John Sanny Åslund (born 29 August 1952) is a Swedish former football coach and former player. As a player, he represented Degerfors IF,

AIK AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...

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, and

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during a career that spanned between 1971 and 1982. A full international between 1977 and 1979, he won five

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and scored two goals for the Sweden national team and was a part of their 1978 FIFA World Cup squad. As a coach, he most notably managed AIK and

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play thei ...

Club career

Åslund started his career in Sörby IK in 1963 and moved on to the professionals and played for Degerfors IF in 1971, after one season he moved to

AIK Fotboll AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...

, yet again he only played one season before moving on to Spanish

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in 1974 where he spent one year before being transferred to

of Germany. After his one-year spell in Germany, he returned to Swedish side

where he played between 1976 and 1982. During 1979 and 1980 he had a short spell in

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, is a professional football club and the most successful football club in Sweden in terms of trophies won. Formed in 1910 and affiliated with the Scania Football Association ...

International career

Åslund was an unused sub for the 1978 FIFA World Cup and managed to win five caps for the Sweden national team.

Post-playing career

He is a former CEO for AIK, and he is the father of former AIK player

Martin Åslund John Allan Martin Åslund (born 10 November 1976) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented Djurgårdens IF, IFK Norrköping, AIK, Salernitana, Viborg FF, and Assyriska during a career that spanned b ...

Career statistics

International

: ''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Åslund goal''.

References

External links

Profile at AIK Fotboll
Living people 1952 births Association football forwards AIK Fotboll players Malmö FF players RCD Espanyol footballers SV Werder Bremen players Allsvenskan players Bundesliga players La Liga players 1978 FIFA World Cup players Swedish footballers Swedish expatriate footballers Sweden international footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Germany Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Spain Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Swedish football managers AIK Fotboll managers IFK Norrköping managers Väsby IK managers AIK Fotboll directors and chairmen {{Sweden-footy-forward-stub