Klebér Saarenpää

Klebér Saarenpää ( born December 14, 1975 in Uppsala ) is a former Swedish football player. The defender, who ran aground in eleven games for the Swedish national team, played his career in Sweden and Denmark. After the end of the active career, he began a coaching career.

Career

Saarenpää began playing football at Stäppens IF. About Uppsala Headlands IK he came 1991 on the youth department of the IK Sirius, for whom he made ​​his debut a year later in the second class Division 1. After several years in the second division, he joined Djurgårdens IF, to play in the Allsvenskan. After he had to descend with the team from the first division at the end of the 1996, he moved to league rivals IFK Norrköping.

In his new club to Saarenpää established as a regular player and played in the circle of the national team. On 31 May 2000, he debuted at a training camp in Spain 's 1-0 victory with a goal by Marcus Allbäck against the Danish national team. He drew attention to himself outside Sweden and moved in early 2001 in the Danish Superliga for AaB. There he sat as a regular force in defense firmly establishing itself in the nation Alma shaft. After he had suffered a Kreuzbandriß in its second year, a broken leg and after his recovery, he sought a return to the team, working with the club, however, was terminated.

Saarenpää rejected a strong performance-based contract, which the club AIK Solnaer offered him for the Allsvenskan, from and returned to his former, unterklassig gambling club IK Sirius. In July it invited Hammarby IF one on trial because he was considered a potential candidate for the succession of the Leicester City migrated Patrik Gerrbrand. It was ultimately up to the end of the transfer window at the end of August, before he signed a valid contract until end of season with option to extend. In the following years he continued to be injury-prone, so he came infrequently used.

2007 moved Saarenpää together with his compatriot Pablo Piñones -Arce for Danish club Vejle BK. Since he was injured again and thus hardly came to game time, the club decided not to renew his expiring contract in the summer. Therefore, the defender returned in August to Hammarby IF. Again, he was rarely used and by the end of the 2008 season, he finished his active career and announced plans to begin a coaching education.

In March 2012 Saarenpää took over as coach at Syrianska FC in the Allsvenskan as the former coach Özcan Melkemichel did not have the required coaching license. This henceforth acted as team manager.