Klebér Saarenpää
John Klebér Saarenpää (14 December 1975[1]) is a Swedish football manager and a former footballer who won 11 caps for the Swedish national team. He is the head coach of IK Brage in Superettan.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Klebér Saarenpää | ||
| Date of birth | 14 December 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Uppsala, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | IK Brage (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1981– | Stäppens IF | ||
| –1991 | Uppsala-Näs IK | ||
| 1991–1992 | IK Sirius | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1994 | IK Sirius | 46 | (2) |
| 1995–1996 | Djurgårdens IF | 34 | (1) |
| 1997–2000 | IFK Norrköping | 88 | (4) |
| 2001–2004 | AaB | 31 | (1) |
| 2005 | IK Sirius | 5 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Hammarby IF | 6 | (0) |
| 2007 | Vejle Boldklub | 10 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | Hammarby IF | 13 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1995–1998 | Sweden U21 | 11 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Sweden | 11 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009–2010 | Hammarby IF (youth) | ||
| 2011 | Hammarby Talang FF | ||
| 2012–2013 | Syrianska | ||
| 2014 | Vejle BK (assistant manager) | ||
| 2014–2016 | Vejle BK | ||
| 2016 | Syrianska | ||
| 2017 | Hammarby IF (U19 manager) | ||
| 2018– | IK Brage | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Playing career
Saarenpää was born in Uppsala, of Finnish and Guinean descent, and started his career in local team Stäppens IF.
Saarenpää represented Djurgårdens IF, IFK Norrköping, Hammarby IF and AaB (in Denmark). He made a contract with the Danish club Vejle Boldklub from 1 January 2007. On 10 March 2007 the defender debuted as captain for Vejle Boldklub and scored two goals. His contract with Vejle Boldklub only ran until 30 June 2007 and Saarenpää has therefore played his last match for the club. After that he returned to his old club Hammarby IF and signed a two-year contract with the Stockholm based club. He ended his career after the 2008 season.
Coaching career
In January 2014 he signed a 2.5 year contract with Vejle Boldklub as an Assistant Manager.[3] In October of the same year he was promoted to Manager of Vejle Boldklub after the former Manager Tonny Hermansen withdrew from the position.[4] He was sacked on 23 April 2016.[5]
External links
- (in Danish) Vejle Boldklub profile
- (in Danish) AaB profile
References
- https://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/person/?playerid=4422
- KLEBÉR SAARENPÄÄ NY TRÄNARE IIK BRAGE‚ ikbrage.se, 16 November 2017
- http://www.vejle-boldklub.dk/index.php?nyhedsarkivet&newsId=6223
- http://www.vejle-boldklub.dk/index.php?nyheder&newsId=7325
- http://www.vejle-boldklub.dk/index.php?nyheder&newsId=8421