Thomas Dennerby
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Lennart Dennerby | ||
| Date of birth | 13 August 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Stockholm, Sweden | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977−1985 | Hammarby IF | 157 | (8) |
| 1985−1987 | Spårvägens IF | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Värtans IK | |||
| Spårvägens FF | |||
| 1996−1999 | Hammarby IF DFF | ||
| 2001 | Hammarby IF (assistant) | ||
| 2002−2004 | Djurgården/Älvsjö | ||
| 2005−2012 | Sweden (women) | ||
| 2013 | Hammarby IF | ||
| 2018−2019 | Nigeria (women) | ||
| 2019−2023 | India U17 (women) | ||
| 2019−2023 | India U20 (women) | ||
| 2021−2023 | India (women) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Thomas Lennart Dennerby (born 13 August 1959) is a Swedish football manager. He managed Sweden to a third place finish at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. He last served as the head coach of the India women's football team.
Career
[edit | edit source]Dennerby, the former coach of the Nigeria women's national football team also known as super Falcons was previously a player in Hammarby IF[1] and Spårvägens IF, as well as the national U21 team. He has also worked as a police officer. As a coach, he won Allsvenskan with Hammarby IF in 2001, and Damallsvenskan with Djurgården/Älvsjö.[2]
Dennerby can be seen in the Sveriges Television documentary television series The Other Sport from 2013.
He became manager of the Nigerian women's national team in January 2018.[3] He resigned in October 2019.[4]
On 9 November 2019, All India Football Federation (AIFF) appointed Dennerby as the head coach of India U17 Women's team which is going to participate in the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup as the host of the edition.[5]
Later Thomas Dennerby took charge as Head Coach of the Indian Senior Women's National Team in August 2021.[6]
Honours
[edit | edit source]Individual
[edit | edit source]- Swedish Manager of the Year (women's football)[7] (1): 2004
- CAF Awards - Women's Coach of the Year (nominated)[8]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Thomas Dennerby – UEFA coaching record (archived)
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Swedish football managers
- Swedish women's football managers
- Swedish men's footballers
- Hammarby Fotboll players
- 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup managers
- 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup managers
- Hammarby Fotboll non-playing staff
- Hammarby Fotboll (women) managers
- Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women) managers
- Hammarby Fotboll managers
- Sweden women's national football team managers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Nigeria women's national football team managers
- India women's national football team managers
- 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup managers
- Swedish expatriate football managers
- Damallsvenskan managers
- Expatriate football managers in India
- Expatriate football managers in Nigeria
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Nigeria
- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in India
- 20th-century Swedish sportsmen
- Spårvägens FF players