Tommy Söderberg

Tommy Söderberg
Tommy Söderberg in June 2006
Personal information
Date of birth (1948-08-19) 19 August 1948
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Team information
Current team
 IFK Sunne (advisor)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Ängby IF
Managerial career
1972 BK Väster
1980–1981 Spånga IS
1982–1985 IF Brommapojkarna
1986 Djurgårdens IF (assistant)
1987–1989 Djurgårdens IF
1991–1993 AIK
1994–1997 Sweden U21
1998–2004 Sweden
2005–2012 Sweden U21
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tommy Söderberg (born 19 August 1948) is a Swedish football manager and coach who is currently an advisor for IFK Sunne.

Career

Söderberg had his active career in Stockholm clubs Ängby IF and IK Continental, before taking roles in various Stockholm clubs.[1] Söderberg joined head coach Björn Westerberg of Djurgården as an assistant coach before the 1986 season.[2] The following season, he became manager, first signing a one-year contract in October 1986.[3]

As a manager, he won the Swedish league title with AIK in 1992. Later he went on to coach the Swedish U21 national team, and when Tommy Svensson left his job as national team manager in 1998, the path was open for Söderberg. He took Sweden to the Euro 2000 tournament. The same year Lars Lagerbäck was promoted from assistant coach to joint coach together with Söderberg.

Under management of the new coaching duo, Sweden qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2004. During the 2004 European Championship, Söderberg decided to leave his position after the tournament[4] and return to coach the U21 team, which he later managed together with Jörgen Lennartsson.

In 2023, Söderberg received Fotbollskanalens Hederspris, an honorary award presented jointly by TV4 and the Swedish Football Association to recognise major contributions to Swedish football.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "VM-profilen 13 juni: Tommy Söderberg". Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Söderberg ny tränare i Djurgår'n". Svenska Dagbladet. 8 November 1985. p. 28.
  3. ↑ "Rena rama snurren". Svenska Dagbladet. 16 October 1986. p. 27.
  4. ↑ "Sista striden är här". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 9 June 2004. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  5. ↑ Hodzic Pearson, Sebastian (17 December 2023). "Tommy Söderberg får Fotbollskanalens Hederspris". Fotbollskanalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 June 2026.
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