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Lars Lagerbäck
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Lars Lagerbäck is a Swedish male association football player and coach. Born in Katrineholm in 1948, he holds Swedish citizenship and is educated at Umeå University. He speaks Swedish and English. His professional work period began in 1970.
As a player, Lagerbäck specialized as a midfielder. He participated in the UEFA Euro 2000, 2002 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2004, and UEFA Euro 2008. In his coaching career, he has served as a manager for the Norway national team.
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Key facts
- 2010
- Nigeria
- Full name
- Lars Edvin Lagerbäck
- Date of birth
- ( 1948-07-16 ) 16 July 1948 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Katrineholm , Sweden
- Years
- Team
- 1960 1969
- Alby FF
- 1970 1974
- Gimonäs CK
- 1977 1982
- Kilafors IF
- 1983 1985
- Arbrå BK
- 1987 1989
- Hudiksvalls ABK
- 1990 1995
- Sweden U16 / U18
- 1996 1997
- Sweden B
- 1998 1999
- Sweden (assistant)
- 2000 2009
- Sweden
- 2011 2016
- Iceland
- 2017 2020
- Norway
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Norway
- Position
- Manager
- Nationality
- Sweden
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lars
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Katrineholm
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Educated at
- Umeå University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 2016
- Sport
- association football
- Position played
- midfielder
- Image
- Lars Lagerbäck in Jan 2014.jpg
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- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Lars Edvin "Lasse" Lagerbäck ( pronounced [ˈlɑːʂ ˈlâsːɛ ˈlɑ̂ːɡɛ(r)ˌbɛk]; born 16 July 1948) is a Swedish football manager and former player.
Lagerbäck has managed a number of national teams prior to his current position. He managed the Sweden national team from 1998 until 2009, leading Sweden to five consecutive tournaments. He resigned as manager in 2009, after Sweden failed to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. After a short stint as manager of Nigeria, he led Iceland to unprecedented success as they qualified for their first finals competition, UEFA Euro 2016, and reached the quarter-finals, beating England in the last 16. Apart from his coaching duties, Lagerbäck has in recent years been a pundit for Premier League and UEFA Champions League broadcasting on Swedish television. He currently holds the record for managing a team in the finals of the European Championships with four appearances.
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