Kenneth Rosén

Kenneth Rosén (16 September 1951 – 27 December 2004) was a Swedish football goalkeeper and later manager.

Kenneth Rosén
Personal information
Date of birth (1951-09-16)16 September 1951
Place of birth Sundsvall, Sweden
Date of death 27 December 2004(2004-12-27) (aged 53)
Place of death Gävle, Sweden
Position(s) goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Skellefteå
Örebro
Managerial career
1977 Laxå
1977-1978 Karlslund
1980-1982 Örebro
198 Falu
1984-1985 Brage
1986-1987 Halmstad
1988-1989 Kalmar AIK
1990 B68 Toftir
1990-1992 Skellefteå
1993-1994 Raufoss
1995–1996 Skjetten
1997–2000 Bryne
2001 Vålerenga (director of sports)
2001 L/F Hønefoss
2002 Kongsvinger
2003–2004 Gefle
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He was born in Sundsvall[1] and started his playing career in Skellefteå.[2] He also played for Örebro SK.[3]

He started his manager career in 1977 in Laxå IF.[2] He then managed seven Swedish clubs as well as Faroese B68 Toftir before moving to Norway.[4] After two season each in Raufoss and Skjetten he was hired as Bryne's manager ahead of the 1997 season.[3] He guided the team to the 2000 Eliteserien.

Ahead of the 2001 season he was hired as director of sports in Vålerenga, but he was sacked already in June 2001.[5] He took over as manager of L/F Hønefoss, but ahead of the 2002 season he was hired as manager of Kongsvinger.[6] His final club was Gefle, where he died after two seasons as manager and leading the team from 2004 Superettan to 2005 Allsvenskan.[1] He died of cancer at the hospital in Gävle.[2]

References
  1. Kenneth Rosén at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Gefle IF:s tränare Kenneth Rosén död". Expressen (in Swedish). 28 December 2004. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  3. "Kenneth Rosén ny Bryne-trener". Jærbladet (in Norwegian). 21 October 1996. p. 7.
  4. Majlard, Jan (29 December 2004). "Allsvensk tränare avliden". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  5. "VIF sparker Rosén". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 6 June 2001. pp. 30–31.
  6. "'Klarer Sogndal og Bryne å skape et eliteserielag, er det ikke noe som tilsier at det ikke går i Kongsvinger'". Glåmdalen (in Norwegian). 15 November 2001. pp. 18–19.


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