Erik Hamrén

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Erik Anders Hamrén (born 27 June 1957) is a Swedish manager and former football player, who is the manager of Danish Superliga club AaB. He also previously coached the Sweden national football team between 2009 and 2016 and the Iceland national football team from 2018 to 2020.

Erik Hamrén

Hamrén with Sweden in August 2011
Personal information
Full name	Erik Anders Hamrén
Date of birth	(1957-06-27) 27 June 1957 (age 65)
Place of birth	Ljusdal, Sweden
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	AaB (Manager)
Managerial career
Years	Team
1987–1988	Enköpings SK
1989	Väsby IK
1990–1991	IF Brommapojkarna
1992–1993	Vasalunds IF
1994	Degerfors IF
1995–1997	AIK
1998–2003	Örgryte IS
2004–2008	AaB
2008–2010	Rosenborg BK
2009–2016	Sweden
2018–2020	Iceland
2022–	AaB

Playing career

Hamrén played in local team Ljusdals IF before starting his coaching career. An injury ended his playing career.

Coaching career

Hamrén coached Norwegian team Rosenborg BK to league championship in his first full season with the club. His previous job was as manager of the Danish Superliga side Aalborg BK, where he guided the team to a 5th-place finish in the 2005–06 season, a 3rd place in the 2006–07 season, and to the championship in the 2007–08 season.

Following heavy speculation in Swedish and Norwegian media, it was confirmed on 4 November 2009 that Hamrén would assume part-time responsibility of the Sweden national football team while also managing Rosenborg. This happened until Rosenborg relieved him from his contract on 1 September 2010.^[1] From that point, Hamrén would assume full-time responsibilities for the Swedish team.^[1][2] After heavy discussions with RBK (Erik Hoftun, Terje Svendsen, Nils Skutle, Lars Aune), Hamren eventually was confirmed as manager for the Swedish national team.

On 16 October 2012, he presided over a game where the national team finished with a 4–4 draw from 4–0 down in Berlin against Germany in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group C.^[3][4] Hamrén qualified Sweden for Euro 2012 and Euro 2016, before stepping down as the manager of Sweden.

On 8 August 2018, Hamrén was named as manager of the Iceland national football team, where he succeeded Heimir Hallgrímsson.^[5] On 15 November 2020, following Iceland's failure to qualify for Euro 2020 and their poor performance in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A that led to their relegation for the succeeding season, Hamren announced that he would resign as manager after Iceland's last match of the year.^[6]

On 15 September 2022 he returned to AaB in the Danish Superliga, when Lars Friis was sacked.^[7]

Personal life

Erik Hamrén was raised primarily in Ljusdal as the son of Pelle, a train dispatcher, and his wife Kerstin. He is married and has two daughters.

Honours

As manager

AIK

• Svenska Cupen: 1995–1996, 1996-1997

Örgryte IS

• Svenska Cupen: 1999–2000

AaB Fodbold

• Danish Superliga Championship: 2007–08

Rosenborg

• Tippeligaen: 2009, 2010
• Superfinalen: 2010

Individual

• Danish Football Manager of the Year: 2008^[8]
• Norwegian Football Manager of the Year: 2009^[9]

As technical director

Mamelodi Sundowns

• Nedbank Cup: 2018

Managerial statistics

As of 9 December 2022

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
AaB		January 2004	May 2008	84	58	8	18	069.05
Rosenborg		June 2008	May 2010	77	43	23	11	055.84
Sweden		November 2009	June 2016	83	45	16	22	054.22
Iceland		August 2018	November 2020	24	7	3	14	029.17
AaB		September 2022	Present	10	3	2	5	030.00
Career totals				278	156	52	70	056.12

References

1. (in Norwegian). Adresseavisen. 4 November 2009. Archived from the original on 7 November 2009.
2. "Hamren named as new Sweden coach". BBC Sport. 4 November 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
3. O'Connor, Philip (17 October 2012). "Swedish coach didn't sleep following amazing fightback in Germany". Irish Independent. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
4. "The night efficiency died: Sweden collapse signals the end of German mental toughness". GOAL. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
5. "Iceland name Swede Hamren as new coach". Agence France-Presse. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
6. O'Connor, Philip (14 November 2020). "Iceland soccer coach Hamren to step down after England game". Reuters. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
7. Schmidt, Martin (15 September 2020). "Vildt comeback: AaB ansætter Erik Hamrén". bold.dk. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
8. "Dansk Fodbold Award 2008" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
9. "HAMRÉN OG BERNTSEN ÅRETS TRENERE" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Association. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2009.

External links

 

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• Sweden appointment (in Swedish)
• – UEFA coaching record (archived)
• Profile at Eurosport