Carlos Banda (born 28 March 1978) is a Chilean-Swedish

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manager. He is the manager of

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. Banda played his highest level of football in then fourth tier team FC Café Opera, before he retired from football as a player due to a groin injury he had in 1999. He began coaching youth teams of

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and moved on to Stockholm rival

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in 2003, to coach in Hammarby's youth organization. Banda signed on for his first senior team

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on 3 December 2009. Along with co-manager

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, Banda led his team to a tenth position in the

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. He stayed with Djurgården as an assistant coach to new manager

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until July 2012. He then returned to Hammarby where he again was assigned the role of assistant manager. A position Banda held during the reigns of three managers:

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and

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. Ultimately he left Hammarby by mutual consent in June 2016 after four years at the club.

Personal life

Born in Chile, Banda emigrated to Sweden when he was a child and returned to his country of birth in 1994, having a trial with Universidad Católica thanks to the coach Gino Valentini, who is a friend of his uncle. Then, he returned to Sweden. He has gone to Chile to give some football talks.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Banda, Carlos 1978 births Living people Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Naturalized citizens of Sweden Swedish men's footballers AFC Eskilstuna players Men's association football defenders Chilean football managers Chilean expatriate football managers Swedish football managers Djurgårdens IF Fotboll managers Hammarby Fotboll non-playing staff IF Brommapojkarna non-playing staff Assyriska FF managers Vasalunds IF managers Place of birth missing (living people) Djurgårdens IF Fotboll non-playing staff