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John Klebér Saarenpää (born 14 December 1975[1]) is a Swedish football manager who is the current head coach of Superettan club IK Brage.[2] He is also a former professional footballer who played as a defender. He represented IK Sirius, Djurgårdens IF, IFK Norrköping, AaB, Hammarby IF, and Vejle during a career that spanned between 1992 and 2008. A full international between 2000 and 2001, he won 11 caps for the Sweden national team.

Klebér Saarenpää

Personal information
Full name	John Klebér Saarenpää
Date of birth	(1975-12-14) 14 December 1975 (age 46)
Place of birth	Uppsala, Sweden
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	IK Brage (manager)
Youth career
1981–	Stäppens IF
–1991	Uppsala-Näs IK
1991–1992	IK Sirius
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1994	IK Sirius	46	(2)
1995–1996	Djurgårdens IF	34	(1)
1997–2000	IFK Norrköping	88	(4)
2001–2004	AaB	31	(1)
2005	IK Sirius	5	(0)
2005–2006	Hammarby IF	6	(0)
2007	Vejle Boldklub	10	(2)
2007–2008	Hammarby IF	13	(0)
Total		233	(10)
National team
1991–1992	Sweden U17	9	(0)
1993–1994	Sweden U19	10	(0)
1995–1998	Sweden U21	11	(0)
2000–2001	Sweden	11	(0)
Teams managed
2009–2010	Hammarby IF (youth)
2011	Hammarby Talang FF
2012–2013	Syrianska
2014	Vejle BK (assistant manager)
2014–2016	Vejle BK
2016	Syrianska
2017	Hammarby IF (U19 manager)
2018–	IK Brage
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Saarenpää was born in Uppsala, of Finnish and Guinean descent, and started his career in local team Stäppens IF.

Saarenpää represented Djurgårdens IF, IFK Norrköping, Hammarby IF and AaB (in Denmark). He made a contract with the Danish club Vejle Boldklub from 1 January 2007. On 10 March 2007 the defender debuted as captain for Vejle Boldklub and scored two goals. His contract with Vejle Boldklub only ran until 30 June 2007 and Saarenpää has therefore played his last match for the club. After that he returned to his old club Hammarby IF and signed a two-year contract with the Stockholm based club. He ended his career after the 2008 season.

International career

Internationally, Saarenpää represented the Sweden U17, U19, and U21 teams a total of 30 times before making his full international debut for the Sweden national team on 31 January 2000 in a friendly game against Denmark.[3] He made his competitive debut for Sweden in a 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Slovakia, in which he played in all 90 minutes as Sweden won 2–0.[3] He appeared in four more qualifying games for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but missed the final tournament because of an injury.[4] He won a total of 11 caps between 2000 and 2001.[3]

Coaching career

In January 2014 he signed a 2.5 year contract with Vejle Boldklub as an Assistant Manager.[5] In October of the same year he was promoted to Manager of Vejle Boldklub after the former Manager Tonny Hermansen withdrew from the position.[6] He was sacked on 23 April 2016.[7]

Personal life

Saarenpää also has Finnish citizenship.[8]

References

External links

• (in Danish) Vejle Boldklub profile
• (in Danish) AaB profile

На других языках

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- [en] Klebér Saarenpää

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[fr] Klebér Saarenpää

Klebér Saarenpää, né le 14 décembre 1975 à Uppsala (Suède), est un footballeur suédois, qui évoluait au poste de défenseur à l'IK Sirius, à Djurgårdens IF, à l'IFK Norrköping, à l'AaB Aalborg, au Vejle BK et à Hammarby IF ainsi qu'en équipe de Suède.

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[it] Klebér Saarenpää

John Klebér Saarenpää (Uppsala, 14 dicembre 1975) è un allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore svedese, di ruolo difensore, tecnico del Brage.

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