Stefan Hansson (born 6 December 1957) is a Swedish

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who holds a

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. He has worked alongside many different nationals managers and coaches including Stuart Baxter and Greg Reoch from England, enabling him to exchange many different techniques and acquired a good understanding of diversity and culture in the game. He had a great deal of success through his career winning eight league titles and one cup with different clubs in different countries as Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Seychelles, Vietnam and Myanmar. As a player, he played for several clubs in Sweden,

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and the

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. Late in his career he also acted as

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before becoming a full-time manager. During 2018 he will manage the Swedish third-tier side Älvsborg FF.

References

1957 births Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Myanmar Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Swedish football managers Expatriate football managers in Denmark Expatriate football managers in Myanmar Expatriate football managers in Indonesia Indonesia Super League managers Living people Skovlunde IF managers Zeyashwemye F.C. managers PS Mitra Kukar managers Swedish men's footballers Landskrona BoIS players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States South Melbourne FC players Expatriate football managers in Vietnam Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam People from Svalöv Municipality Men's association football players not categorized by position Ballerup-Skovlunde Fodbold managers Footballers from Skåne County Sarpsborg 08 FF non-playing staff {{Sweden-footy-bio-stub