Jonas Wirmola
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Jonas Wirmola while in Halmstads BK | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jonas Fredrik Wirmola | ||
| Date of birth | 17 July 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Växjö,[1] Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986 | Växjö BK | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1988 | Kalmar FF | 0 | (0) |
| 1988–1989 | Väckelsångs IF | ||
| 1990 | Vederslöv/Dänningelanda IF | ||
| 1990 | Spårvägens FF | 6 | (1) |
| 1991 | Öster | 1 | (1) |
| 1992–1993 | Spårvägens FF | 39 | (3) |
| 1993–1994 | Sheffield United | 8 | (0) |
| 1994–2000 | Malmö FF | 147 | (3) |
| 1997 | → Dundee United (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1997 | → Skeid (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| 2001 | IFK Malmö | 17 | (1) |
| 2003 | Högaborgs BK | 6 | (0) |
| 2006 | BK Näset/Höllviken | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2002 | IFK Malmö | ||
| 2003 | Höllvikens GIF | ||
| 2004–2005 | Högaborgs BK | ||
| 2006 | BK Näset/Höllviken | ||
| 2007–2008 | Halmstads BK (assistant) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Jonas Wirmola (born 17 July 1969) is a Swedish former football defender and manager and currently a player agent.
Playing career
Wirmola started his career at Kalmar FF and played for Väckelsångs IF, Vederslöv/Dänningelanda IF, Spårvägens FF, Öster and Spårvägens FF a second time. In 1993, playing at the second tier of Swedish football, he was bought by Premier League club Sheffield United for £50k.[2] He played only 8 league matches before returning to Sweden in 1994 to play for Malmö FF.
While at Malmö FF, he was loaned twice in 1997 to Scottish club Dundee United and Norwegian Skeid. In 2001, he joined IFK Malmö, his last club as a professional player. After starting his manager his career, he returned as a player twice for Högaborgs BK, a club he would later coach and BK Näset/Höllviken, a club he had been a manager at.[3]
Retirement
Wirmola was appointed as IFK Malmö manager soon after retiring. He coached Höllvikens GIF, Högaborgs BK, BK Näset/Höllviken and was assistant at Halmstads BK, while also working as a pundit in the period. He later became a player agent.[4]
References
- ↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1993-1994/faprem/sheffu.htm
- ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-portsmouth-recruit-chapman-to-replace-whittingham-1459782.html
- ↑ http://www.sydsvenskan.se/sport/lokalsport/sport-i-omkretsen/titta---han-spelar-igen/
- ↑ "Jonas Wirmola ser jobbet som en mentorsuppgift" (in Swedish). skanskan.se. 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2013-05-27.