Sixten Boström (born 15 September 1963) is a Finnish

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and former

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, who is currently serving as the

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for

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club

Kuopion Palloseura Kuopion Palloseura, commonly referred to as KuPS, is a Finnish professional football club based in Kuopio. KuPS competes in Veikkausliiga, the top flight of Finnish football. The team plays its home matches at Kuopio Football Stadium. KuPS ha ...

(KuPS).

Playing career

Boström was born in

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to a Swedish-speaking family. During his playing career, Boström played as a midfielder for

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, Kuusysi and

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in Finland, for Häcken in Sweden, and for

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and Jurong Town in Singapore. He earned 14 caps for

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, scoring 2 goals.

Coaching career

Boström started as a youth coach for VJS,

, and

. As a head coach, Boström was in charge of

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(EIF), Jaro in Finland, and

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in Swedish

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, before he was named the manager of HJK in 2013, leading the club to win the championship title in his first season. A poor start to the following season led to his firing on 29 April 2014. During 2015–2017, he worked as an assistant coach under

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for

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(MLS). He was announced at head coach of Finnish club SJK on 20 February 2017, and the club announced his departure on 2 June 2017. During 2019–2023, Boström worked as an academy director of PK-35. In May 2023, he was named an assistant coach of

(KuPS) in Veikkausliiga, joining the coaching staff of

Jani Honkavaara Jani Honkavaara (born 2 February 1976), is a Finnish professional football manager and former player, who is currently the manager of Swedish Allsvenskan club Djurgården. Nicknamed "Super-Honsu", he lead Veikkausliiga club KuPS to two Finnish c ...

. After Honkavaara had announced his departure after the 2024 season, on 15 August the club announced that Boström will continue as the club's new sporting director from the start of 2025, while working also as an assistant coach of the upcoming manager

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. At the end of the 2024 season, Honkavaara and Boström led KuPS to win the Finnish Championship and

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titles, completing the club's first-ever double.

Coaching record

Honours

As a player

;HJK *

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1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 6 – A funeral service is held in West Germany for Nazi Grand Admiral ...

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

: 1981 ;Kuusysi *

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;Geylang International *

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: 1988, 1990 ;Jurong Town *

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: 1989

Coaching honours

As head coach

HJK *

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

Individual *

Coach of the Month: September 2013Erfan Zenelistä syyskuun Kuukauden pelaaja

As assistant coach

Columbus Crew *

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2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

KuPS *Veikkausliiga:

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

*Veikkausliiga runner-up:

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

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runner-up: 2024

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bostrom, Sixten 1963 births Living people Finnish men's footballers Finnish expatriate men's footballers Finland men's international footballers Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players FinnPa players BK Häcken players Geylang International FC players Finnish expatriates in Singapore Jurong FC players Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Finnish football managers FF Jaro managers Örebro SK managers Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi managers Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Expatriate football managers in Sweden Swedish-speaking Finns Columbus Crew non-playing staff Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Helsinki Finnish expatriate football managers Veikkausliiga managers Finnish sporting directors Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Singapore Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi non-playing staff Kuopion Palloseura non-playing staff Ekenäs IF managers 20th-century Finnish sportsmen Allsvenskan managers