Mats Gren
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Career & Clubs
Gren played for Falu BS 1982–1984. He then played for IFK Göteborg in 1984–1985 and became Swedish champion in 1984. Gren then moved to Grasshopper, where he played from 1985 to 2000. He won the Swiss National League five times (1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998) and won four Swiss Cup titles (1988, 1989, 1990, 1994).
Gren played 22 games for the Sweden national team and was on the squad in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, in one match as a substitute.
He was assistant manager of Grasshopper from 2009. On 31 May 2009 he was named as the new head coach of Vejle Boldklub and signed over three years here between 30 June 2012. Due to a poor start to the spring season of 2011, where Vejle dropped from 2nd to 3rd in the Danish 1st Division, Gren was sacked by the club board on 12 April 2011. In 2014, Gren left his job as manager Jönköpings Södra to take the role as sporting director at IFK Göteborg. On 10 October 2018, with the club showing poor results and having financial difficulties, IFK Göteborg sacked Gren.
- Club
- Grasshopper Club Zürich (1985–2000)
- Club
- Falu BS Football
- Club
- IFK Göteborg (1984–1985)
- Club
- Falu BS (1978–1983)
- Club
- Sweden national under-21 football team (1984–1990)
- Club
- Sweden men's national football team (1984–1992)
- Club
- Falu FK
- National team
- Sweden
Clubs
- Falu BS Footballcurrent
- Falu FKcurrent
- Falu BS1978–1983
- IFK Göteborg1984–1985
- Sweden men's national football team1984–1992
- Sweden national under-21 football team1984–1990
- Grasshopper Club Zürich1985–2000
Played together with
- Aarón GalindoGrasshopper Club Zürich · 2007–2007
Abdul RazakIFK Göteborg
Adam JohanssonIFK Göteborg · 2005–2011- Adam JohanssonIFK Göteborg · 2013
- Adolphe HugGrasshopper Club Zürich · 1941–1942
- Alain GeigerGrasshopper Club Zürich · 1995–1997
Alain SutterGrasshopper Club Zürich · 1985–1993
Alexander FarnerudIFK Göteborg
Alexander MerkelGrasshopper Club Zürich · 2014–2015
Alfred BickelGrasshopper Club Zürich · 1935–1956
Alhassan YusufIFK Göteborg · 2018–2021
Ali GerbaIFK Göteborg · 2006–2007
Archive
Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Mats Åke Gren is a Swedish football coach and former player who played as a defender. He played for IFK Göteborg and Grasshopper during a professional career that spanned between 1978 and 2000. A full international between 1984 and 1992, he won 22 caps for the Sweden national team and represented his country at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Gren was first playing as a forward, but as he was a utility player, the last ten years in Grasshopper he played as a defender and also became team captain.
Opinions of fans — not verified facts.
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