Kalle Björklund
 Kalle Björklund in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Karl-Gunnar Björklund | ||
| Date of birth | 2 December 1953 | ||
| Place of birth | Växjö, Sweden | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Östers IF (assistant coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Växjö Norra IF | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973-1983 | Östers IF | 215 | (24) |
| 1984-1986 | IFK Värnamo | 20 | (2) |
| Total | 235 | (26) | |
| National team | |||
| 1981-1982 | Sweden | 14 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1991-1992 | SK Brann | ||
| 1993 | Kalmar FF | ||
| 1994-1997 | Örgryte IS | ||
| 1998-1999 | IF Elfsborg | ||
| 2004 | Larvik Fotball | ||
| 2008-2009 | Östersunds FK | ||
| 2010 | IFK Östersund | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Karl-Gunnar "Kalle" Björklund (born 2 December 1953) is a Swedish former football player who is now working as assistant coach of Östers IF. He has served as coach in several clubs in Scandinavia. As a player, Björklund earned 14 caps for Sweden, and the midfielder won Allsvenskan with Östers IF three times. He is the father of Joachim Björklund.
Player career
Born in Växjö,[1] Björklund started playing football in the local club Växjö Norra IF, before he moved to Östers IF as a youth-player. He won Allsvenskan with the club in 1978, 1980 and 1981.[2] In total he played 215 matches and scored 24 goal for Östers IF.[1] He later played for IFK Värnamo, where he played 20 matches and scored two goals. Björklund was capped 14 times and scored one goal while playing for Sweden.[1]
Coaching career
He started his coaching career at the youth department of Östers IF in 1987,[2] before he moved on to Norwegian club Brann, where he was head coach in 1991 and 1992.[3] After spells in Kalmar FF, Örgryte IS and IF Elfsborg,[4] he started to in the Swedish Football Association as a youth developer.[4][5]
He moved to Molde FK ahead of the 2001-season, where he became Gunder Bengtsson assistant coach.[5] Molde FK finished second in Tippeligaen in 2002, but Bengtsson and Björklund got fired in May the next season, with the team positioned in 10th place with five points after six matches.[6][7] Björklund then became head coach of Larvik Fotball ahead of the 2004-season,[8] but he left Larvik after a half season with the Norwegian Second Division side. In November 2004 he was hired as Mats Jingblad's assistant coach of Landskrona BoIS,[9] before both Jingblad and Björklund quit their job at Landskrona BoIS on year later,[10] and Björklund returned to his old club IFK Värnamo as Sports Director.[11]
Björklund later worked full-time as a sport teacher at the John Bauer school in Östersund and in the spring of 2008 he took over the coaching job at the third tier side Östersunds FK. After a losing streak at the start of the 2009 season he resigned from his post.[12] For the 2010 season he was signed by local rivals IFK Östersund.[13] In December 2010 he returned to his old club Osters IF as Roar Hansen's assistant coach.[2]
Personal life
Kalle Björklund is the father of the former Swedish international player Joachim Björklund.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 Kalle Björklund at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1 2 3 4 "Kalle Björklund blir assisterande Östertränare" (in Swedish). smp.no. 12 December 2010. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- ↑ brann.no: «Branns hovedtrenere siden 1960»
- 1 2 "Kalle Björklund". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2 (Norway). Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- 1 2 "Bengtsson ny Molde-trener". vg.no (in Norwegian). VG. 6 November 2000. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- ↑ "Molde-trener fikk sparken". dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 22 May 2003. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- ↑ "Gunder Bengtsson ferdig i Molde". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. 22 May 2003. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- ↑ "Kalle Bjørklund til Larvik". nettavisen.no (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 19 December 2003. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- ↑ "Kalle Björklund klar för tränarjobb i BoIS". landskronadirekt.com (in Swedish). 19 November 2004. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- ↑ "Landskrona BoIS tränare slutar". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). 9 November 2005. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- ↑ "Björklund klar för Värnamo". hd.se (in Swedish). 24 November 2005. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- ↑ "Björklund lägger av som ÖFK-tränare". zsport.se (in Swedish). 25 June 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- ↑ ""Kalle" och "Dala" på väg till IFK Östersund". zsport.se (in Swedish). 28 October 2009. Retrieved 30 May 2012.