Thomas Askebrand

Thomas Askebrand, born Johansson 23 January 1969 in Åsa,^[1] is a Swedish football manager.^[2] He is the sporting director and formally manager of Varbergs BoIS.

Thomas Askebrand

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Anders Roland Askebrand
Date of birth	(1969-01-23) 23 January 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth	Åsa, Sweden
Team information
Current team	Varbergs BoIS
Managerial career
Years	Team
1995–1998	Hanhals BK
1999–2001	Bua IF
2002–2004	Lerkils IF
2005	Västra Frölunda (assistant)
2006–2008	Lerkils IF
2008–2012	Falkenbergs FF
2013–2014	GAIS
2015–2017	Östers IF
2018–2019	Örgryte IS
2020–2021	Västerås SK
2023–	Varbergs BoIS

Management career

Thomas started out his managing career for small local clubs in Hanhals, Bua and Lerkil. After one year in the Gothenburg club Västra Frölunda, as an assistant coach, he joined Superettan side Falkenberg. After five good seasons, Thomas left for the bigger club GAIS in January 2013.

After a defeat against Östersund at home in the 9th game of the 2014-season, Gais officially sacked Askebrand due to bad results. The supporters and the board didn't think 8 points and a 13th place was good enough.

On December 10, 2014, Östers IF announced Thomas Askebrand as their new head coach for two years. Östers played in Allsvenskan in 2013 but got relegated from both Allsvenskan and later Superettan the following year.

In November 2017, it was confirmed that Askebrand would take charge of Örgryte IS from the 2018 season.^[3] He left the club at the end of the 2019 season and was appointed head coach of Västerås SK.^[4]

References

1. "Thomas Askebrand". SvenskaFans.com. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
2. "Thomas Askebrand". Fotbollstransfers.com. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
3. Thomas Askebrand ny tränare i Örgryte IS‚ fotboll.ois.se, 13 November 2017
4. Thomas Askebrand ny huvudtränare i Västerås SK fotboll: ”Föreningen vill framåt”, svt.se, 14 November 2019