Thomas Dennerby

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Thomas Dennerby
Personal information
Full name Thomas Lennart Dennerby
Date of birth (1959-08-13) 13 August 1959 (age 64)
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1977−1985 Hammarby IF 157 (8)
1985−1987 Spårvägens IF
Managerial career
Värtans IK
Spårvägens FF
1996−1999 Hammarby IF DFF
2001 Hammarby IF (assistant)
2002−2004 Djurgården/Älvsjö
2005−2012 Sweden (women)
2013 Hammarby IF
2018−2019 Nigeria (women)
2019−2023 India U17 (women)
2019−2023 India U20 (women)
2021−2023 India (women)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Lennart Dennerby (born 13 August 1959) is a Swedish football manager. He managed Sweden to a third place finish at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. He last served as the head coach of the India women's football team.

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Career

Dennerby, the former coach of the Nigeria women's national football team also known as super Falcons was previously a player in Hammarby IF [1] and Spårvägens IF, as well as the national U21 team. He has also worked as a police officer. As a coach, he won Allsvenskan with Hammarby IF in 2001, and Damallsvenskan with Djurgården/Älvsjö. [2]

Dennerby can be seen in the Sveriges Television documentary television series The Other Sport from 2013.

He became manager of the Nigerian women's national team in January 2018. [3] He resigned in October 2019. [4]

On 9 November 2019, All India Football Federation (AIFF) appointed Dennerby as the head coach of India U17 Women's team which is going to participate in the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup as the host of the edition. [5]

Later Thomas Dennerby took charge as Head Coach of the Indian Senior Women's National Team in August 2021. [6]

Honours

Individual

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