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Tommy Söderberg

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Tommy Söderberg
Tommy Söderberg in June 2006
Personal information
Date of birth (1948-08-19) 19 August 1948 (age 76)
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Ängby IF
Managerial career
1972 BK Väster
1973–1977 IF Brommapojkarna (youth team)
1980–1981 Spånga IS
1982–1985 IF Brommapojkarna
1986 Djurgårdens IF (ass. coach)
1987–1989 Djurgårdens IF
1990 Djurgårdens IF (youth team)
1991–1993 AIK
1994–1997 Sweden U-21
1998–2004 Sweden
2004–2012 Sweden U-21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tommy Söderberg (born 19 August 1948) is a Swedish football manager and coach.

Career

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Söderberg had his active career in Stockholm clubs Ängby IF and IK Continental, before taking roles in various Stockholm clubs.[1] Söderberg joined head coach Björn Westerberg of Djurgården as an assistant coach before the 1986 season.[2] The following season, he became manager, first signing a one-year contract in October 1986.[3]

As a manager, he won the Swedish league title with AIK in 1992. Later he went on to coach the Swedish U21 national team, and when Tommy Svensson left his job as national team manager in 1998, the path was open for Söderberg. He took Sweden to the Euro 2000 tournament. The same year Lars Lagerbäck was promoted from assistant coach to joint coach together with Söderberg.

Under management of the new coaching duo, Sweden qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2004. During the 2004 European Championship, Söderberg decided to leave his position after the tournament[4] and return to coach the U21 team, which he later managed together with Jörgen Lennartsson.

References

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  1. ^ "VM-profilen 13 juni: Tommy Söderberg". Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Söderberg ny tränare i Djurgår'n". Svenska Dagbladet. 8 November 1985. p. 28.
  3. ^ "Rena rama snurren". Svenska Dagbladet. 16 October 1986. p. 27.
  4. ^ "Sista striden är här". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 9 June 2004. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
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