Anders Grönhagen

Per Nils Anders Grönhagen (born 22 May 1953) is a former football manager and former football player.

Anders Grönhagen
Personal information
Full name Per Nils Anders Grönhagen
Date of birth (1953-05-22) 22 May 1953
Place of birth Gudmundrå, Sweden
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Kramfors IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Kramfors IF
1971–1972 Kramfors-Alliansen
1973–1975 GIF Sundsvall
1976–1983 Djurgårdens IF 146 (48)
1984–1985 GIF Sundsvall 44 (33)
International career
1970–1971 Sweden U18[1] 8 (3)
1973–1976 Sweden U23[1] 13 (4)
1976–1979 Sweden[2] 18 (4)
Managerial career
1986–1989 GIF Sundsvall
1991 IFK Sundsvall
1994–1996 Djurgårdens IF
2002–2003 IF Elfsborg
2004 IF Brommapojkarna
2006 Djurgårdens IF
2007–2009 Fredrikstad FK
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Gudmundrå, Sweden, Grönhagen made his debut for Kramfors IF in Division 3 as a 15-year-old.[3] In 1972, he joined GIF Sundsvall to play in Division 2 Norra.[3] With GIF Sundsvall, he qualified for the 1975 Allsvenskan and played 25 matches in his Allsvenskan debut season.[4]

For the 1976 season, Grönhagen joined Djurgårdens IF Fotboll.[3] Over eight seasons, he played 146 league games for Djurgården and scored 48 goals.[4] In 1983, Grönhagen returned to GIF Sundsvall.[3] He finished his playing career in 1985.[3]

International career

He earned 18 international caps and scored four goals for Sweden.[5]

Managerial career

Grönhagen started his management career in GIF Sundsvall from 1986 to 89, before coaching IFK Sundsvall from 1990 to 92, Djurgårdens IF from 1994 to 96, GIF Sundsvall from 1999 to 2001.[3] In 2002, he took over IF Elfsborg.[3] He left Elfsborg after two seasons in 2003.[6]

In November 2003, it was announced that Grönhagen was to take over IF Brommapojkarna for the 2004 season.[7] He left after one season.[8] In September 2006, Grönhagen started his second tenure in Djurgårdens IF, taking over from Kjell Jonevret.[9] He managed the team for the remaining six matches of the season[10]

Grönhagen joined Norwegian Tippeligaen side Fredrikstad FK in 2007.[11] He finished second in the 2008 Tippeligaen before leaving in 2009.[12]

Career statistics
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GIF Sundsvall 1973 Division 2 Norra00
197400
1975 Allsvenskan253253
Total253000000253
Djurgården 1976 Allsvenskan18420204
1977227227
197826102610
197926102610
1980175175
1981112112
1982 Division 2 Norra17421195
19839696
Total1464800202115049
GIF Sundsvall 1983 Division 3 Södra Norrland9393
198421182118
1985Division 3 Mellersta Norrland14121412
Total44330000004433
Career total2158400202121985

Honours

GIF Sundsvall

Djurgårdens IF

Notes

    References
    1. Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken [100 years: Swedish Football Association's centenary 1904-2004, part 2: statistics] (in Swedish). Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
    2. "Sweden national football team stats". passagen.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 9 June 2001.
    3. "Guliganerna gratulerar Anders Grönhagen". svenskafans.com.
    4. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. "Anders Grönhagen". national-football-teams.com.
    5. "Anders Grönhagen - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 March 2022.
    6. Sveriges Radio. "Anders Grönhagen slutar i Elfsborg". sverigesradio.se.
    7. "Grönhagen klar för Brommapojkarna". DN.SE.
    8. "Grönhagen lämnar BP". Expressen.
    9. SvD.se och TT. "Jonevret lämnar Djurgården". SvD.se.
    10. "Jag har ett stort hjärta för Dif". Aftonbladet.
    11. "Grönhagen tar över Fredriksstad". Expressen.
    12. "Grönhagen slutar i Fredrikstad". DN.SE.
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