Sund was named the head coach of Ekenäs IF in Veikkausliiga.[5] He couldn't help the club from relegating, but extended his contract with EIF for the next 2025 Ykkösliiga season.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 4 October 2024.[7][8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cups[a] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
BK-IFK 1995 Kakkonen 18 2 – – 18 2
1996 Kakkonen 22 9 – – 22 9
Total 40 11 0 0 0 0 40 11
Östers IF 1997 Allsvenskan 0 0 – 3[b] 0 3 0
1998 Allsvenskan 0 0 – – 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0
VPS 1999 Veikkausliiga 12 0 – 0 0 12 0
2000 Veikkausliiga 27 2 – – 27 2
2001 Veikkausliiga 31 6 – – 31 6
2002 Veikkausliiga 21 2 – – 21 2
Total 91 10 0 0 0 0 91 10
BK-IFK (loan) 1999 Kakkonen 3 0 – – 3 0
HJK Helsinki 2003 Veikkausliiga 18 1 0 0 3[c] 0 21 1
Lahti 2004 Veikkausliiga 25 2 – – 25 2
2005 Veikkausliiga 0 0 – – 0 0
2006 Veikkausliiga 11 0 – – 11 0
2007 Veikkausliiga 23 0 – – 23 0
Total 59 2 0 0 0 0 59 2
Stabæk (loan) 2005 1. divisjon 13 0 3 0 – 16 0
2006 Tippeligaen 4 0 – – 4 0
Total 17 0 3 0 0 0 20 0
Stabæk 2 (loan) 2005 3. divisjon 1 0 – – 1 0
VIFK 2008 Ykkönen 25 7 – – 25 7
JJK Jyväskylä 2009 Veikkausliiga 24 1 6 0 – 30 1
2010 Veikkausliiga 13 1 1 0 – 14 1
Total 37 2 7 0 0 0 44 2
SJK Seinäjoki 2011 Kakkonen 27 3 – – 27 3
2012 Ykkönen 24 1 1 1 – 25 2
Total 51 4 1 1 0 0 52 5
VIFK 2013 Kakkonen 22 1 – – 22 1
Career total 364 38 11 1 6 0 381 39
  1. ^ Includes Suomen Cup, Norwegian Football Cup and Finnish League Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Manager

As of 19 October 2024
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
VPS Finland 8 July 2019 31 December 2020 40 14 10 16 035.00
KPV Finland 1 January 2022 31 December 2023 69 23 18 28 033.33
Ekenäs IF Finland 13 August 2024 present 8 1 4 3 012.50
Total 117 38 32 47 032.48

References

  1. ^ Christian Sund edustusjoukkueen valmennusryhmään, vepsu.fi, 8 December 2018
  2. ^ "Pystymme kääntämään kurssin" – Christian Sund on VPS:n uusi päävalmentaja, vepsu.fi, 10 July 2019
  3. ^ "Christian Sund jatkaa KPV: n valmennuksessa!" (in Finnish). KPV. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  4. ^ Christian Sund siirtyy KPV:stä Kotkaan KTP:n kakkosvalmentajaksi, Keskipohjanmaa, 14 November 2023
  5. ^ Christian Sund EIF:n peräsimeen – päävalmentajan tehtävään kiinni jo tiistaina, veikkausliiga.com, 13 August 2024
  6. ^ TRÄNARE OCH LAGLEDNING FÖR 2025, herrar.eiffotboll.fi, 18 October 2024
  7. ^ Christian Sund stats, Finnish FA
  8. ^ Christian Sund stats, Norwegian FA
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Sund
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