Anders Grönhagen

Per Nils Anders Grönhagen (born 22 May 1953) is a manager and former football player. He signed as manager for the Norwegian Premier League club Fredrikstad F.K. on 29 January 2007 to replace Knut Torbjørn Eggen.

Anders Grönhagen

Personal information
Date of birth	(1953-05-22) 22 May 1953
Place of birth	Gudmundrå, Sweden
Playing position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Kramfors IF
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Kramfors IF
1971–1972	Kramfors-Alliansen
1973–1975	GIF Sundsvall
1976–1983	Djurgårdens IF	146	(48)
1984–1985	GIF Sundsvall	44	(33)
National team
1970–1971	Sweden U18[1]	8	(3)
1973–1976	Sweden U23[1]	13	(4)
1976–1979	Sweden[2]	18	(4)
Teams managed
1986–1989	GIF Sundsvall
1991	IFK Sundsvall
1994–1996	Djurgårdens IF
2002–2003	IF Elfsborg
2004	IF Brommapojkarna
2006	Djurgårdens IF
2007–2009	Fredrikstad FK
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Between 1997 and 1998, he was Club director in Djurgården.[3]

Player career

Club

Born in Gudmundrå, Sweden, Grönhagen made his debut for Kramfors IF in Division 3 as a 15-year-old.[3] In 1972, he joined GIF Sundsvall to play in Division 2 Norra.[3] With GIF Sundsvall, he qualified for the 1975 Allsvenskan and played 25 matches in his Allsvenskan debut season.[4]

For the 1976 season, Grönhagen joined Djurgårdens IF Fotboll.[3] Over eight seasons, he played 146 league games for Djurgården and scored 48 goals.[4] In 1983, Grönhagen returned to GIF Sundsvall.[3] He finished his playing career in 1985.[3]

International

He earned 18 international caps for Sweden.

Manager career

Grönhagen started his management career in GIF Sundsvall from 1986 to 89, before coaching IFK Sundsvall from 1990 to 92, Djurgårdens IF from 1994 to 96, GIF Sundsvall from 1999 to 2001.[3] In 2002, he took over IF Elfsborg.[3] He left Elfsborg after two seasons in 2003.[5]

In November 2003, it was announced that Grönhagen was to take over IF Brommapojkarna for the 2004 season.[6] He left after one season.[7] In September 2006, Grönhagen started his second tenure in Djurgårdens IF, taking over from Kjell Jonevret.[8] He managed the team for the remaining six matches of the season[9]

Grönhagen joined Norwegian Tippeligaen side Fredrikstad FK in 2007.[10] He finished second in the 2008 Tippeligaen before leaving in 2009.[11]

Career statistics

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GIF Sundsvall	1973	Division 2 Norra									0	0
	1974										0	0
	1975	Allsvenskan	25	3							25	3
	Total		25	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	3
Djurgården	1976	Allsvenskan	18	4			2	0			20	4
	1977		22	7							22	7
	1978		26	10							26	10
	1979		26	10							26	10
	1980		17	5							17	5
	1981		11	2							11	2
	1982	Division 2 Norra	17	4					2	1	19	5
	1983		9	6							9	6
	Total		146	48	0	0	2	0	2	1	150	49
GIF Sundsvall	1983	Division 3 Södra Norrland	9	3							9	3
	1984		21	18							21	18
	1985	Division 3 Mellersta Norrland	14	12							14	12
	Total		44	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	33
Career total			215	84	0	0	2	0	2	1	219	85

Honours

Club

GIF Sundsvall

• Division 2 Norra (1): 1974

Djurgårdens IF

• Division 2 Norra (1): 1982

Notes

References

1. Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken [100 years: Swedish Football Association's centenary 1904-2004, part 2: statistics] (in Swedish). Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
2. "Sweden national football team stats". passagen.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 9 June 2001.
3. "Guliganerna gratulerar Anders Grönhagen". svenskafans.com.
4. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. "Anders Grönhagen". national-football-teams.com.
5. Sveriges Radio. "Anders Grönhagen slutar i Elfsborg". sverigesradio.se.
6. "Grönhagen klar för Brommapojkarna". DN.SE.
7. "Grönhagen lämnar BP". Expressen.
8. SvD.se och TT. "Jonevret lämnar Djurgården". SvD.se.
9. "Jag har ett stort hjärta för Dif". Aftonbladet.
10. "Grönhagen tar över Fredriksstad". Expressen.
11. "Grönhagen slutar i Fredrikstad". DN.SE.

External links

• Anders Grönhagen at WorldFootball.net