Summary
Thomas Lennart Dennerby (born 13 August 1959) is a Swedish football manager. He managed Sweden to a third place finish at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. He last served as the head coach of the India women's football team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Lennart Dennerby | ||
| Date of birth | 13 August 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Stockholm, Sweden | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977−1985 | Hammarby IF | 157 | (8) |
| 1985−1987 | Spårvägens IF | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Värtans IK | |||
| Spårvägens FF | |||
| 1996−1999 | Hammarby IF DFF | ||
| 2001 | Hammarby IF (assistant) | ||
| 2002−2004 | Djurgården/Älvsjö | ||
| 2005−2012 | Sweden (women) | ||
| 2013 | Hammarby IF | ||
| 2018−2019 | Nigeria (women) | ||
| 2019−2023 | India U17 (women) | ||
| 2019−2023 | India U20 (women) | ||
| 2021−2023 | India (women) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career edit
Dennerby, the former coach of the Nigeria women's national football team also known as super Falcons was previously a player in Hammarby IF[1] and Spårvägens IF, as well as the national U21 team. He has also worked as a police officer. As a coach, he won Allsvenskan with Hammarby IF in 2001, and Damallsvenskan with Djurgården/Älvsjö.[2]
Dennerby can be seen in the Sveriges Television documentary television series The Other Sport from 2013.
He became manager of the Nigerian women's national team in January 2018.[3] He resigned in October 2019.[4]
On 9 November 2019, All India Football Federation (AIFF) appointed Dennerby as the head coach of India U17 Women's team which is going to participate in the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup as the host of the edition.[5]
Later Thomas Dennerby took charge as Head Coach of the Indian Senior Women's National Team in August 2021.[6]
Honours edit
Individual edit
- Swedish Manager of the Year (women's football)[7] (1): 2004
- CAF Awards - Women's Coach of the Year (nominated)[8]
References edit
- ^ "Thomas Dennerby". mondedufoot.fr. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ "uefa". Archived from the original on 8 September 2009.
- ^ "Swede Thomas Dennerby to coach Nigeria's women's team". 25 January 2018. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Nigeria women's coach Thomas Dennerby resigns". 10 October 2019. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "AIFF appoints Thomas Dennerby as the head coach of U17- women's world cup team". AIFF. 9 November 2019. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ "Thomas Dennerby to take charge as Head Coach of Indian Senior Women's Team". AIFF. 13 August 2021. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "Övriga utmärkelser — fogis.se". fogis.se. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
- ^ "CAF Awards 2019: Former Super Falcons coach Thomas Dennerby nominated for African Women's Coach of the Year award". Pulse. Archived from the original on 27 November 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
External links edit
- Thomas Dennerby – UEFA coaching record (archived)