Bo Augustsson
Quick Facts
Biography
Bo Augustsson (born in Gärds Köpinge on December 28, 1949) is a former Swedish professional footballer who played for Åtvidabergs, Den Haag and BoIS. During the 1970s, he was one of Swedish football's more technical players. However, a severe knee injury caused him to quit prematurely.After the active player years, he has been active in a number of clubs. Bo Augustsson, who also worked as a teacher, has had many new ideas about how to develop young football players' technique in particular; something that has often been neglected in Swedish football. Afterwards, Augustsson worked as a youth coach for various clubs in Sweden (Malmö, Helsingborgs, Bunkeflo, Luleå, AIK), United Arab Emirates, Finland, Norway (Sandefjord Fotball), Finland (Tukru) and the Netherlands (Feyenoord).
Since the summer of 2013, Bo Augustsson has been working as Head Coach of the South African Kaizer Chiefs Youth Academy in Johannesburg.
Personal Life
He grew up Malå Municipality
He has a younger brother (Jörgen) who played for Sweden in 1974 at the FIFA World Cup.