Magnus Pehrsson is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 former football player and the current head coach

Head coach

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 of Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan...

 team Djurgårdens IF.

Playing career

During his playing career Pehrsson played for IFK Lidingö

IFK Lidingö

IFK Lidingö is a Swedish sports club, part of the IFK system, based on the island of Lidingö outside Stockholm. Although the club takes part in numerous sports, it is most famous for its football, athletics and orienteering sections. The football team are called IFK Lidingö FK.The club was founded...

, Djurgårdens IF and IFK Göteborg

IFK Göteborg

IFK Göteborg is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, the club has won 18 national championship titles, five national cup titles, and two UEFA Cups....

 in Sweden, as well as Bradford City

Bradford City A.F.C.

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 in England.

Management career

In 2006 Pehrsson was appointed manager of IK Sirius

IK Sirius Fotboll

IK Sirius is a Swedish football club located in Uppsala. The club is affiliated to the Upplands Fotbollförbund. - History :The club was formed in 1907, with its first success coming in 1924 when they reached the Svenska Mästerskapet final...

. In November 2007, Pehrsson was appointed manager of GAIS

GAIS

Göteborgs Atlet- och Idrottssällskap is a Swedish football club based in Gothenburg, currently playing in Allsvenskan. The club is commonly referred to simply as GAIS, while its fans also refers to the club as grönsvart or the mackerels because of the traditional shirt colours...

. He later moved on to coach the Danish Superliga

Danish Superliga

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 team, Aalborg BK

AaB Football

AaB Fodbold, also referred to as Aalborg BK or AaB, is a professional football team of Danish sports conglomerate Aalborg Boldspilklub, located in Aalborg. They play in the Danish Superliga and have won three Danish Superliga championships and two Danish Cup trophies.AaB became the first Danish...

 in January 2009. He was sacked on 11 October 2010. Pehrsson signed on for Djurgårdens IF as their new manager in November 2010. He will begin working for Djurgården when his contract with Aalborg ends in December 2011. Due to a poor start to the 2011 Allsvenskan

2011 Allsvenskan

The 2011 Allsvenskan, part of the 2011 Swedish football season, was the 87th season of Allsvenskan since its establishment in 1924. The preliminary 2011 fixtures were released on 15 December 2010. The season began on 2 April 2011 and ended on 23 October 2011...

 the Djurgården club board on 3 May 2011 decided to sack Lennart Wass

Lennart Wass

Lennart Wass is a Swedish football manager. He co-managed Swedish side Djurgårdens IF along with Carlos Banda during the 2010 Allsvenskan and the beginning of the 2011 Allsvenskan.-References:...

 and install Pehrsson as his replacement.

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