Dan Inge Jörgen Lennartsson (born 10 April 1965) is a Swedish

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manager and former player, he is the currently assistant head coach of

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side

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Career

Lennartsson was born in

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. He became the manager of the Swedish U21 team after he had held many positions in various clubs in Sweden, the majority of which were youth coach and assistant manager positions. After the appointment of

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as the head coach of the

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there was speculation about Lennartsson being appointed assistant coach. On 2 August 2010, Stabæk announced that Lennartson would take over as head coach, and replace

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on 1 January 2011. But only after one season in Stabæk, Lennartson had to leave his post as a manager due to Stabæks big economic problems. Before the

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season, Lennartsson signed a four-year contract as a head manager for

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. He took over Elfsborg from

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who had been in Elfsborg for eight years, but moved to be the coach of

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. Lennartsson had been under Elfsborg's radar for a long time, not only for his achievements with the Sweden U21 team, the bronze medal in the

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, but mostly for his passion to football and his strong authority and leadership. He has much knowledge about football and experience as a coach after 20 years at the sideline. His first player to buy was Joackim Jørgensen from

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in Norway, a player as he described was much alike

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. He played in the

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qualification 2012–13 with Elfsborg. On 30 September 2013, IF Elfsborg sacked manager Jörgen Lennartsson. Before the start of the

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season,

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appointed Lennartsson as manager following the sacking of previous head coach Mikael Stahre.

Honours

Manager

BK Häcken *

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IF Elfsborg *

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References

External links

Profile at the Swedish football association
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