Hans Eklund
Hans Eklund (born 16 April 1969) is a Swedish football manager, and former football player. He is currently manager of Falkenbergs FF. In his active career, Eklund played seven games for the Sweden national football team.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 April 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Mönsterås, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Falkenbergs FF (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1986 | Mönsterås GIF | 43 | (14) |
| 1987–1997 | Östers IF | 259 | (115) |
| 1994–1995 | Servette Genève | 7 | (1) |
| 1998 | Dalian Wanda | 26 | (8) |
| 1998–2000 | Viborg FF | 50 | (21) |
| 2000–2003 | Helsingborgs IF | 79 | (23) |
| National team | |||
| 1987–1990 | Sweden U21 | 20 | (8) |
| 1988–1994 | Sweden | 7 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2006–2007 | Helsingborgs IF (assistant) | ||
| 2006 | Helsingborgs IF (caretaker) | ||
| 2007–2009 | Viborg FF | ||
| 2010–2012 | Landskrona BoIS (assistant) | ||
| 2013 | Falkenbergs FF | ||
| 2014 | Kalmar FF | ||
| 2015– | Falkenbergs FF | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Playing career
Eklund started his career at Mönsterås GIF. In 1987, he moved to Östers IF. With 16 goals in the 1992 Allsvenskan season, he was the league top goal-scorer. He stayed at Östers until 1997, when he moved abroad to play for Servette FC in Switzerland. He moved on to Chinese club Dalian Wanda, before playing for Viborg FF in Denmark. Eklund secured Viborg their first nationwide title, when he scored the only goal as Viborg beat Aalborg BK 1-0 in the 2000 Danish Cup final. He returned to Sweden, to play for Helsingborgs IF. Eklund ended his career in 2003.
Managerial career
As he ended his active career, Eklund was hired as youth team coach at Helsingborgs IF. He was later promoted to assistant coach for the team. In November 2007, he was hired as manager of his former team Viborg FF. He was fired in April 2009 due to mixed results. In December 2009 it was announced that he would join Landskrona BoIS, working as an assistant manager.
Honours
Sources
- Hans Eklund at National-Football-Teams.com
- Hans Eklund till danska Viborg at Helsingborgs IF at the Wayback Machine (archived November 28, 2007) (in Swedish)
- Hans Eklund at SvFF (in Swedish)