Torbjörn Arvidsson (born 6 May 1968) is a former Swedish football player, who played as a defender 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 is currently the assistant manager of

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Career

Starting his career in

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 ...

he early moved to

in 1989, where he played until 2005. During this time he became the player with most games in Allsvenskan for Halmstad so far, 306 games and 543 games in total, he won

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...

twice and

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 ...

once and 1998-1999 he was the team captain and also playing several time in European cups. He made his debut for the club in 1989 in the serie debut against

Örebro SK Örebro Sportklubb, more commonly known as Örebro SK, Örebro or (especially locally) ÖSK, is a Swedish professional football club based in Örebro. The club are affiliated to Örebro Läns Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Behrn ...

and his last match was in the cup against Ystads IF FF in 2005.

Coaching career

From 2010 until he left Halmstad BK at the end of 2015, beside his role as the assistant manager of the first team, Arvidsson was also responsible for the clubs U-21 squad. Arvidsson continued his coaching career at Varbergs BoIS. He signed as an assistant manager on 4 January 2016. He left the club at the end of 2017 to join

, which already was announced in November 2017. Arvidsson was going to take charge of the U-17 squad. On 7 January 2019, Arvidsson was promoted to the technical staff of the first team at Kalmar FF, functioning as one of the assistant managers.Torbjörn Arvidsson flyttas upp till A-truppen
kalmarff.se, 7 January 2019

Achievements

Halmstads BK: *

: :* Champion:

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

:* Stora Silvret (2nd):

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

:* Lilla Silvret (3rd):

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

:* Bronze:

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

: :* Champion: 1995

References

External links

Svenskafans.com article
1968 births Living people Swedish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Allsvenskan players Kalmar FF players Halmstads BK players Halmstads BK non-playing staff 20th-century Swedish sportsmen {{sweden-footy-defender-stub