Jens Gustafsson

Jens Gustafsson (born 15 October 1978) is a Swedish former football player. After the end of his active career the defender began a coaching career.

Career

Gustafsson began early as the son of long-time player of Landskrona BoIS Tommy Gustafsson playing football. He was considered a great talent, but managed in the late 1990s not at Helsingborgs IF breakthrough. Therefore, he moved on to the second division IK Brage in the Superettan. After one season at Högaborgs BK he joined in early 2003 Falkenberg FF. As a regular player he missed in the following seven seasons hardly a game and played until his retirement after the end of the season 2009 193 second league appearances for the club. The defensive player, scoring four goals.

Shortly after completion of the active career committed Halmstad BK Gustafsson as a coach for the U-17 youth team. With this he was successful and led her into the quarterfinals of the Swedish Junior Championship. He then moved in early 2011 to the coach of the club's U-21 team. Meanwhile came the competition team of the club in Allsvenskan in danger of relegation and had only won in the first half of the season with the 2011 one of the 15 season games. Then, the club dismissed the Spaniard Josep Clotet Ruiz as chief operating manager and certain Gustafsson successor. However, under his leadership, the team won only two season games, with 14 points, he went with her as severed Table end of the season from the top flight from. The club held still hold on to it, who looked after him from team to Guðjón Baldvinsson, Christian Järdler, Ryan Miller, Mikael Boman and Antonio Rojas, he led the relegation place. After successes against GIF Sundsvall he returned with her ​​back to the excellence.