Jens Fjellström

Jens Fjellström (born 27 October 1966) is a Swedish professional football manager and sports commentator. He is also a former professional player. He is currently an assistant coach for the Australian women's national football team.[1]

Jens Fjellström
Personal information
Full name Jens Åke Alexander Fjellström
Date of birth (1966-10-27) 27 October 1966
Place of birth Umeå, Sweden
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Australia Women (Assistant)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1988 Gimonäs CK
1988–1992 Djurgårdens IF 115 (23)
1993–1997 Malmö FF 98 (19)
1997–1998 → Dalian Wanda (loan) 44 (6)
1999–2000 Malmö FF 21 (0)
International career
1990–1992 Sweden 3 (1)
Managerial career
2016–2019 Malmö FF (Assistant)
2022- Australia Women (Assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Fjellström started his career at local Umeå club Gimonäs CK. After the bigger clubs noticed his skills he moved to Stockholm and Djurgårdens IF. He remained at Djurgården for five seasons before moving to Malmö FF. He enjoyed much success at the club and went on a loan to Dalian Wanda in China before playing a final season in Malmö. Fjellström decided to end his career after a knee injury had made him miss a season after which he thought that he couldn't perform at the same level as before his injury.

International career

Fjellström won a total of three caps for the Sweden national team. On his international debut he scored his first and only international goal. This was in a friendly match against Norway on 22 August 1990.[2]

After retiring

After retiring, Fjellström worked 15 years as a football expert on Swedish TV-channel TV4. He didn't extend his contract with the channel and instead on 26 July 2016, he was appointed as assistant manager of Malmö FF.[3] He left the position on 21 January 2019.[4]

In March 2019, he announced that he was going to work for the Denmark national team as a scout. His job was to go out and watch Denmark's opponents and then compile reports and give to manager Åge Hareide.[5]

In 2022 he was appointed as an assistant coach of the Australian women's national soccer team.[6]

References
  1. "Jens Fjellström | Matildas". www.matildas.com.au. 10 April 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  2. "Herrar A Träningslandskamp Matchinformation: Norge mot Sverige 1990-08-22 (1-2) — svenskfotboll.se". www2.svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. "Jens Fjellström ny tränare i Malmö FF (Jens Fjellström new coach at Malmö FF)". aftonbladet.se. 26 July 2016.
  4. Officiellt: Fjellström lämnar Malmö FF, fotbollskanalen.se, 21 January 2019
  5. Fjellströms nya jobb - i danska landslaget: "Lite kittlande", fotbollskanalen.se, 21 March 2019
  6. "Football Australia names former Swedish international Jens Fjellström to CommBank Matildas Coaching Staff | Matildas". www.matildas.com.au. 8 October 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  • Malmström, Håkan (2010). 100 MFF:ARE. Sydsvenska Dagbladets AB. ISBN 978-91-85319-71-8.


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