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Anders Grönhagen
Swedish footballer and manager
Per Nils Anders Grönhagen (born 22 May 1953) is a former football manager and former football player.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Per Nils Anders Grönhagen | ||
| Date of birth | (1953-05-22) 22 May 1953 (age 70) | ||
| Place of birth | Gudmundrå, Sweden | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Kramfors IF | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Kramfors IF | |||
| 1971–1972 | Kramfors-Alliansen | ||
| 1973–1975 | GIF Sundsvall | ||
| 1976–1983 | Djurgårdens IF | 146 | (48) |
| 1984–1985 | GIF Sundsvall | 44 | (33) |
| International career | |||
| 1970–1971 | Sweden U18[1] | 8 | (3) |
| 1973–1976 | Sweden U23[1] | 13 | (4) |
| 1976–1979 | Sweden[2] | 18 | (4) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1986–1989 | GIF Sundsvall | ||
| 1991 | IFK Sundsvall | ||
| 1994–1996 | Djurgårdens IF | ||
| 2002–2003 | IF Elfsborg | ||
| 2004 | IF Brommapojkarna | ||
| 2006 | Djurgårdens IF | ||
| 2007–2009 | Fredrikstad FK | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Gudmundrå, Sweden, Grönhagen made his debut for Kramfors IF in Division 3 as a 15-year-old.[3] In 1972, he joined GIF Sundsvall to play in Division 2 Norra.[3] With GIF Sundsvall, he qualified for the 1975 Allsvenskan and played 25 matches in his Allsvenskan debut season.[4]
For the 1976 season, Grönhagen joined Djurgårdens IF Fotboll.[3] Over eight seasons, he played 146 league games for Djurgården and scored 48 goals.[4] In 1983, Grönhagen returned to GIF Sundsvall.[3] He finished his playing career in 1985.[3]
He earned 18 international caps and scored four goals for Sweden.[5]
Grönhagen started his management career in GIF Sundsvall from 1986 to 89, before coaching IFK Sundsvall from 1990 to 92, Djurgårdens IF from 1994 to 96, GIF Sundsvall from 1999 to 2001.[3] In 2002, he took over IF Elfsborg.[3] He left Elfsborg after two seasons in 2003.[6]
In November 2003, it was announced that Grönhagen was to take over IF Brommapojkarna for the 2004 season.[7] He left after one season.[8] In September 2006, Grönhagen started his second tenure in Djurgårdens IF, taking over from Kjell Jonevret.[9] He managed the team for the remaining six matches of the season[10]
Grönhagen joined Norwegian Tippeligaen side Fredrikstad FK in 2007.[11] He finished second in the 2008 Tippeligaen before leaving in 2009.[12]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| GIF Sundsvall | 1973 | Division 2 Norra | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1974 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1975 | Allsvenskan | 25 | 3 | 25 | 3 | |||||||
| Total | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | ||
| Djurgården | 1976 | Allsvenskan | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4 | ||||
| 1977 | 22 | 7 | 22 | 7 | ||||||||
| 1978 | 26 | 10 | 26 | 10 | ||||||||
| 1979 | 26 | 10 | 26 | 10 | ||||||||
| 1980 | 17 | 5 | 17 | 5 | ||||||||
| 1981 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1982 | Division 2 Norra | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | |||||
| 1983 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | ||||||||
| Total | 146 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 150 | 49 | ||
| GIF Sundsvall | 1983 | Division 3 Södra Norrland | 9 | 3 | 9 | 3 | ||||||
| 1984 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1985 | Division 3 Mellersta Norrland | 14 | 12 | 14 | 12 | |||||||
| Total | 44 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 33 | ||
| Career total | 215 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 219 | 85 | ||
GIF Sundsvall
- Division 2 Norra: 1974
Djurgårdens IF
- Division 2 Norra: 1982
- Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken [100 years: Swedish Football Association's centenary 1904-2004, part 2: statistics] (in Swedish). Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
- "Sweden national football team stats". passagen.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 9 June 2001.
- "Guliganerna gratulerar Anders Grönhagen". svenskafans.com.
- Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. "Anders Grönhagen". national-football-teams.com.
- "Anders Grönhagen - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- Sveriges Radio. "Anders Grönhagen slutar i Elfsborg". sverigesradio.se.
- "Grönhagen lämnar BP". Expressen.
- SvD.se och TT. "Jonevret lämnar Djurgården". SvD.se.
- "Jag har ett stort hjärta för Dif". Aftonbladet.
- "Grönhagen tar över Fredriksstad". Expressen.
- Anders Grönhagen at WorldFootball.net