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Thomas Dennerby
Personal information
Full name Thomas Lennart Dennerby
Date of birth (1959-08-13) 13 August 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Position(s) 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

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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

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Individual

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References

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  1. ^ "Thomas Dennerby". mondedufoot.fr. 11 October 2019. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  2. ^ "uefa". Archived from the original on 8 September 2009.
  3. ^ "Swede Thomas Dennerby to coach Nigeria's women's team". BBC Sport. 25 January 2018. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Nigeria women's coach Thomas Dennerby resigns". BBC Sport. 10 October 2019. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  5. ^ "AIFF appoints Thomas Dennerby as the head coach of U17- women's world cup team". AIFF. 9 November 2019. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Thomas Dennerby to take charge as Head Coach of Indian Senior Women's Team". AIFF. 13 August 2021. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Övriga utmärkelser — fogis.se". fogis.se. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  8. ^ "CAF Awards 2019: Former Super Falcons coach Thomas Dennerby nominated for African Women's Coach of the Year award". Pulse. Archived from the original on 27 November 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
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