Ludwig Ernstsson is a retired Swedish

Sweden

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 football striker.

He grew up in both Räppe and Ör, since his parents were separated. He joined Östers IF

Östers IF

Östers IF is a Swedish football club located in Växjö. The club, formed 20 April 1930 , is currently playing in the second Swedish league called Superettan. In 1968, Öster won Allsvenskan as newcomers. The club is affiliated to the Smålands Fotbollförbund...

, made his senior debut in 1992 and joined Kongsvinger IL

Kongsvinger IL

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 in 1997. Here he scored ten Norwegian Premier League

Norwegian Premier League

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 goals in 1997 and 1998. In the middle of the season he left Kongsvinger for Austria Wien

FK Austria Wien

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. He stayed here until 2000, when he returned to Öster.

After retiring he became a youth coach. In 2009 he was promoted to assistant coach for the senior team. In July 2010 he was promoted to head coach, only to be replaced two months later - following a six game losing streak - by Hans Gren

Hans Gren

Hans Gren is a Swedish football manager who is currently manager of Östers IF. His previous job was as assistant manager at Malmö FF, Gren was at the club from 2008 until he left in the preseason of 2010.-External sources:*...

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Another two months later, on November 10, it was announced that Ernstsson and Öster parted ways for the time being.