Mats Gren
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mats Åke Gren | ||
Date of birth | 20 December 1963 | ||
Place of birth | Falun, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Central defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1978–1983 | Falu BS | 45 | (12) |
1984–1985 | IFK Göteborg | 40 | (9) |
1985–2000 | Grasshopper | 427 | (45) |
Total | 512 | (66) | |
National team | |||
1984–1990 | Sweden U21 | 12 | (5) |
1984–1992 | Sweden | 22 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2004 | Grasshopper (assistant) | ||
2005–2006 | FC Vaduz | ||
2007–2009 | Grasshopper (assistant) | ||
2009–2011 | Vejle | ||
2012–2014 | Jönköpings Södra | ||
2014–2018 | IFK Göteborg (director of sports) | ||
2020–2021 | Häcken women | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Mats Åke Gren (born 20 December 1963) is a Swedish football coach and former player who played as a defender. He played for IFK Göteborg and Grasshopper during a professional career that spanned between 1978 and 2000. A full international between 1984 and 1992, he won 22 caps for the Sweden national team and represented his country at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
Club career[]
Gren played for Falu BS 1982–1984. He then played for IFK Göteborg in 1984–1985 and became Swedish champion in 1984. Gren then moved to Grasshopper, where he played from 1985–2000. He won the Swiss National League 5 times (1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998) and won 4 cuptitles (1988, 1989, 1990, 1994).[1]
International career[]
Gren played 23 games for the Swedish national team and was a member of the squad in the 1990 FIFA World Cup and participated in one game coming in as a substitute.[2]
Coaching career[]
He was assistant manager of Grasshopper from 2009.[3]
On 31 May 2009 he was named as the new head coach of Vejle Boldklub and signed over three years here between 30 June 2012.
Due to a poor start to the spring season of 2011, where Vejle dropped from 2nd to 3rd in the Danish 1st Division, Gren was sacked by the club board on 12 April 2011.[4]
In 2014, Gren left his job as manager Jönköpings Södra to take the role as sporting director at IFK Göteborg. On 10 October 2018, with the club showing poor results and having financial difficulties, IFK Göteborg sacked Gren.[5]
Honours[]
Coaching[]
BK Häcken
Personal[]
Mats's son Mikael plays in the reserve team of Grasshopper.[when?][citation needed]
References[]
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Swedish footballers
- Sweden international footballers
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- Sweden under-21 international footballers
- Allsvenskan players
- Swiss Super League players
- IFK Göteborg players
- Grasshopper Club Zürich players
- Association football defenders
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Swedish football managers
- IFK Göteborg directors and chairmen
- FC Vaduz managers
- Vejle Boldklub managers
- Jönköpings Södra IF managers
- Swedish expatriate football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Denmark
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Expatriate football managers in Liechtenstein
- Swedish football defender stubs