Nanne Bergstrand
 Bergstrand in September 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kurt Arne Nanne René Bergstrand | ||
| Date of birth | 28 April 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Markaryd,Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward[1] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1976 | Markaryds IF | ||
| 1977–1978 | Halmstads BK | ||
| 1979–1980 | Markaryds IF | ||
| 1981–1982 | Kalmar FF | ||
| 1983–1988 | Markaryds IF | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1984 | Traryds IF | ||
| 1985–1991 | Markaryds IF | ||
| 1992–1993 | Växjö Norra IF | ||
| 1994–1996 | Östers IF | ||
| 1997 | IK Oddevold | ||
| 1998–1999 | Kalmar FF | ||
| 2000–2001 | Helsingborgs IF | ||
| 2002–2013 | Kalmar FF | ||
| 2014–2016 | Hammarby IF | ||
| 2017–2018 | Kalmar FF | ||
| 2020 | Kalmar FF | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Kurt Arne "Nanne" René Bergstrand(born 28 April 1956) is a Swedishfootball managerand formerfootball player.He has previously coachedHelsingborgs IF,Östers IF,Kalmar FFandHammarby IFinAllsvenskan.
His over ten-year tenure as manager of Kalmar FF made him the tenth longest-serving manager in European first-division football at the time according to UEFA.[2]During the later years of his career at Kalmar FF he was sometimes referred to as the Swedish equivalent toAlex Ferguson.[3][4][5]
Playing career
[edit]Aforward,Bergstrand started playing first team football at the age of 16 for the local small town clubMarkaryds IF.He had short spells atAllsvenskanclubsHalmstads BKandKalmar FFas well as a trial withManchester Cityin 1980, who were unable to sign him due to work permit issues. Players outsideEEChad to play at international level to get a work permit. He ended up returning to his hometown club where he also took over as manager in 1985.[6]
Managerial career
[edit]During his time withHelsingborgs IFhe helped the club qualify for the2000–01 UEFA Champions League group stageafter beatingInter Milan1–0 on aggregate in the final qualifying round.[7]
Most of his time as manager has been spent in charge ofKalmar FFwho he has managed for a total of 590 games.[8]The club had previously spent most of their existence in the second tier of Swedish football but with Bergstrand in charge they started getting top half finishes in the first tierAllsvenskanand eventually won the league for the first time ever in 2008. That same year he was voted "Manager of the year" in Sweden and had a street inKalmarnamed after him.[9]
Before the 2014 season, he signed a long term-deal withHammarby IFfromStockholm.During his first season as manager, the team finished first in theSuperettan-table, gaining promotion toAllsvenskanafter a four-year stint in the second division.
He would guide the club to an 11th place in both the2015and2016 season.However, Bergstrand was sacked as the manager of Hammarby on 18 November 2016, with the board citing "a need to get a new voice and new energy into the club's sporting development".[10]
Bergstrand re-signed forKalmar FFin June 2017.[11]
Bergstrand currently holds the record for longest consecutive streak of managing an Allsvenskan club with 10 consecutive seasons with Kalmar FF during the years 2004 to 2013.[12]
Honours
[edit]Player
[edit]Manager
[edit]Kalmar FF
Hammarby
References
[edit]- ^abNanne Bergstrandat WorldFootball.net
- ^Club licensing benchmarking report financial year 2010UEFA
- ^""Framtidens kärlek kan vara här" - Sport - Sydsvenskan-Nyheter Dygnet Runt ".Archived fromthe originalon 10 November 2013.
- ^"Thomas Andersson Borstam valde Kalmar FF framför de här klubbarna…"(in Swedish). Archived fromthe originalon 26 October 2013.Retrieved15 November2013.
- ^""Otroligt misstag släppa Nanne – han ska ersätta"".Fotbolldirekt(in Swedish).
- ^"Guldtränaren Nanne återvände till Markaryd"(in Swedish). Smålänningen.Retrieved6 January2014.
- ^"Fansen krävde hans avgång – nu är Nanne kung"(in Swedish).Aftonbladet.Retrieved6 January2014.
- ^"Nanne Bergstrand avtackad"(in Swedish). Barometern. Archived fromthe originalon 6 January 2014.Retrieved6 January2014.
- ^"Nanne lämnar Kalmar"(in Swedish).Aftonbladet.8 July 2013.Retrieved6 January2014.
- ^"Nanne Bergstrand slutar som tränare i Hammarby Fotboll".Hammarby Fotboll. 10 November 2016.Retrieved10 January2017.
- ^Nanne Bergstrand tar över Kalmar FF‚ aftonbladet.se, 13 June 2017
- ^Frantz, Alf."Allsvenska rekord".www.svenskfotboll.se.Retrieved14 May2024.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
- 1956 births
- Living people
- Men's association football forwards
- Swedish men's footballers
- Swedish football managers
- Halmstads BK players
- Kalmar FF players
- Östers IF managers
- Helsingborgs IF managers
- Kalmar FF managers
- IK Oddevold managers
- Hammarby Fotboll managers
- People from Markaryd Municipality
- Sportspeople from Kronoberg County