Martin Sjögren
.jpg) Sjögren in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 April 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Gimo, Sweden | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder[1] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Gimo IF | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2001 | University of North Florida | 26 | (5) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| IS Halmia | |||
| IFK Värnamo | |||
| Växjö BK | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004–2005 | Östers IF Dam | ||
| 2006–2009 | LdB FC Malmö (Assistant) | ||
| 2010–2011 | LdB FC Malmö | ||
| 2012–2016 | Linköping FC | ||
| 2016–2022 | Norway women | ||
| 2023–2024 | IFK Norrköping (men) (assistant) | ||
| 2024– | Hammarby IF | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Martin Sjögren (born 27 April 1977) is a Swedish football coach who is currently working as coach for Hammarby IF team in the Damallsvenskan.[2]
Career
[edit]Damallsvenskan
[edit]He won the 2016 Damallsvenskan title with Linköpings FC.
Norway national team
[edit]He agreed to take the Norway national team job in 2016.[3] Upon taking the job, he declared his ambitions to lead Norway to Olympic qualification.[4]
Norway failed to progress past the group stage in the UEFA Women's Euro 2017, finishing last in Group A without scoring a goal.
He led Norway to the quarterfinals of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, finishing second in Group A during the group stages before being defeated 3–0 by England in the quarterfinals.
The team failed to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
In 2021, he signed a new contract with the Norway national team, with included provisions for a performance review after the 2022 Euros. However, he resigned as Norwegian coach following the UEFA Women's Euro 2022, where Norway failed to progress past the group stage for a second consecutive tournament and suffered an 8–0 loss to England, one of the largest in the tournament's history.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Casper, Drew (5 August 2001). "Men's and women's soccer teams lose home openers". Retrieved 29 May 2019.
University of North Florida's junior defender Paul Pavich (Bradenton, FL) scored the game's only goal off a corner kick assisted by teammate sophomore midfielder Martin Sjogren (Uppsala. Sweden).
- ^ "Martin Sjögren ny huvudtränare för Hammarby". hammarbyfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "Sjögren: "Känns oerhört bra"". Helsingborgs Dagblad (in Swedish). 19 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "Martin Sjögren and Norway finally agree to part ways". allforxi.com. 19 July 2022.
- ^ "Martin Sjögren out as Norway coach after disappointing Euros". Just Women's Sports. 20 July 2022.
External links
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- Profile at Linköpings FC (in Swedish)
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- Swedish men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- University of North Florida alumni
- North Florida Ospreys men's soccer players
- Swedish football managers
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup managers
- UEFA Women's Euro 2022 managers
- Norway women's national football team managers
- Swedish expatriate football managers
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Expatriate football managers in Norway
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate soccer coaches in the United States
- Swedish football biography stubs
- Norwegian football biography stubs