Quick Facts
Biography
Jan Jönsson (born 24 May 1960) is a former Swedish football player and manager. He is the manager of Halmstads BK.
Career
Playing career
He spent most of his playing career with Halmstad.
Coaching career
Between 1993 and 1994 he was inaugurated as the Sanfrecce Hiroshima assistant coach with Stuart Baxter manager who became acquainted in Halmstad. Then, he is inaugurated as a coach with the Baxter even in Vissel Kobe.
After retiring he was appointed manager for Landskrona, which he took to the Swedish Premier League. In 2005 he took over Norwegian club Stabæk and led them to promotion in his first season. He won the league with Stabæk in 2008.
On 19 November 2014 it was announced that Jan was moving home to Halmstad and had signed a 3-year contract as head coach of HBK. His first season in charge ended with relegation from Allsvenskan. The following season Halmstad finished third in Superettan and faced Helsingborg in a two-legged play-off, which Halmstad won 3-2 on aggregate.
Club statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 1993 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | J1 League | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 1995 | Vissel Kobe | Football League | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | - | 18 | 6 | |
| 1996 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 15 | 1 | |||
| Country | Japan | 36 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 8 | |
| Total | 36 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 8 | ||
Honours
Norway
- Norwegian Premier League coach of the month: July 2006