Swedish football manager and player

Mats Åke Gren (born 20 December 1963) is a Swedish football coach and former player who played as a defender. He played for IFK Göteborg and Gr*hopper during a professional career that spanned between 1978 and 2000. A full international between 1984 and 1992, he won 22 caps for the Sweden national team and represented his country at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

Contents

• 1 Club career
• 2 International career
• 3 Coaching career
• 4 Honours
  • 4.1 Player
  • 4.2 Manager
• 5 Personal
• 6 References

Club career

Gren played for Falu BS 1982–1984. He then played for IFK Göteborg in 1984–1985 and became Swedish champion in 1984. Gren then moved to Gr*hopper, where he played from 1985–2000. He won the Swiss National League 5 times (1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998) and won 4 cup*les (1988, 1989, 1990, 1994).

International career

Gren played 22 games for the Swedish national team and was a member of the squad in the 1990 FIFA World Cup and participated in one game coming in as a subs*ute.

Coaching career

He was *istant manager of Gr*hopper from 2009.

On 31 May 2009 he was named as the new head coach of Vejle Boldklub and signed over three years here between 30 June 2012.

Due to a poor start to the spring season of 2011, where Vejle dropped from 2nd to 3rd in the Danish 1st Division, Gren was sacked by the club board on 12 April 2011.

In 2014, Gren left his job as manager Jönköpings Södra to take the role as sporting director at IFK Göteborg. On 10 October 2018, with the club showing poor results and having financial difficulties, IFK Göteborg sacked Gren.

Honours

Player

IFK Göteborg

• Swedish Champion: 1984

Gr*hopper

• Swiss National League: 1989–90, 1990–91, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98
• Swiss Cup: 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94

Manager

BK Häcken

• Damallsvenskan: 2020

Personal

Mats's son Mikael plays in the reserve team of Gr*hopper.

References