Jörgen Lennartsson
{{Short description|Swedish footballer and manager (born 1965)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jörgen Lennartsson
| image = Jörgen Lennartsson.jpg
| fullname = Dan Inge Jörgen Lennartsson
| height =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|4|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Växjö, Sweden
| death_date =
| currentclub = Al-Fateh (assistant)
| position = Midfielder
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1980–1983
| clubs1 = Växjö Norra IF
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 1984–1986
| clubs2 = FK Växjö
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| manageryears1 = 1979–1988
| managerclubs1 = Växjö Norra IF (youth team)
| manageryears2 = 1989
| managerclubs2 = Vederslöv/Dänningelanda IF
| manageryears3 = 1990–1993
| managerclubs3 = Östers IF (U20 coach)
| manageryears4 = 1994–1999
| managerclubs4 = Helsingborgs IF (U20 coach)
| manageryears5 = 2000–2001
| managerclubs5 = Helsingborgs IF (assistant coach)
| manageryears6 = 2002–2004
| managerclubs6 = BK Häcken
| manageryears7 = 2005
| managerclubs7 = Sweden U17
| manageryears8 = 2005
| managerclubs8 = Sweden U21 (assistant coach)
| manageryears9 = 2006–2010
| managerclubs9 = Sweden U21
| manageryears10 = 2011
| managerclubs10 = Stabæk
| manageryears11 = 2012–2013
| managerclubs11 = IF Elfsborg
| manageryears12 = 2015–2017
| managerclubs12 = IFK Göteborg
| manageryears13 = 2018–2019
| managerclubs13 = Lillestrøm SK
| manageryears14 = 2021–2022
| managerclubs14 = Helsingborgs IF
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Dan Inge Jörgen Lennartsson (born 10 April 1965) is a Swedish football manager and former player, he is the currently assistant head coach of Saudi Pro League side Al-Fateh.{{Worldfootball.net|joergen-lennartsson}}
Career
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Lennartsson was born in Växjö. He became the manager of the Swedish U21 team after he had held many positions in various clubs in Sweden, the majority of which were youth coach and assistant manager positions.
After the appointment of Erik Hamrén as the head coach of the Sweden men's national football team there was speculation about Lennartsson being appointed assistant coach.{{Cite web |url=http://fotboll.expressen.se/landslaget/1.1768928/assistent-krattar-for-hamrens-dubbeljobb |title=Assistent krattar för Hamréns dubbeljobb |access-date=5 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723103219/http://fotboll.expressen.se/landslaget/1.1768928/assistent-krattar-for-hamrens-dubbeljobb |archive-date=23 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}
On 2 August 2010, Stabæk announced that Lennartson would take over as head coach, and replace Jan Jönsson on 1 January 2011.{{cite web| url = http://www.dagbladet.no/2010/08/02/sport/jrgen_lennartsson/stabek/jan_jnsson/tippeligaen/12802417/| title = – Han har en veldig god merittliste| date = 2 August 2010}} But only after one season in Stabæk, Lennartson had to leave his post as a manager due to Stabæks big economic problems.
Before the 2012 Allsvenskan season, Lennartsson signed a four-year contract as a head manager for IF Elfsborg. He took over Elfsborg from Magnus Haglund who had been in Elfsborg for eight years, but moved to be the coach of Lillestrøm SK. Lennartsson had been under Elfsborg's radar for a long time, not only for his achievements with the Sweden U21 team, the bronze medal in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, but mostly for his passion to football and his strong authority and leadership.{{cn|date=March 2025}} He has much knowledge about football and experience as a coach after 20 years at the sideline. His first player to buy was Joackim Jørgensen from Sarpsborg 08 in Norway, a player as he described was much alike Jari Ilola. He played in the Europa League qualification 2012–13 with Elfsborg.
On 30 September 2013, IF Elfsborg sacked manager Jörgen Lennartsson.
Before the start of the 2015 Allsvenskan season, IFK Göteborg appointed Lennartsson as manager following the sacking of previous head coach Mikael Stahre.{{cite web| url=http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Nyheter/2014/November/Lennartsson-tar-over-IFK-Goteborg/| title=Lennartsson tar över IFK Göteborg| publisher=IFK Göteborg| date=25 November 2014| access-date=23 September 2015| language=sv| archive-date=24 September 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924042217/http://www.ifkgoteborg.se/Nyheter/2014/November/Lennartsson-tar-over-IFK-Goteborg/| url-status=dead}}
Honours
=Manager=
References
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External links
- [http://www.svenskfotboll.se/t2llh.aspx?p=7177&x=1&a=126396 Profile at the Swedish football association]{{Dead link|date=February 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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