Kim Bergstrand

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Kim Bergstrand
Personal information
Full name Kim Hilding Bergstrand
Date of birth (1968-04-18) 18 April 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Täby, Stockholm, Sweden
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Djurgårdens IF (manager)
Youth career
1974–1982 IFK Täby
1983–1985 AIK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1994 AIK 148 (30)
1995–1998 Hammarby IF 84 (28)
1998–2001 Nacka FF 40 (25)
2001–2002 Brommapojkarna 21 (3)
Total 293 (86)
International career
1987 Sweden U21 1 (0)
Managerial career
2001 Nacka FF
2002–2007 Brommapojkarna (U19)
2008–2010 Brommapojkarna
2012–2018 IK Sirius
2018– Djurgårdens IF
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kim Hilding Bergstrand (born 18 April 1968) is a Swedish football coach. A former player for Stockholm rivals AIK and Hammarby IF, he is the manager of the Allsvenskan team Djurgårdens IF together with Thomas Lagerlöf.

Career[edit]

Playing career[edit]

Bergstrand played for AIK, Hammarby IF, Nacka FF and IF Brommapojkarna.[1] He became Swedish champion by winning 1992 Mästerskapsserien with AIK.[1]

Managerial career[edit]

Between 2008 and 2010, Kim Bergstrand was the manager of IF Brommapojkarna.[2] In 2012, Kim Bergstrand and Thomas Lagerlöf became managers of IK Sirius.[3]

Before the 2019 season, Kim Bergstrand and Thomas Lagerlöf became managers of Djurgårdens IF.[4] Bergstrand and Lagerlöf managed the team to a Swedish title their first season.[5] In 2022, they took Djurgården to their first European group stage, the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.[6]

Honours[edit]

Player[edit]

AIK

Manager[edit]

Djurgårdens IF

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Historia. Kimbergs". aik.se (in Swedish).
  2. ^ "Sweden - K. Bergstrand - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". nr.soccerway.com.
  3. ^ "Lagerlöf tar plats bredvid Bergstrand". Sirius Fotboll. 8 December 2011.
  4. ^ "KLART: De tar över Djurgården efter Özcan". www.aftonbladet.se. 16 November 2018.
  5. ^ "DJURGÅRDEN ÄR SVENSKA MÄSTARE 2019 – EFTER SUPERVÄNDNINGEN". www.aftonbladet.se. 2 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Djurgården vidare – efter mardrömsstart". www.expressen.se. 23 August 2022.