Carlos_Banda_(footballer,_born_1978)

Carlos Banda (footballer, born 1978)

Carlos Banda (footballer, born 1978)

Chilean-Swedish football manager

This article is about the football manager. For the Djurgården footballer, his cousin, see Carlos Banda (footballer born 1977).

Carlos Banda (born 28 March 1978) is a Chilean-Swedish football manager. He is the manager of Assyriska FF.[1]

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Banda played his highest level of football in then fourth tier team FC Café Opera, before he retired from football as a player due to a groin injury he had in 1999.[2] He began coaching youth teams of IF Brommapojkarna and moved on to Stockholm rival Hammarby IF in 2003, to coach in Hammarby's youth organization.[3]

Banda signed on for his first senior team Djurgården on 3 December 2009.[4] Along with co-manager Lennart Wass, Banda led his team to a tenth position in the 2010 Allsvenskan.[5] He stayed with Djurgården as an assistant coach to new manager Magnus Pehrsson until July 2012.

He then returned to Hammarby where he again was assigned the role of assistant manager. A position Banda held during the reigns of three managers: Gregg Berhalter, Thomas Dennerby and Nanne Bergstrand. Ultimately he left Hammarby by mutual consent in June 2016 after four years at the club.[6]

Personal life

Born in Chile, Banda emigrated to Sweden when he was a child and returned to his country of birth in 1994, having a trial with Universidad Católica thanks to the coach Gino Valentini, who is a friend of his uncle. Then, he returned to Sweden.[7]

He has gone to Chile to give some football talks.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "Carlos Banda ny tränare för Assyriska FF". assyriska.se (in Swedish). Assyriska FF. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Carlos Banda ny tränare i Djurgården". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 3 December 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  3. [3]
    Sjögren, Patrik (3 December 2009). "Är inte rädda för att han är ung". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  4. [4]
    Riedel, Jonas (3 December 2009). "Carlos Banda blir Wass kollega". dif.se (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF Fotboll. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  5. [5]
    "Tabell och resultat – Allsvenskan, herrar". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  6. [6]
    "Hammarby och Carlos Banda går skilda vägar". hammarbyfotboll.se (in Swedish). Hammarby IF Fotboll. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  7. [7]
    "La historia del desconocido DT chileno que triunfa en Europa | Emol.com". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 26 August 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  8. [8]
    "Importantes Personalidades del Fútbol Estuvieron Con Alumnos del Instituto". INAF (in Spanish). 18 November 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
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