Tony Gustavsson
Gustavsson as a TV pundit in April 2013
Tony Gustavsson ( born August 14, 1973) is a former Swedish football player. Meanwhile, the offensive player has been working as a coach. He was in the Allsvenskan season 2007, the first top-flight coach who had completed an academic coach training. In 2012 he became the assistant coach at the Olympic football tournament, the Gold Medal, at the end he won as head coach of the Swedish championship for women.
Career
Playing career
Gustavsson began playing football at Söröje IF. In 1989 he moved to IFK Sundsvall, with the end of the season he was promoted in 1990 to the second-class Division 1 Norra. Here he played until 1993, when he went for a year to Florida to the Orlando Lions of the United Soccer Leagues. For season 1995 Gustavsson returned to Sweden and joined the fifth-tier Stockviks FF. After one season, he moved to the fourth division FC Café Opera on, with which he managed as a relay winners of Division 3 Norra Svealand promotion to the third division. However, he left the club and signed up to the fifth-tier Ytterhogdals IK. For the club, he scored in the season 1997 38 goals in Division 4 Jämtland / Härjedalen and thus helped him to rise in the Viertklassigkeit. Thanks to his scoring prowess of the Allsvenskan club Hammarby IF An incoming invited him to trial, but he could not convince himself of the first division. For the season 1999 he joined for one season in the second division IK Brage.
Coaching career
Parallel to his footballer career Gustavsson began an academic coach training, which was launched in collaboration from Svenska Fotbollförbundet, the Örebro universitet and Degerforser football academy. In 2000 he returned therefore be as player-coach to Ytterhogdals IK, where he worked in four seasons until 2003. In his first season he led the club now again relegated back to the Viertklassigkeit. There he reached with the team midfield places in 2002 were missing three points to reach the promotion round to the third league.
In the season 2004, Gustavsson joined the coaching staff of Degerfors IF as playing assistant coach. In the third-class Division 2 Västra Svealand under coach Dave Mosson reached the summit in the Superettan. After climbing Mosson received a new contract and was succeeded by Gustavsson as head coach. In the second division season 2005, he finished with the team two points clear of soil BK the last non- relegation zone and led them in the following year to eleventh place in the table.
This Gustavsson convinced the leaders of the first division club Hammarby IF, who announced in October 2006, the obligation Gustavssons as successor by Anders Linderoth. At the Stockholm club, he signed a contract with three years duration. In his first season he led the Master from 2001 to sixth place in the following year, the team placed on the ninth. In the season 2009, the team slipped to players like Rami Shaaban, Sebastian Castro- Tello, Igor Armaş and Nachverpflichtung Andreas Dahl in the relegation battle. Therefore, the club decided on 31 August to the coaching change, Thom Åhlund inherited Gustavsson.
In April 2010, Gustavsson took his first coaching position outside Sweden, when he took over as coach at Norwegian club Kongsvinger IL. During the year ascended from the Adecco Ligaen in the Tippeligaen club he met his countrymen Conny Månsson, Bobbie Friberg Da Cruz and initial editing Frejd. After his original contract only by the summer break was valid, the club in early June extended it to the end of the Tippeligaen season 2010. At the end of the season, the club missed the league, then he announced his departure in November.
In April 2012, brought his compatriot Pia Sundhage Gustavsson as a special coach for the defensive team in their coach for the U.S. women's national team. In the summer he won with the selection team to Abby Wambach, Carli Lloyd, Hope Solo and Christie Rampone Mannschaftskapitänin the Olympic football tournament of the Games of the 30th Olympiad in London the gold medal. Right after he became coach Tyresö FF in the Damallsvenskan. Under his leadership, the team at the end of the season the Swedish championship titles won before the tied competitors LDB FC Malmö.
Other Activities
Gustavsson worked as a commentator and expert on various television channels. In the 2010 World Cup, he supported alongside Glenn Strömberg Sveriges Television, and later hired him as Canal .