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Olof Persson (born May 5, 1978 in Malmö) is a Swedish football manager and the current assistant coach of Malmö FF in Allsvenskan. Persson also played professionally as a central defender.
Career
Persson played in central defence and had considerable aerial power. He played the majority of his career at Swedish club Malmö FF, he reached around 350 matches for the club and won the 2004 Allsvenskan. This is also where the current sports chief in AGF, Brian Steen Nielsen, as a player met Persson. Persson left Malmö FF after clashing with his coach, Sören Åkeby, who, incidentally, is a former coach of AGF. In his season at FC Tirol, Persson was a part of a team that won the Austrian Bundesliga — shortly followed by the club's bankruptcy. When Persson arrived at AGF, he was hailed as the new master of a very fragile defence, but after a few weeks he ruptured his ligament and he was never able to play an official match for the club before he retired from professional football on 4 September 2008.
Honours
- FC Tirol
- Austrian Football Bundesliga: 1
- 2002
- Malmö FF
- Allsvenskan: 1
- 2004