Kim Bergstrand

Kim Hilding Bergstrand (born 18 April 1968) is a Swedish football coach. A former player for Stockholm rivals AIK and Hammarby IF, he is the manager of the Allsvenskan team Djurgårdens IF together with Thomas Lagerlöf.

Kim Bergstrand
Personal information
Full name Kim Hilding Bergstrand
Date of birth (1968-04-18) 18 April 1968
Place of birth Täby, Stockholm, Sweden
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Djurgårdens IF (manager)
Youth career
1974–1982 IFK Täby
1983–1985 AIK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1994 AIK 148 (30)
1995–1998 Hammarby IF 84 (28)
1998–2001 Nacka FF 40 (25)
2001–2002 Brommapojkarna 21 (3)
Total 293 (86)
International career
1987 Sweden U21 1 (0)
Managerial career
2001 Nacka FF
2003–2007 Brommapojkarna (youth coach)
2008–2010 Brommapojkarna
2012–2018 IK Sirius
2018– Djurgårdens IF
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Playing career

Bergstrand played for AIK, Hammarby IF, Nacka FF and IF Brommapojkarna.[1] He became Swedish champion by winning 1992 Mästerskapsserien with AIK.[1]

Managerial career

Between 2008 and 2010, Kim Bergstrand was the manager of IF Brommapojkarna.[2] In 2012, Kim Bergstrand and Thomas Lagerlöf became managers of IK Sirius.[3]

Before the 2019 season, Kim Bergstrand and Thomas Lagerlöf became managers of Djurgårdens IF.[4] Bergstrand and Lagerlöf managed the team to a Swedish title their first season.[5] In 2022, they took Djurgården to their first European group stage, the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.[6]

Controversies

On 31 January 2021, Kim Bergstrand participated in an interview about leadership in Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, where he referred to German leadership during the 1930s and 1940s as something you "can learn from". The statement received strong criticism, including from the Swedish Committee Against Antisemitism.[7] Kim Bergstand immediately apologized in public for his statement and Djurgården adopted, as the first Swedish professional club, the IHRA definition of antisemitism in its policy documents.

Honours

Player

AIK

Manager

Djurgårdens IF

References
  1. https://aik.se/sektioner/fotboll/historik/500aikare/kimbergs.html
  2. "Sweden - K. Bergstrand - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". nr.soccerway.com.
  3. "Lagerlöf tar plats bredvid Bergstrand". Sirius Fotboll.
  4. "KLART: De tar över Djurgården efter Özcan". www.aftonbladet.se. 16 November 2018.
  5. "DJURGÅRDEN ÄR SVENSKA MÄSTARE 2019 – EFTER SUPERVÄNDNINGEN". www.aftonbladet.se. 2 November 2019.
  6. "Djurgården vidare – efter mardrömsstart". www.expressen.se.
  7. Liljekvist, Erik (1 February 2021). "Fotboll: "Hade han varit tränare i Tyskland hade han sparkats"". SVT Sport.


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