Kurt Arne "Nanne" René Bergstrand (born 28 April 1956) is a Swedish football manager and former football player. He has previously coached Helsingborgs IF, Östers IF, Kalmar FF and Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan.
 Bergstrand in September 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kurt Arne Nanne René Bergstrand | ||
| Date of birth | 28 April 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Markaryd, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward[1] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1976 | Markaryds IF | ||
| 1977–1978 | Halmstads BK | ||
| 1979–1980 | Markaryds IF | ||
| 1981–1982 | Kalmar FF | ||
| 1983–1988 | Markaryds IF | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1984 | Traryds IF | ||
| 1985–1991 | Markaryds IF | ||
| 1992–1993 | Växjö Norra IF | ||
| 1994–1996 | Östers IF | ||
| 1997 | IK Oddevold | ||
| 1998–1999 | Kalmar FF | ||
| 2000–2001 | Helsingborgs IF | ||
| 2002–2013 | Kalmar FF | ||
| 2014–2016 | Hammarby IF | ||
| 2017–2018 | Kalmar FF | ||
| 2020 | Kalmar FF | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
His over ten-year tenure as manager of Kalmar FF made him the tenth longest-serving manager in European first-division football at the time according to UEFA.[2] During the later years of his career at Kalmar FF he was sometimes referred to as the Swedish equivalent to Alex Ferguson.[3][4][5]
Playing career
editA forward, Bergstrand started playing first team football at the age of 16 for the local small town club Markaryds IF. He had short spells at Allsvenskan clubs Halmstads BK and Kalmar FF as well as a trial with Manchester City in 1980, who were unable to sign him due to work permit issues. Players outside EEC had to play at international level to get a work permit. He ended up returning to his hometown club where he also took over as manager in 1985.[6]
Managerial career
editDuring his time with Helsingborgs IF he helped the club qualify for the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League group stage after beating Inter Milan 1–0 on aggregate in the final qualifying round.[7]
Most of his time as manager has been spent in charge of Kalmar FF who he has managed for a total of 590 games.[8] The club had previously spent most of their existence in the second tier of Swedish football but with Bergstrand in charge they started getting top half finishes in the first tier Allsvenskan and eventually won the league for the first time ever in 2008. That same year he was voted "Manager of the year" in Sweden and had a street in Kalmar named after him.[9]
Before the 2014 season, he signed a long term-deal with Hammarby IF from Stockholm. During his first season as manager, the team finished first in the Superettan-table, gaining promotion to Allsvenskan after a four-year stint in the second division.
He would guide the club to an 11th place in both the 2015 and 2016 season. However, Bergstrand was sacked as the manager of Hammarby on 18 November 2016, with the board citing "a need to get a new voice and new energy into the club's sporting development".[10]
Bergstrand re-signed for Kalmar FF in June 2017.[11]
Bergstrand currently holds the record for longest consecutive streak of managing an Allsvenskan club with 10 consecutive seasons with Kalmar FF during the years 2004 to 2013.[12]
Honours
editPlayer
editManager
editKalmar FF
Hammarby
References
edit- ^ a b Nanne Bergstrand at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Club licensing benchmarking report financial year 2010 UEFA
- ^ ""Framtidens kärlek kan vara här" - Sport - Sydsvenskan-Nyheter Dygnet Runt". Archived from the original on 10 November 2013.
- ^ "Thomas Andersson Borstam valde Kalmar FF framför de här klubbarna…" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 26 October 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
- ^ ""Otroligt misstag släppa Nanne – han ska ersätta"". Fotbolldirekt (in Swedish).
- ^ "Guldtränaren Nanne återvände till Markaryd" (in Swedish). Smålänningen. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ "Fansen krävde hans avgång – nu är Nanne kung" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ "Nanne Bergstrand avtackad" (in Swedish). Barometern. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ "Nanne lämnar Kalmar" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ "Nanne Bergstrand slutar som tränare i Hammarby Fotboll". Hammarby Fotboll. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ Nanne Bergstrand tar över Kalmar FF‚ aftonbladet.se, 13 June 2017
- ^ Frantz, Alf. "Allsvenska rekord". www.svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 14 May 2024.