Thomas Askebrand, born ''Johansson'' 23 January 1969 in Åsa, is a

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football manager. He is the manager of Västerås SK.

Management career

Thomas started out his managing career for small local clubs in Hanhals, Bua and Lerkil. After one year in the Gothenburg club

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, as an assistant coach, he joined Superettan side Falkenberg. After five good seasons, Thomas left for the bigger club

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in January 2013. After a defeat against

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at home in the 9th game of the 2014-season, Gais officially sacked Askebrand due to bad results. The supporters and the board didn't think 8 points and a 13th place was good enough. On December 10, 2014, Östers IF announced Thomas Askebrand as their new head coach for two years. Östers played in

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but got relegated from both Allsvenskan and later

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the following year. In November 2017, it was confirmed that Askebrand would take charge of

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from the 2018 season. He left the club at the end of the 2019 season and was appointed head coach of Västerås SK.Thomas Askebrand ny huvudtränare i Västerås SK fotboll: ”Föreningen vill framåt”
svt.se, 14 November 2019

References

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