Lennart Söderberg
Kurt Lennart Söderberg (* July 7, 1941 in Torpshammar ) is a Swedish former athlete, who competed in the highest Swedish league, both in football and ice hockey. Following his playing career, he worked as a football coach. The defender, who was an international match for the Swedish national football team in 1965, coached clubs in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Cyprus. Due to its aggressive use as a player, he was inspired by the American boxer Sonny Liston nicknamed " Liston ".
Career
Playing career
Söderberg began as a child in 1948 with the football games at Råsunda IS. Two years later he moved within Solnas in the youth of the AIK, for which he was also active in hockey. At the age of 15 he made his debut for the hockey competition team of the club in 1959, he first came to the football team in the Allsvenskan. 1961 briefly active for GIF Sundsvall, he returned the following year to AIK. After the soccer players were relegated to the second division, he became one of the supports in the promotion battle. Middle of the decade final team regular, coach Lennart Nyman appointed him to the country selection. In the 1-2 defeat against Brazil, he stood at the side of Lennart Wing, Orvar Bergmark, Kurt Hamrin and Ove Grahn the only time in the national jersey on the court, even though he was several times in the squad.
Until 1966 Söderberg strain force was at AIK. After he missed the season due to injury in 1967, he left the club in 1968 after 85 Premier League matches and a goal towards Ljusdals IF. In the second division, he replaced Jens Lindblom as player-coach, who had broken his leg. Together they trained until 1970 before Söderberg returned to AIK. But he could not play in the team and ended his career.
Coaching career
First coach station after the final End of career was from 1971, the amateur club SK Ulriksdals, for which he briefly returned in 1972 on the playing field. In 1973 he took over the third division Gefle IF, which he led in the second division in his first season as a responsible coach. Similarly, it was him at his next stop, in 1975 acquired Västerås SK. After the rise in the first year he missed with the club in third place of the North Season of the second division just under the walkover in the Allsvenskan, however, succeeded in 1977 as the season winner before Sandvikens IF the rise. The freshman struggled in the top flight season in 1978 against relegation, one point behind on the space occupied by Mitaufsteiger Åtvidabergs FF last non- relegation zone missed Söderberg with the team as Table relegation. Then he stayed for two seasons at the club in the second division before he hired the league rivals IFK Eskilstuna before the start of the second division season 1981. Surprisingly, he led the club to victory season in the relegation matches against Kalmar FF the team remained winless and therefore not returned to the first division back. However, the team was unable to build on this success and played in a relegation battle, but was able to maintain three points clear at the Abstiegsplätz the class.
In 1983, Söderberg first time an offer from abroad come true and took over the Norwegian club odds BK. Also in this third division, he was an immediate success and went with him to the second division. There, however, the team had no chance and got together with Lyn Oslo and Brumunddal Fotball directly from again. Therefore, he returned to Sweden and trained in the following Västerås SK ( 1984), Vasalunds IF ( 1985-1986) and Gefle IF ( 1987-1989) in the second division. In 1990 he again received an offer from abroad, this time he moved to the Danish club Ikast FS. The Club, he served as third-placed in the UEFA Cup, in the debut season of Super League in 1991 but the club fell into danger of relegation and separated from Söderberg.
1993 Söderberg returned to the dugout and took over the amateur club Syrianska FC before briefly the Cypriot club Anorthosis Famagusta trained in the following year. He then hired again in Västerås SK, but finished at the end of the season his contract in 1994. In 1996 he returned, however, and led the club again in the Allsvenskan. Once again, the club could not compete in the premier league and went straight off again. In the meantime, however, he had separated from his coach. This then took over for the name of the second division in danger of relegation IFK Malmö. Since he missed the league here, ended the season end his contract. In 1998, he coached IFK Eskilstuna again, after heart problems, he joined shorter in the sequence.
2001 Soderberg coached the Köpings FF before he then returned as a consultant for Västerås SK. In early 2004, the club would oblige him again as a coach, after a racist remark but was dismissed a week before the start of the second division season 2004 of the Office. Nevertheless, he remained the club as an official connected.
Controversies
Over the coaching career Söderbergs it always came back to controversy due to various utterances. So it was at the start of the Premiership season 1997 discussions whether the cadres of Aufstiegers Västerås SK was prepared in accordance with Aryan point of view, since no foreign players were in it, and Söderberg had expressed negative feelings about ineffable name especially for foreign players in the competition. Two years later led his statements about sport and homosexuals to accusations of homophobia.
2004 berated Söderberg in a preseason game a player racist. Then his former club Västerås SK released him a week before the season starts.