Henrik Rydström

Henrik Rydström
Rydström in 2008
Personal information
Full name Henrik Per-Erik Rydström
Date of birth (1976-02-16) 16 February 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Karlskrona, Sweden
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Malmö
Youth career
1982–1993 Listerby
1993–1995 Kalmar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–2013 Kalmar 551 (23)
2014 Berga 0 (0)
2014–2016 Listerby 5 (1)
2016 Hossmo 1 (0)
Managerial career
2014 Kalmar (U17)
2015 Kalmar (U19)
2016 Kalmar (assistant)
2017 Kalmar (U19)
2017–2018 Kalmar (assistant)
2018 Kalmar (caretaker/assistant)
2019–2020 Sirius
2021–2022 Kalmar
2023– Malmö
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henrik Per-Erik Rydström (born 16 February 1976) is a Swedish football manager and former player who manages Allsvenskan club Malmö.

As of 2013 he was the sixth longest serving player in the world when it comes to playing for the same club.[1]

Career

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He made his debut for Kalmar in 1994 and played his last game for the team in 2013. He was a defensive midfielder known for a good passing foot and superb leadership on and off the pitch. In the spring of 2008, he was named best club captain of Allsvenskan in a vote from the players of the league.[2] Henrik Rydström holds the club record for most games played for Kalmar with 802 games.[3]

Politics

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He has held speeches for the Swedish Social Democratic Party. He stated in a podcast interview with local newspaper Sydsvenskan owned by Bonnier Group while manager for Malmö that he wants to "take the fight harder against the Sweden Democrats".[4] This statement stirred reactions from the Sweden Democrats in Malmö who accused him of "bullying and excluding their voter base from welcome to Eleda Stadion".[5] His statement furthermore marked a change in Malmö's neutral stance of outwards politics both regionally and nationally as a democratically membership owned football association as the press officer of Malmö attended the interview.

Honours and awards

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Player

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Manager

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References

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  1. ^ "Giggs blir svår att slå men Totti ska jag kunna vänta ut" (in Swedish). FotbollDirekt. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Allsvensk makt – del 2 - Fotbolldirekt – Experten på svensk fotboll".
  3. ^ "Tack för allt".
  4. ^ "Rädslan att förlora får aldrig bli större än viljan att vinna".
  5. ^ "Malmö FF mobbar SD Malmö".
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