Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mats Åke Gren | ||
Date of birth | 20 December 1963 | ||
Place of birth | Falun, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Central defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1978–1983 | Falu BS | 45 | (12) |
1984–1985 | IFK Göteborg | 40 | (9) |
1985–2000 | Grasshopper | 427 | (45) |
Total | 512 | (66) | |
International career | |||
1984–1990 | Sweden U21 | 12 | (5) |
1984–1992 | Sweden | 22 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2004 | Grasshopper (assistant) | ||
2005–2006 | FC Vaduz | ||
2007–2009 | Grasshopper (assistant) | ||
2009–2011 | Vejle | ||
2012–2014 | Jönköpings Södra | ||
2014–2018 | IFK Göteborg (director of sports) | ||
2020–2021 | Häcken women | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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 Grasshopper 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. Gren was first playing as a forward, but as he was a utility player, the last ten years in Grasshopper he played as a defender and also became team captain.[1][2]