Andreas Ulrik Tegström (born 18 January 1979) is a Swedish
football manager
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and former
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who played as a
striker. He is currently the head coach of
Eliteserien
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side
Sandefjord
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together with
Hans Erik Ødegaard, who he played with at Sandefjord. He is also known for his time as a player at
Fredrikstad
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.
Tegström wanted to become a professional ice hockey player while growing up, but he quit playing ice hockey and played football as an amateur for
Tenhults IF and Husqvarna FF. He was brought to Sandefjord in 2005 and scored 14 goals in his first season; the club won promotion to Tippeligaen. In Sandefjord's first season in the top-flight, Tegström scored ten goals in the league and played in the
2006 Norwegian Football Cup Final
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. The next season, he moved to Fredrikstad, where he was not a regular player on the first team. He spent time on loan with
Hønefoss
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in 2009, and he returned to Sweden after the 2010 season when his contract with Fredrikstad expired. After two seasons with the
Superettan
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side
Jönköpings Södra, he rejoined Husqvarna FF before the 2013 season.
Early life
As a child, Tegström dreamed of becoming a professional ice hockey player in the
NHL
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and for the
Swedish national ice hockey team, ''Tre kronor''. He played for
HV71
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, attended the hockey school in
Jönköping
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, and played football as a hobby. After he quit playing hockey, he worked at the local
Intersport
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store while playing football for
Tenhults IF. He later joined
Swedish Football Division 2 side
Husqvarna FF
Husqvarna FF is a football club in Huskvarna, Sweden. The team is sponsored by the Husqvarna AB.
History
Husqvarna FF was founded on 3 February 1987 following the merger of the men's association football sections of Husqvarna IF and Huskvarna S ...
.
Club career
Tegström scored 22 goals in as many matches in 2004, and was named Player of the Year in the
2004 Swedish football Division 2 The following are the statistics of the Swedish football Division 2 for the 2004 season. League standings Division 2 Norrland
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...
.
The same season, Husqvarna qualified for the promotion play-off where they met
Superettan
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side
Mjällby
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. This match was attended by scouts from the
Norwegian First Division
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side
Sandefjord Fotball
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. Even though the Sandefjord envoys came to watch Mjällby's
Marcus Ekenberg, they were more impressed by Tegströmwho was playing as a striker.
Tegström was also wanted by Superettan sides
Trelleborgs FF
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and
Östers IF
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, but joined Sandefjord ahead of the 2005 season and signed a three-year contract with the club.
Sandefjord
Tegström became an instant success at Sandefjord and contributed greatly to the club's first-ever promotion to the Tippeligaen, with a total of 14 goals when the club finished second in the
2005 Norwegian First Division.
Tegström scored a hat-trick in the decisive match, beating promotion-challengers
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4–2; Tegström's teammate
Andreas Augustsson scored one goal. Tegström also impressed at the top-flight in Norway, and after scoring five goals in the five first matches of the season he was the leading goalscorer in Tippeligaen, while his team was in fourth place despite being predicted to be in last place by every media outlet in Norway.
When Sandefjord played
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on 24 September 2006, both teams were fighting against relegation and Tegström scored the match-winning goal on a counter-attack after dribbling past half the Viking defencecomparable to
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's goal in the
1986 World Cup
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. Tegström scored ten goals and made five assists in the Tippeligaen, helping Sandefjord avoid relegation in their first year in the top-flight.
He also scored the first goal in the semi-final of the
2006 Norwegian Football Cup
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, which Sandefjord won 5–2 against
Rosenborg at
Lerkendal Stadion
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and played in the
2006 Norwegian Football Cup Final
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, in which the team lost 3–0 to
Fredrikstad
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.
After his performance for Sandefjord in 2006, ''
Expressen
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'' said that Tegström was wanted by several Norwegian, Danish and Dutch clubs, but signed a new contract with Sandefjord in December 2006 to the end of the 2009 season. ''
Verdens Gang
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'' predicted that the Sandefjord team would finish 11th in the
2007 Tippeligaen
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, but stated that Tegström had to perform at the same level as in the previous season for Sandefjord to avoid relegation.
Tegström scored one goal for Sandefjord in the 2007 season; the team struggled throughout the season
until it was relegated to the second tier. Tegström left Sandefjord half-way through the season, when he was sold to Fredrikstad in August 2007 for 4 million
Norwegian krone
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(NOK), according to ''
Sandefjords Blad
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''.
Fredrikstad
The same day his second child was born, Tegström scored a goal in his debut for Fredrikstad, a 2–0 victory against
Stabæk on 3 September 2007.
He scored against
Strømsgodset
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in October 2007. The following season, Tegström played as a substitute and scored one goal in the 2–0 victory against
Bodø/Glimt, with Fredrikstad leading the
2008 Tippeligaen
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after four matches. Tegström did not play much for Fredrikstad in the 2008 season because
Tarik Elyounoussi
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and
Garðar Jóhannsson
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Career
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were the preferred strikers in the starting lineup. Tegström secured the club's first silver medals since 1972 when he scored two goals against
Molde
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on 26 October 2008; he came on as a substitute in the 63rd minute of the match, which Fredrikstad won 2–1.
Before the 2009 season, Fredrikstad told Tegström that he was not part of the club's long-term plans and that he was welcome to find another club. Fredrikstad turned down an offer from Stabæk to buy the striker.
He did not start a single match in the pre-season,
but he came on as a substitute and scored a goal against Strømsgodset in the second match of the 2009 season. Tegström spent most of the 2009 season on the bench,
but in the
2009 Norwegian Football Cup tie against
Ranheim
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, he came on as a substitute and scored two goals in the extra time.
Later career
In August 2009, he was loaned out to the First Division side
Hønefoss
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until the end of the season, with an option to buy. In his first match for Hønefoss, Tegström scored a goal against
Alta; the game ended with a 2–0 victory. He scored a four goals in 12 matches for Hønefoss. After the season, he returned to Fredrikstad, which had been relegated to the First Division. He was troubled by injuries in his last season with Fredrikstad, and he started only nine matches.
Jönköpings Södra wanted to buy Tegström during the summer, but he did not join the club until his contract with Fredrikstad expired after the 2010 season. After playing two seasons for the Superettan side, Tegström returned to Husqvarna ahead of the 2013 season, where in addition to playing for the team, he was hired as chief of marketing.
Managerial career
In December 2015, Tegström was unveiled as the new manager of Assyriska IK in the
Swedish Football Division 3.
On 30 December 2020 he was announced as the head coach of his former team Sandefjord, together with
Hans Erik Ødegaard, replacing
Martà Cifuentes. When Ødegaard left to take over
Lillestrøm
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ahead of the 2025 season, Tegström remained in Sandefjord and took sole charge as manager.
Tegström fortsetter som hovedtrener
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1979 births
Sportspeople from Jönköping Municipality
Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
Fredrikstad FK players
Hønefoss BK players
Jönköpings Södra IF players
Living people
Norwegian First Division players
Eliteserien players
Sandefjord Fotball players
Superettan players
Swedish expatriate men's footballers
Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Swedish men's footballers
Swedish football managers
Husqvarna FF players
Men's association football forwards
Swedish expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Norway
Sandefjord Fotball managers
Eliteserien managers
Footballers from Jönköping County