Jens Otto Andreas Gustafsson (born 15 October 1978) is a Swedish professional
football manager and former player who played as a
defender. He currently manages Polish side
Pogoń Szczecin since 2022.
Managerial career
On 28 May 2021, Gustafsson was named the new manager of Croatian
Prva HNL
The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, it was called Prva H ...
side
Hajduk Split
Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split () or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, t ...
. He signed a two-year contract, with the option of extending for a further one year. Gustafsson arrived at Hajduk after holding the position as manager for four and a half years at
Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...
club
IFK Norrköping.
Gustafsson rejoined the
Swedish national under-21 team at the beginning of 2022. On 9 May 2022, it was announced his contract had been bought out by Polish club
Pogoń Szczecin, and he is due to replace
Kosta Runjaić as team manager at the start of the
2022–23 season.
References
1978 births
Living people
Swedish footballers
Association football defenders
Superettan players
IK Brage players
Falkenbergs FF players
Högaborgs BK players
Swedish football managers
Halmstads BK managers
IFK Norrköping managers
HNK Hajduk Split managers
Pogoń Szczecin managers
Swedish expatriate football managers
Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Expatriate football managers in Croatia
Expatriate football managers in Poland
Sportspeople from Helsingborg
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