Pelle Olsson

Per Olsson
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-08-01) 1 August 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Skutskär, Sweden
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Halmstads BK (head of scouting)
Youth career
Skutskärs IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1984 Gefle IF
1984–1985 Malmö FF 17 (7)
1986–1987 Halmstads BK 39 (10)
1988–1992 Gefle IF
International career
1981 Sweden U19 5 (1)
1983–1986 Sweden U21 18 (3)
Managerial career
1993–1995 Gefle IF (assistant coach)
1996 Gefle IF (youth coach)
1996–2002 Gefle IF
2003–2004 Örebro SK (assistant coach)
2005–2013 Gefle IF
2014–2016 Djurgårdens IF
2017 AFC Eskilstuna
2017–2020 Sandvikens IF
2020– Halmstads BK (head of scouting).
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Per "Pelle" Olsson (born 1 August 1963) is a Swedish football manager and a former player who works as head of scouting for Halmstads BK. He started out playing for his hometown club Skutskärs IF.[1] During his injury-filled playing career he also represented Gefle IF, Malmö FF,[2] Halmstads BK and the Sweden national under-21 football team.[3] In his managerial career he is influenced by the managers who he previously played for like Roy Hodgson, Stuart Baxter and Benny Lennartsson.[4] Before the start of the 2012 Allsvenskan season he was named the best manager in the league by newspaper Aftonbladet due to his ability to build a low-budget team that is greater than its individual parts.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Demontränarna från Skutskär" (in Swedish). Arbetarbladet. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Avspark Gefle" (in Swedish). Malmö FF. Retrieved 23 February 2013.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Per Olsson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Intervju med Pelle Olsson, del 1 – ledarskap, ekonomi och försäsongen: "Det skapas en tro på det vi gör"" (in Swedish). Svenska Fans. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  5. ^ "Pelle Olsson är allsvenskans bästa tränare" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 23 February 2013.


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