Andreas Georgson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Karl Eric Andreas Georgson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 21 February 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Lomma, Sweden | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Tottenham Hotspur (assistant coach) Sweden (assistant coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| GIF Nike | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| GIF Nike | |||
| FC Rosengård | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2022 | Malmö FF (caretaker) | ||
| 2023–2024 | Lillestrøm SK | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Karl Eric Andreas Georgson (born 21 February 1982) is a Swedish professional football coach and former executive and player who played as a centre-back. He is currently assistant coach at Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur as well as the Sweden national team.
Playing career
[edit | edit source]Born in Lomma, Skåne, Georgson started his career at hometown club GIF Nike, playing for the youth team before captaining the first-team. He also played for Rosengård and worked in the Malmö academy during his playing career.[2][3]
Coaching career
[edit | edit source]Malmö
[edit | edit source]Georgson began his coaching career at Malmö in 2006 and went on to hold various roles including Head of Youth Scouting, Head of Methodology in the academy, under-17 head coach; he was the assistant head coach from 2018 to 2019.[3] Following Uwe Rösler's suspension, Georgson stood in as Malmö manager in a 4–0 win against Örebro in November 2018.[4][5]
Brentford
[edit | edit source]Georgson joined Brentford as the Head of Set Pieces and Individual Developments in November 2019 under head coach Thomas Frank.[3][6][7] Georgson was noted for playing a pivotal role in Brentford's set piece efficiency, using a data-driven model for improvement.[8][9]
Arsenal
[edit | edit source]After less than a year at Brentford,[10] Georgson moved to Arsenal in August 2020 under head coach Mikel Arteta,[11][12] working alongside assistant coaches Albert Stuivenberg, Steve Round, Carlos Cuesta and Miguel Molina, and goalkeeping coach Iñaki Caña.[13][14] He left the club in the summer of 2021, and was replaced by set piece coach Nicolas Jover.[15][16]
Malmö
[edit | edit source]Georgson was the caretaker manager of Malmö from July to September 2022, and later served as the technical director before leaving the club in August 2023.[17][18]
Southampton
[edit | edit source]Georgson became a set piece coach at Southampton under manager Russell Martin in August 2023.[2][19] He left the club in December 2023.[20]
Lillestrøm
[edit | edit source]Georgson became head coach of Lillestrøm in January 2024, signing a three-year contract and succeeding caretaker manager Eirik Bakke.[21][22][23]
Manchester United
[edit | edit source]Georgson became a set piece coach at Manchester United in July 2024.[24]
Tottenham Hotspur
[edit | edit source]On 12 June 2025, it was announced that Georgson had joined Tottenham Hotspur as assistant coach, following the appointment of former Brentford head coach Thomas Frank.[25]
Executive career
[edit | edit source]Malmö
[edit | edit source]Georgson left Arsenal to rejoin Malmö where he became the club's sporting manager under sporting director Daniel Andersson. His role included management, strategy, development, player and leader recruitment and analysis.[15][26] He became sporting director following Andersson's departure in January 2022.[27]
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- 1982 births
- Living people
- Swedish men's footballers
- Swedish football managers
- Malmö FF non-playing staff
- Brentford F.C. non-playing staff
- Arsenal F.C. non-playing staff
- Southampton F.C. non-playing staff
- Manchester United F.C. non-playing staff
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. non-playing staff
- Eliteserien managers
- Lillestrøm SK managers
- Swedish expatriate football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Norway
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Expatriate football managers in England
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in England
- 21st-century Swedish sportsmen
- FC Rosengård 1917 players
- People from Lomma Municipality