Magnus Pehrsson

Pehrsson started his career in IFK Lidingö. He played for Djurgårdens IF and IFK Göteborg in Sweden, as well as Bradford City in England. For the 1999 season, he rejoined Djurgården. He retired from football as a player due to an injury in 2003.

Pehrsson represented Sweden at the youth and B levels.

Pehrsson started his coaching career as assistant manager in Åtvidabergs FF. He then managed IK Sirius in 2006 and GAIS in 2008.

Aalborg BK (2009–2010)

In January 2009 he moved from the Swedish leagues to Denmark to coach the Danish Superliga team Aalborg BK. In his first season AaB managed to finish the Superliga season in 7th with 3 wins and 7 draws from 16 matches under his management. AaB reached the 2008–09 Danish Cup final. In the UEFA Cup AaB were drawn against Deportivo La Coruña. AaB won the first leg at home 3–0 and the away leg 3–1 beating Deportivo 6–1 aggregate. AaB thereby earned a place among the last 16 where they faced Manchester City. After a 2–0 loss in Manchester in the first leg AaB fought back to tie the score with a 2–0 win at home, but were defeated by 4–3 on penalties. In his first full season AaB finished 5th in the league with 13 wins, 9 draws and 11 losses. In the 2009–10 Danish Cup AaB were surprisingly knocked out in the round of 16 by 2nd Division (third tier) club Hobro IK and in Europa League AaB lost out to Bosnia and Herzegovina club FK Slavija in the second qualifying round. With 9 points from the first 11 matches in 2010–11 Superliga season he was sacked on 11 October 2010 due to a poor start of the season.

Djurgårdens IF (2011–2013)

In May 2011 Pehrson was hired by Djurgården to replace Lennart Wass who had been sacked due to a poor start of the 2011 Allsvenskan. In his first season he managed to bring the team up…

Player

Djurgårdens

Division 1 Norra: 1994 Superettan: 2000 Allsvenskan: 2002

Manager

Malmö FF

Allsvenskan: 2017