Thomas Dennerby
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 13 August 1959 | ||
Place of birth | Enskede, Sweden | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1977−1985 | Hammarby IF | 157 | (8) |
1985−1987 | Spårvägens IF | ||
Teams managed | |||
Värtans IK | |||
Spårvägens FF | |||
1996−1999 | Hammarby IF DFF | ||
2001 | Hammarby IF (assistant) | ||
2002−2004 | Djurgården/Älvsjö | ||
2005−2012 | Sweden (women) | ||
2013 | Hammarby IF | ||
2018−2019 | Nigeria (women) | ||
2019−2021 | India U17 (women) | ||
2021− | India (women) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Thomas Dennerby (born 13 August 1959 in Enskede) is a Swedish football coach.
Career[]
Dennerby, the former coach of the Nigeria women's national football team also known as super Falcons was previously a player in Hammarby IF[1] and Spårvägens IF, as well as the national U21 team. He has also worked as a police officer. As a coach, he won Allsvenskan with Hammarby IF in 2001, and Damallsvenskan with Djurgården/Älvsjö.[2]
Dennerby can be seen in the Sveriges Television documentary television series The Other Sport from 2013.
He became manager of the Nigerian women's national team in January 2018.[3] He resigned in October 2019.[4]
On 9 November 2019, All India Football Federation (AIFF) appointed Dennerby as the head coach of India U17 Women's team which is going to participate in the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup as the host of the edition.[5]
Later Thomas Dennerby took charge as Head Coach of the Indian Senior Women’s National Team in August, 2021.[6]
Honours[]
Individual[]
- Swedish Manager of the Year (women's football)[7] (1): 2004
- CAF Awards - Women's Coach of the Year (nominated)[8]
References[]
- ^ "Thomas Dennerby". mondedufoot.fr.
- ^ "uefa". Archived from the original on 8 September 2009.
- ^ "Swede Thomas Dennerby to coach Nigeria's women's team". 25 January 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Nigeria women's coach Thomas Dennerby resigns". 10 October 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "AIFF appoints Thomas Dennerby as the head coach of U17- women's world cup team". AIFF. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ "Thomas Dennerby to take charge as Head Coach of Indian Senior Women's Team". AIFF. 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "Övriga utmärkelser — fogis.se". fogis.se.
- ^ "CAF Awards 2019: Former Super Falcons coach Thomas Dennerby nominated for African Women's Coach of the Year award". Pulse.
External links[]
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Swedish football managers
- Swedish footballers
- Hammarby Fotboll players
- 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup managers
- 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup managers
- Hammarby Fotboll non-playing staff
- Hammarby Fotboll (women) managers
- Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women) managers
- Hammarby Fotboll managers
- Sweden women's national football team managers
- Association football midfielders
- Nigeria women's national football team managers
- India women's national football team managers
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup managers
- Swedish expatriate football managers
- Swedish football midfielder stubs