Olof Persson

Olof Persson

Personal information
Date of birth	May 5, 1978 (1978-05-05) (age 33)
Place of birth	Malmö, Sweden
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Centre back (retired)
Club information
Current club	FC Rosengård (Manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1995	Oxie IF
1995–2001	Malmö FF	103	(8)
2002	FC Tirol	4	(0)
2002–2006	Malmö FF	107	(3)
2006–2008	AGF	0	(0)
National team
2001–2006	Sweden[1]	4	(0)
Teams managed
2009-2010	FC Rosengård (Assistant coach)
2010-	FC Rosengård
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Olof Persson (born May 5, 1978 in Malmö) is a Swedish retired footballer, who currently works as Head coach of FC Rosengård.^[2]

Career

Persson played in central defence and had considerable aerial power.

Former clubs: Oxie IF (1995), Malmö FF (1995-2001), FC Tirol (2002) and Malmö FF (2002-2006). Having played most of his career so far in Malmö FF (MFF), he has reached around 350 matches for the club, with which he won the Allsvenskan. This is also where the current sports chief in AGF, Brian Steen Nielsen, as a player met Persson. Persson left MFF after clashing with his coach, Sören Åkeby, who, incidentally, is a former coach of AGF. In his season in FC Tirol, Persson was a part of a team that won the Austrian Bundesliga — shortly followed by the club's bankruptcy.

When Persson arrived at AGF, he was hailed as the new master of a very fragile defence, but after a few weeks he ruptured his ligament and he was never able to play an official match for the club before he retired from professional football on 4 September 2008, because of halting knee problems.

Honours

FC Tirol

• Austrian Football Bundesliga: 1

2002

Malmö FF

• Allsvenskan: 1

2004

References

1. ^ Olof Persson at National-Football-Teams.com
2. ^ Ledare / Tränare för FC Rosengårds A- Lag

External links

• (Danish) AGF profile
• Career stats at Danmarks Radio

Sporting positions
Preceded by Hasse Mattisson	Malmö FF captain 2001	Succeeded by Hasse Mattisson

Persondata
Name	Persson, Olof
Alternative names
Short description	Swedish footballer
Date of birth	May 5, 1978
Place of birth	Malmö, Sweden
Date of death
Place of death