Jan Jönsson (born 24 May 1960) is a Swedish

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manager and former player.

Career

Playing career

He spent most of his playing career with

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Coaching career

Between 1993 and 1994 he was the

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assistant coach with Stuart Baxter as manager. After retiring, he was appointed manager for

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, which he took to

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, the Swedish top flight. In 2005, he took over Norwegian club Stabæk and led them to promotion in his first season. He won the league with Stabæk in 2008. On 19 November 2014 it was announced that Jan was moving home to Halmstad and had signed a 3-year contract as head coach of HBK. His first season in charge ended with relegation from Allsvenskan. The following season Halmstad finished third in

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and faced

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in a two-legged play-off, which Halmstad won 3–2 on aggregate. In June 2019, he returned to Stabæk for his second spell as head coach at the club. A main reason was his daughter Zara signing for Stabæk's women's team. On 25 October 2019, Stabæk announced that their contract with Jönsson had been extended till the end of the 2022 season. On 4 July 2021, Jönsson's contract with Stabæk was terminated by mutual consent.

Club statistics

Managerial honours

Club

;Sanfrecce Hiroshima *

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: 1st Stage Champions 1994 ;Landskrona BoIS *

: Runners-up

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;Stabæk Fotball *

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;Halmstads BK * Allsvenskan play-offs: Winner 2016

Individual

* Norwegian Football Manager of the Month: July 2006

References

External links

* * 1960 births Living people Swedish football managers Swedish men's footballers Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Halmstads BK players Allsvenskan players J1 League players Japan Football League (1992–1998) players Sanfrecce Hiroshima players Vissel Kobe players Landskrona BoIS managers Ljungskile SK managers Halmstads BK managers Swedish expatriate football managers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate football managers in Norway Expatriate football managers in Japan Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Japan Stabæk Fotball managers Rosenborg BK managers Aalesunds FK managers Sanfrecce Hiroshima managers Shimizu S-Pulse managers Eliteserien managers J1 League managers Men's association football midfielders 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-footy-midfielder-stub