Håkan Svensson

Håkan Svensson (born 20 January 1970 in Halmstad) is a former professional football goalkeeper, who currently is assistant manager at Landskrona BoIS.

Håkan Svensson
Personal information
Full name Alf Tommy Håkan Svensson[1]
Date of birth (1970-01-20) January 20, 1970
Place of birth Halmstad, Sweden
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Landskrona BoIS (Asst Manager)
Youth career
–1990 Rydöbruks IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–2002 Halmstads BK 253 (0)
2003–2004 AIK 57 (0)
2005 Paralimni FC 9 (0)
2005 IF Elfsborg 7 (0)
2006 BK Häcken 3 (0)
2006 Malmö FF 2 (0)
Total 331 (0)
National team
1998–2001 Sweden 3 (0)
Teams managed
2008– Falkenberg (Asst Manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Svensson represented Halmstads BK between 1990–2002, winning the league twice in 1997 and 2000 and the cup in 1995, in 2003 he moved to rival team AIK[2] claiming he wanted to win titles. This failed and his contract was ended in 2004 after some disagreements with the club. In early 2005 he signed a 6-month contract with Paralimni FC from Cyprus,[3] later in 2005 he returned to Sweden as a back-up goalkeeper for IF Elfsborg.[4] He also represented BK Häcken[5] and Malmö FF[6] in 2006. He retired as a player at the end of Allsvenskan in 2007.[7] In late 2007 he signed a contract as assistant manager for Falkenbergs FF in Superettan.[8]

National team

Svensson played for Sweden in Tommy Söderberg's first game as manager, in which Sweden lost to Spain 0-4.

Personal life

He is the father of Rosenborg player Rasmus Wiedesheim-Paul.

Honours

Club

Halmstads BK:

Individual:

  • Swedish goalkeeper of the year: 2000[9]
  • Longest time without conceding a goal in Allsvenskan: 808 minutes[1]

References
  1. "Håkan Svensson - En av AIK:s mest erfarna målvakter" (in Swedish). aik.se. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
  2. "Halmstad irriterade på Svensson - och på AIK" (in Swedish). Fotbolldirekt.com. 2002-11-15. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
  3. "Håkan Svensson klar för cypriotisk klubb" (in Swedish). Expressen.se. 2005-02-11. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
  4. "Håkan Svensson klar för Elfsborg" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet.se. 2005-06-22. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
  5. "Håkan Svensson till Häcken" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter.se. 2006-03-15. Archived from the original on 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
  6. "Malmö rensar: Asper ersätts med 40-åring" (in Swedish). Expressen.se. 2006-07-28. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
  7. "Håkan Svensson slutar - blir lärare med Thern" (in Swedish). fotbollsverige.se. 2007-10-17. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
  8. "Askebrand och Svensson tar över FFF!" (in Swedish). Svenskafans.com. 2007-10-31. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
  9. "Earlier winners" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 2008-06-20.


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