Jan Jönsson
January Unlike Jönsson ( born May 24, 1960) is a Swedish former football player who now works as a coach. With 557 missions he is the player with the most appearances for Halmstad BK, of which he completed 217 games in the Allsvenskan. Remained to him as a player denied a title - in the championship season in 1979, he was not excellent - he was successful as a coach, bringing with Stabæk Fotball the Norwegian title.
Career
13 years Halmstad BK and career finale in Japan
Jönsson first played at Trönninge IF, before he came to Halmstad BK before the premiership season 1979. Initially a reserve player he was in his debut season in two games, contributing slightly to the championship title at. Due to the small number of completed games, however, he was not among the excellent players with medals. In the following season still mainly substitute he succeeded in the 1981 season of the breakthrough and he played all 26 season games. As a coach Jan Mak subsequently forced a change of generations, he was still among the permanent employees and stood beside Mats Jingblad, Frenk Schinkel, Peter Larsson and Peter Andersson regularly on the field.
With the team Jönsson reached from 1982 with Mak respectively its successor Stefan Lundin regularly by a place in the middle table area the championship finals. However, they remained here a chance and failed each in the quarterfinals. After restricting he finalists on four teams from the season 1985, the club, the final participation as seventh in clearly failed in the first year. In the following game time Jönsson fought with his teammates after a mixed season start and a change of coach in summer - Kenneth Rosén took over as coach of the exchanged Portugal Lundin - in the second half of the season approach and had the same number of points rivals IFK Norrköping in fifth only on goal difference precedence leave. In the season 1987, the disillusionment followed. Although he lost the team to Sven -Åke Landgren, Ulf Jönsson and Stefan Lindqvist in domestic Örjans interval only two season games, but on foreign place she took with four draws only four points. With 17 points from 22 games, the goal difference was again crucial that the club behind GIF Sundsvall took a relegation place.
After relegation, the club undertook with Stuart Baxter a new coach. Under his leadership managed an immediate return to the Allsvenskan. On the side of Torbjörn Arvidsson, Bjorn Nordberg, Tommy Frejdh and Jonas Dahlgren took Jönsson, who scored four goals this season, with the newly promoted to fifth place in the table and missed a point behind the tied third-placed GAIS and fourth Örebro SK a medal. However, the rejuvenated with players like Niclas Alexandersson or Niklas Gudmundsson team could not confirm the success and slipped into the back table space. In the season 1991, the club struggled after a winless season so far in the second half yet to take part in the championship finals. After a 1-2 defeat against AIK on the final day of the club missed point - and tordifferenzgleich against the rivals IFK Norrköping during the season due to two fewer goals scored participation and had to compete in the promotion and relegation round. There, after half of the series still placed in the mid table area, the team lost in the second round five of their seven games and dismounted from the Allsvenskan.
After the descent Baxter left the club in the direction of Japan. Jönsson succeeded him as playing assistant coach to first Sanfrecce Hiroshima and then Vissel Kobe, where he ended his active career in 1996.
As a coach in Sweden and Norway
Until 1997, Jönsson worked together with Baxter nor for Vissel Kobe in Japan. While Baxter returned to the Allsvenskan season 1998 to Sweden and took over AIK managing the training, Jönsson even returned back to Sweden, but was hired as coach at Panos Ljungskile SK on. With the Erstligaabsteiger he played in the front table portion of the second class Division 1 Södra and qualified in 1999 as a fourth table for the league as a second newly created Superettan. In the opening season of the new series he finished with the team next Gunnilse IS and Åtvidabergs FF only the relegation zone.
Then took over as coach Jönsson at Landskrona BoIS. The team led by Daniel Nannskog, Jesper Ljung, Johnny Lundberg and Alexander Farnerud, he served as vice champion behind the Superettan Kalmar FF back to the first division. There he played with her against the relegated again and placed regularly before the Abstigsplätzen. However, in acute danger of relegation in the summer of 2004 the club sacked him and replaced him with his former teammate Mats Jingblad.
In early 2005 went Jönsson to Norway to fill initially for two years as coach of relegated to the second division Stabæk Fotball. At first attempt is successful, the club went straight back into the Tippeligaen, where they narrowly missed out in fifth a place in the European Cup. In the season of 2007, he moved closer to the team to Bjørnar Holmvik, Jon Inge Høiland, Mike Kjølø and Morten Skjønsberg top of the table and pointed as runner-up six points behind Brann Bergen on.
Had Jönsson still played with his team 's opening game of the 2008 season against Molde FK 0-0 draw, they conquered the next Round after a 4-2 win against Lillestrøm SK for the first time the standings. Replaced a short time back, the team once again took the top spot from the fifth matchday. In the meantime, equipped with six -point lead was developed in the mid-season a duel with Fredrikstad FK, which was marked by changing table guides. Finally, coached by Jönsson team showed as a constant and developed again in the second half of the season a number of points amount projection. With six points difference to competitors Jönsson won with the team especially due to the scoring prowess of Daniel Nannskog, Johan Andersson and Veigar Páll Gunnarsson - while the former was top scorer with 16 goals this season, the other two placed also among the top ten scorers in the league, so that the club a goal difference of 36 goals auswies - their first championship in club history. Parallel pulled the team into a final of the National Cup and came close to winning the double. In Oslo Ullevaal Stadium but Vålerenga Oslo used his home advantage and sat down after goals from Daniel Fredheim Holm and Mohammed Abdellaoue who met two times, with a 4-1 win through.
Beginning of 2009 brought Jönsson with the successful revenge for the Cup Final defeat against Vålerenga Oslo inaugural Super finals the next title for his club. The subsequent start of the season failed, however, on the seventh match, the club took the relegation zone again. With a successful series Jönsson had led the club to the end of the first round to eighth place in the table and then held him within reach of the European Cup places. On 25 Round in third place for the first time on a Europa League place strengthened the club this position and finished the season behind Rosenborg and Molde FK.
In the summer of 2010 it was announced that Jönsson is provided as a successor of Nils Arne Eggen from January 2011 when record champions Rosenborg Trondheim. With his new club, he signed a four-year contract.