Andrée Alexander Jeglertz (born 14 February 1972) is a Swedish

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Career

Playing career

A defender, Jeglertz played 25 games in the

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for

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and also played club football for IFK Trelleborg,

Umeå FC Umeå FC is a Swedish professional football club located in Umeå, Sweden. The club, formed in 1987, is currently playing in the third tier of the Swedish league, Ettan. The club is affiliated to the Västerbottens Fotbollförbund. Season to se ...

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and Gimonäs CK. He earned three

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for the Swedish under-21 national side.

Coaching career

Jeglertz moved from

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for the 2009 season, having previously also coached Gimonäs CK for one season. While at Umeå, Jeglertz won the Damallsvenskan Manager of the Year award twice, and won the

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. He was awarded the Finnish Football Manager of the Year in 2012. In November 2020 Jeglertz agreed to return to domestic women's football as the head coach of

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. Ahead of the

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announced he would step down from his role in charge of the Denmark women's national team once the event concluded. In preparation for Søndergaard's departure, the

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announced on 7 June 2023 that Jeglertz would take over following the tournament. Jeglertz's first game in charge did not come until 22 September, with a 2–0 group victory over

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in the

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. Despite four wins of their six games in the tournament, Denmark failed to advance with a second place finish within the group. Their finish also guaranteed that they would not partake in the

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. In April 2024, Denmark beat

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3–1 to begin their

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. Despite another second place finish, Jeglertz's squad qualified for the

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tournament, finishing three points behind 2023 World Cup winner

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. With the expiry of his contract with the Danish Football Association approaching on the two-year anniversary of taking charge and Denmark struggling in the

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, Jeglertz was uncertain of his future with the national team. Despite conversations with Jeglertz, Danish football director

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confirmed the following day that nothing had been confirmed between the two parties. On 3 June, Møller confirmed Jeglertz's tenure as head coach of Denmark will end at the conclusion of the 2025 Women's Euro tournament with Jakob Michelsen set to take over.

Career statistics

References

External links

Andrée Jeglertz profile
at the

(in Danish) * 1972 births Living people Men's association football defenders Swedish men's footballers Allsvenskan players Malmö FF players IFK Trelleborg players Umeå FC players IFK Hässleholm players Swedish football managers Djurgårdens IF Fotboll managers Finland women's national football team managers Denmark women's national football team managers Footballers from Malmö Damallsvenskan managers Swedish expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Finland Expatriate football managers in Denmark Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Finland Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Gimonäs CK players {{Sweden-footy-defender-stub