Carlos Banda (born 28 March 1978) is a Chilean-Swedish football manager. He is the manager of Assyriska FF.[1]

Carlos Banda

Banda at a press conference on 4 April 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	(1978-03-28) 28 March 1978 (age 44)
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Assyriska FF (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1999	FC Café Opera
Teams managed
0000–2003	IF Brommapojkarna (youth coach)
2003–2010	Hammarby IF (youth coach)
2010	Djurgården IF
2011–2012	Djurgården IF (assistant coach)
2012–2016	Hammarby IF (assistant coach)
2017	Vasalunds IF
2018	Assyriska FF
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Banda played his highest level of football in then fourth tier team FC Café Opera, before he retired from football as a player due to a groin injury he had in 1999.[2] He began coaching youth teams of IF Brommapojkarna and moved on to Stockholm rival Hammarby IF in 2003, to coach in Hammarby's youth organization.[3]

Banda signed on for his first senior team Djurgården on 3 December 2009.[4] Along with co-manager Lennart Wass, Banda led his team to a tenth position in the 2010 Allsvenskan.[5] He stayed with Djurgården as an assistant coach to new manager Magnus Pehrsson until July 2012.

He then returned to Hammarby where he again was assigned the role of assistant manager. A position Banda held during the reigns of three managers: Gregg Berhalter, Thomas Dennerby and Nanne Bergstrand. Ultimately he left Hammarby by mutual consent in June 2016 after four years at the club.[6]

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