Bo Fredrik Björck (born 22 October 1979) is a retired Swedish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a defender and current head coach of

Västra Frölunda IF Västra Frölunda Idrottsförening () is a Swedish football club based in Gothenburg. Founded on 2 January 1930, the club has spent a total of ten seasons in Allsvenskan, the top tier of Swedish football. As of the 2025 season, Västra Frölund ...

Career

Club career

He joined

Helsingborgs IF Helsingborgs Idrottsförening, commonly referred to as Helsingborgs IF, Helsingborg or (especially locally) HIF (), is a Swedish professional football club located in Helsingborg. They play in the Swedish second tier, Superettan, following releg ...

before the start of the 2005 season, transferred from newly relegated AIK. A central defender, Björck has had injury problems during his time at HIF and the team has only been able to use him irregularly. When not injured, he has proven to be a stable player with a very powerful shot. Previously, he has also played for

and as a youngster for Kållered SK and

IFK Göteborg Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg (officially IFK Göteborg Fotboll), commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK (especially locally) or Blåvitt, is a Swedish professional Football team, football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, it ...

. In the autumn of 2008 he was made captain of

Esbjerg fB Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber (; commonly known as Esbjerg fB or EfB in short) is a Danish professional Association football, football club based in Esbjerg, West Jutland, Jylland, that plays in the Danish 1st Division, 1st division, the sec ...

. On 4 February 2010 it was announced that he had signed a contract with Norwegian Tippeliga team Tromsø IL, after failing a medical test with Tippeligaen rivals,

Aalesunds FK Aalesunds Fotballklubb, commonly known as Aalesund or AaFK, is a Norwegian professional association football, football club from the town of Ålesund (town), Ålesund, that competes in the Norwegian first division, the second tier of the Norwegi ...

Coaching career

On 25 August 2017, Björck was appointed player-assistant to newly appointed manager Sören Börjesson. Retiring at the end of the 2017 season, he continued with his assistant coach duties for

Örgryte IS Örgryte Idrottssällskap, commonly referred to as Örgryte IS, Örgryte () or (especially locally) ÖIS or Öis, is a Swedish sports club based in Gothenburg. It consists of four departments, namely bowling, football, athletics and wrestling. ...

. He left the position on 3 January 2019. In December 2019 it was confirmed, that Björck had been appointed joint-head coach of

alongside Adam Ekblad.Frölundaprofilerna tillbaka – som tränare
gp.se, 6 December 2019 Björck's former teammate,

Dime Jankulovski Dime Jankulovski (; born 18 June 1977) is a Swedish Association football, football coach and former professional player who currently is the assistant coach of Västra Frölunda IF. He played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. ...

, also joined the coaching staff as his assistant coach.

Career statistics

References

Guardian Football

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* Living people 1979 births Swedish men's footballers AIK Fotboll players IF Elfsborg players IFK Göteborg players Esbjerg fB players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Västra Frölunda IF players Helsingborgs IF players Tromsø IL players Eliteserien players Danish Superliga players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Men's association football defenders Swedish football managers People from Mölndal Municipality Footballers from Västra Götaland County {{Sweden-footy-defender-stub