- Tord Grip
Football manager infobox
playername = Tord Grip
fullname = Tord Erland Grip
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1938|1|13
cityofbirth =Ytterhogdal
countryofbirth =Sweden
currentclub =
position = Special advisor, (former Forward)
years = -1955
1956-1965
1966-1968
1969-1973
clubs =Ytterhogdal IK Degerfors IF
AIKBK Karlskoga
caps(goals) =
manageryears = 1969-1973
1974-1975
1976
1977-1978
1979-1980
1979-1980
1981-1986
1986
1987-1988
1988-1990
1991-1997
1995-1996
1998-2000
2000-2006
2007-2008
2008-
managerclubs =BK Karlskoga Örebro SK Degerfors IF
Sweden (assistant manager)Örebro SK
Sweden (U 21)Malmö FF A.C. Campobasso
NorwayBSC Young Boys
Sweden (assistant manager)
IndonesiaS.S. Lazio (assistant manager)
England (assistant manager)Manchester City "(First Team Coach)"
Mexico (assistant manager)
pcupdate =October 29 2006
ntupdate =October 29 2006 Tord Grip (born
13 January 1938 ) is a Swedish football manager. Prior to England's exit in the2006 FIFA World Cup , he was one ofSven-Göran Eriksson 's assistant coaches of theEnglish national football team .Tord Grip began his football career as a teenager playing for
Ytterhogdals IK , later playing part-time in the top flight forDegerfors IF and AIK while studying for his degree inPhysical Education . He became aplayer/manager atKB Karlskoga in 1969 and has since managed several other Swedish, Italian and Swiss clubs. He has also managed the Norwegian men's national team, the Swedish women's senior team and men's under-16 team and has had two spells as assistant manager of the Swedish men's national team.After his second period as assistant manager of the national team, in 1998 Grip took up a coaching position at Italian club
S.S. Lazio as the assistant of fellow Swedish managerSven-Göran Eriksson . When Eriksson was appointed England National Team Coach in 2000 he brought Grip with him from Lazio as assistant manager, and he remained in the post until the end of the 2004 European Championships and with England until 2006In November 2006 Grip was appointed Special Advisor to the Swedish club Djurgårdens IF.
On July 6th 2007, Grip became part of the Manchester City backroom staff when Sven-Goran Eriksson took over as manager of the club, it meant that Grip was re-united with Eriksson after their reign together in the England set-up.
Grip was reunited with his mentor, Erikson in 2008 after accepting an offer to become assistant manager of the Mexican National Team
External links
* [http://www.thefa.com/England/SeniorTeam/Coaches/Postings/2003/02/38385.htm Profile on TheFA.com]
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