Patrik Ingelsten (born 25 January 1982) is a Swedish

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coach and former player, who played as a winger and

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. He is currently the manager of

Jönköpings Södra IF Jönköpings Södra IF, also known as J-Södra IF, or J-Södra, is a Swedish football club based in Jönköping. The club, founded in 1922, returned to the Swedish second division Superettan in 2018 after relegation from the 2017 Allsvenskan. J ...

Playing career

Ingelsten started his career in Hillerstorps GoIF and played there until 1999 when he moved to

IFK Värnamo IFK Värnamo is a Swedish professional Association football, football club located in Värnamo. The club plays in the Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. The most famous player from the club is Jonas Thern, who was captain of the Swede ...

, there he played for two seasons under former Swedish international star

Jonas Thern Jonas Magnus Thern (born 20 March 1967) is a Swedish football manager who manages Allsvenskan club IFK Värnamo. As a player, Thern was a midfielder. Starting his career with Malmö FF in 1985, he went on to represent FC Zürich, Benfica, Nap ...

and when Thern became new manager for

Halmstads BK Halmstads Bollklubb, also known simply as Halmstad () or (especially locally) HBK or Bollklubben, is a Swedish professional Association football, football club located in Halmstad in the county of Halland. The club, formed 7 February 1914 and app ...

he brought Ingelsten with him, during his time in Halmstads BK he made several appearance but failed to gain the liking of the supporters, he won ''Stora Silvret'' (eng: The Big Silver) in 2004 when Halmstad missed the

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title in the final game, he also scored the goal that would send the 2005 UEFA Cup Final runners-up

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out of the

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. In 2007 Ingelsten was sold to

Kalmar FF Kalmar Fotbollförening, more commonly known as Kalmar FF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Kalmar, Sweden. The club is affiliated to Smålands Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Guldfågeln Arena. Formed on 15 June 1 ...

, yet again winning the ''Stora Silvret'' and also winning

Svenska Cupen Svenska cupen (, ), also known as the Swedish Cup in English, is a knockout cup competition in Swedish football and the main Swedish football cup. ''Svenska cupen'' usually refers to the men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also ...

the same year. In 2008, he became the top goalscorer in Allsvenskan with 19 goals, helping Kalmar FF win the league. This also earned him a spot in the

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against

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after

Markus Rosenberg Nils Markus Rosenberg (; born 27 September 1982) is a Swedish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. He spent the majority of his career with his boyhood club Malmö FF, as w ...

got injured prior to the

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on Råsunda but never came on as a substitute. On 22 December 2008, it was reported that he had signed for

SC Heerenveen Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian language, West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch professional association football, football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherla ...

, following

Viktor Elm Viktor Sebastian Elm (born 13 November 1985) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back and midfielder. He is best remembered for his time with Kalmar FF with which he won the 2007 Svenska Cupen and 2008 Allsvenska ...

. He scored his first Heerenveen goal in a cup win against

NEC Nijmegen NEC Nijmegen (''Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie''), commonly known as NEC (), is a professional Dutch association football club based in Nijmegen. The club currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, following promotion ...

on 4 March 2009 and his first league goal on 14 March at home against

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. Ingelsten was

Åge Hareide Åge Fridtjof Hareide (born 23 September 1953) is a Norwegian former football coach and player who last managed the Iceland national team. In his playing career, he played for Hødd and Molde in Norway as well as Manchester City and Norwich Cit ...

's first big signing as head coach of

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. Ingelsten wage was lower than during his time in the Dutch club, but he was still one of their best paid players during his four seasons with the club. His contract expired after the 2013 season, when the club did not agree with Ingelsten on a new contract. Viking's local rivals,

Sandnes Ulf Sandnes Ulf is a Norwegian association football club from Sandnes, Rogaland, currently playing in the 2. divisjon, the third highest division in the Norwegian football league system. The club play their home matches at Øster Hus Arena. The cl ...

offered a contract to Ingelsten, but he moved instead home to Sweden where he signed a two-year contract with

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Managerial career

In February 2016 Ingelsten signed a contract with

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as a playing manager. He had much success here and left the club at the end of the year, to join

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both as an assistant manager and sporting director. After

manager Benjamin Westman got fired on 4 June 2017, Ingelsten was appointed caretaker manager of the club. He returned to the assistant manager position ahead of the 2018 season. In July 2019, he was appointed caretaker manager once again after the departure of Bosko Orović, which in September 2019 was turned permanently. He left on 27 November 2019. In 2022 he took over

Eskilsminne IF Eskilsminne IF is a Swedish football club located in Helsingborg in Skåne County. Currently playing in Division 1 Södra, the third tier in the Swedish football league system. Eskilsminnes team colours today are yellow and blue striped, which ...

. In the end of 2023, he took over

Career statistics

Honours

Kalmar FF: *

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2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

SC Heerenveen *

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2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

Individual *

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References

External links

IMScouting.com has selected Patrik Ingelsten as "Player to Watch" (4 September 2008)

Kalmar FF profile

Halmstads BK profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ingelsten, Patrik 1982 births Living people Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards Swedish men's footballers IFK Värnamo players Halmstads BK players Kalmar FF players SC Heerenveen players Viking FK players Mjällby AIF players GAIS players Falkenbergs FF players Eredivisie players Allsvenskan players Eliteserien players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Swedish football managers GAIS managers Superettan managers 21st-century Swedish sportsmen