Per "Pelle" Olsson (born 1 August 1963) is a Swedish

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manager and a former player who works as head of scouting for

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. He started out playing for his hometown club

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. During his injury-filled playing career he also represented

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and the

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. In his managerial career he is influenced by the managers who he previously played for like

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, Stuart Baxter and Benny Lennartsson. Before the start of the

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season he was named the best manager in the league by newspaper ''

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'' due to his ability to build a low-budget team that is greater than its individual parts.

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