Jens Fjellström
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jens Åke Alexander Fjellström | ||
Date of birth | 27 October 1966 | ||
Place of birth | Umeå, Sweden | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Australia Women (Assistant) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1988 | Gimonäs CK | ||
1988–1992 | Djurgårdens IF | 115 | (23) |
1993–1997 | Malmö FF | 98 | (19) |
1997–1998 |
→ Dalian Wanda (loan) | 44 | (6) |
1999–2000 | Malmö FF | 21 | (0) |
International career | |||
1990–1992 |
Sweden | 3 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
2016–2019 | Malmö FF (Assistant) | ||
2022– | Australia Women (Assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Jens Fjellström (born 27 October 1966) is a Swedish professional football manager and sports commentator. He is also a former professional player. He is currently an assistant coach for the Australia women's national soccer team.[1]
Career
Club career
Fjellström started his career at local Umeå club
China
before playing a final season in Malmö. Fjellström decided to end his career after a knee injury had made him miss a season after which he thought that he couldn't perform at the same level as before his injury.
International career
Fjellström won a total of three
Sweden national team. On his international debut he scored his first and only international goal. This was in a friendly match against Norway on 22 August 1990.[2]
Media and Coaching
After retiring, Fjellström worked 15 years as a football expert on Swedish TV-channel
TV4. He didn't extend his contract with the channel and instead on 26 July 2016, he was appointed as assistant manager of Malmö FF.[3] He left the position on 21 January 2019.[4]
In March 2019, he announced that he was going to work for the Denmark national team as a scout for manager Åge Hareide.[5]
In 2022 he was appointed as an assistant coach of the Australian women's national soccer team.[6]
References
- ^ "Jens Fjellström | Matildas". www.matildas.com.au. 10 April 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "Herrar A Träningslandskamp Matchinformation: Norge mot Sverige 1990-08-22 (1–2) — svenskfotboll.se". www2.svenskfotboll.se. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ "Jens Fjellström ny tränare i Malmö FF (Jens Fjellström new coach at Malmö FF)". aftonbladet.se. 26 July 2016.
- ^ Officiellt: Fjellström lämnar Malmö FF, fotbollskanalen.se, 21 January 2019
- ^ Fjellströms nya jobb – i danska landslaget: "Lite kittlande", fotbollskanalen.se, 21 March 2019
- ^ "Football Australia names former Swedish international Jens Fjellström to CommBank Matildas Coaching Staff". www.matildas.com.au. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- Malmström, Håkan (2010). 100 MFF:ARE. Sydsvenska Dagbladets AB. ISBN 978-91-85319-71-8.