Hans Eklund

Hans Eklund

Personal information
Date of birth	(1969-04-16) 16 April 1969
Place of birth	Mönsterås, Sweden
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1984–1986	Mönsterås GIF	43	(14)
1987–1997	Östers IF	259	(115)
1994–1995	Servette Genève	7	(1)
1998	Dalian Wanda	?	(8)
1998–2000	Viborg FF	50	(21)
2000–2003	Helsingborgs IF	79	(23)
International career
1988–1994	Sweden	7	(0)
Managerial career
2006–2007	Helsingborgs IF (assistant)
2006	Helsingborgs IF (caretaker)
2007–2009	Viborg FF
2010–2012	Landskrona BoIS (assistant)
2013–	Falkenbergs FF
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hans Eklund (born 16 April 1969) is a Swedish football manager, and former football player. He is currently manager of Falkenbergs FF. In his active career, Eklund played seven games for the Sweden national football team.

Playing career

Eklund started his career at Mönsterås GIF. In 1987, he moved to Östers IF. With 16 goals in the 1992 Allsvenskan season, he was the league top goal-scorer. He stayed at Östers until 1997, when he moved abroad to play for Servette FC in Switzerland. He moved on to Chinese club Dalian Wanda, before playing for Viborg FF in Denmark. Eklund secured Viborg their first nationwide title, when he scored the only goal as Viborg beat Aalborg BK 1-0 in the 2000 Danish Cup final. He returned to Sweden, to play for Helsingborgs IF. Eklund ended his career in 2003.

Managerial career

As he ended his active career, Eklund was hired as youth team coach at Helsingborgs IF. He was later promoted to assistant coach for the team. In November 2007, he was hired as manager of his former team Viborg FF. He was fired in April 2009 due to mixed results. In December 2009 it was announced that he would join Landskrona BoIS, working as an assistant manager.

Sources

• Hans Eklund Profile at national-football-teams.com
• Template:Sv icon Hans Eklund till danska Viborg at Helsingborgs IF homepage