Henrik Rydström

Henrik Rydström
Rydström in 2026
Personal information
Full name Henrik Per-Erik Rydström
Date of birth (1976-02-16) 16 February 1976
Place of birth Karlskrona, Sweden
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Hammarby IF (head coach)
Youth career
1982–1993 Listerby IK
1993–1995 Kalmar FF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–2013 Kalmar FF 551 (23)
2014 IFK Berga 0 (0)
2014–2016 Listerby IK 5 (1)
2016 Hossmo BK 1 (0)
Total 557 (24)
Managerial career
2018 Kalmar FF (caretaker)
2019–2020 IK Sirius
2021–2022 Kalmar FF
2023–2025 Malmö FF
2026 Columbus Crew
2026– Hammarby IF
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henrik Per-Erik Rydström (born 16 February 1976) is a Swedish professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Allsvenskan club Hammarby IF.

As of 2013, he was the sixth longest serving player in the world when it comes to playing for the same club.[1]

Career

He made his debut for Kalmar FF in 1994 and played his last game for the team in 2013. He was a defensive midfielder known for a good passing foot and superb leadership on and off the pitch. In the spring of 2008, he was named best club captain of Allsvenskan in a vote from the players of the league.[2] Rydström holds the club record for most games played for Kalmar FF with 802 games.[3]

Politics

He has held speeches for the Swedish Social Democratic Party. He stated in a podcast interview with local newspaper Sydsvenskan, owned by Bonnier Group, while he was the manager of Malmö, that he wants to "take the fight harder against the Sweden Democrats".[4] This statement stirred reactions from the Sweden Democrats in Malmö, who accused him of "bullying and excluding their voter base from welcome to Eleda Stadion".[5] His statement furthermore marked a change in Malmö's neutral stance of outwards politics both regionally and nationally as a democratically membership owned football association, as the press officer of Malmö attended the interview.

Managerial statistics

As of 26 August 2026
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Kalmar FF Sweden 31 July 2018 31 December 2018 163581222−10018.75
IK Sirius Sweden 1 January 2019 31 December 2020 6820183093115−22029.41
Kalmar FF Sweden 1 January 2021 30 November 2022 693414219676+20049.28
Malmö Sweden 1 December 2022 26 September 2025 126673029250142+108053.17
Columbus Crew United States 31 December 2025 17 May 2026 165472624+2031.25
Hammarby IF Sweden 5 June 2026 Present 12732237+16058.33
Career total 3071367497500386+114044.30

Honours

Player

Kalmar FF

Manager

Malmö FF

References

  1. ↑ "Giggs blir svår att slå men Totti ska jag kunna vänta ut" (in Swedish). FotbollDirekt. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Allsvensk makt – del 2 - Fotbolldirekt – Experten på svensk fotboll".
  3. ↑ "Tack för allt".
  4. ↑ "Rädslan att förlora får aldrig bli större än viljan att vinna".
  5. ↑ "Malmö FF mobbar SD Malmö".
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