Lars Zetterlund

Lars Zetterlund
Personal information
Full name	Lars Åke Zetterlund
Date of birth	11 February 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth	Härnösand, Sweden
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Örebro SK (coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1979–1980	IF Älgarna
1980–1986	AIK
1986–1989	IFK Göteborg
1989–1996	Örebro SK
1996–1999	Dundee United F.C.
1999–2001	Örebro SK
2003–2004	IF Heimer
Total
International career
1983–1987	Sweden U21
Managerial career
2003–2005	IF Heimer
2006	IFK Eskilstuna
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lars Åke Zetterlund (born 11 February 1964 in Härnösand) is a Swedish former footballer. He is currently a development coach at Örebro SK.

Playing career

Zetterlund started his career in 1979 at IF Älgarna staying one year.

He made his way to AIK Fotboll where he won the Swedish Cup in 1985.

In 1986, he moved to IFK Göteborg where he won the 1987 Swedish championship and the UEFA Cup in 1987. The UEFA medal was won in a thrilling game 2-1 on aggregate against Scottish club Dundee United. The winning and losing teams were cheered by the United fans at the end of the second leg at Tannadice Park.

He signed for Örebro SK in 1989 because of the guaranteed first-team football. He spent seven years at the Behrn Arena playing almost 150 matches.

In 1996 he moved to Dundee United where he joined up with fellow Swede Kjell Olofsson. He played 79 games for United, scoring four goals, including one in the New Firm derby.

He returned to Sweden and to Örebro in 1999 and retired in 2001. He did come out of retirement in 2003 as player-manager of IF Heimer.

Coaching career

Zetterlund took over the reins of IF Heimer as player-manager in 2003 until 2005. He also had a short spell as manager of IFK Eskilstuna in 2006. In 2007, he became a youth development coach at Örebro SK.

Honours

Sweden:

Swedish Cup winner: 1984-85
Swedish football champions: 1987
UEFA Cup winner: 1986-87

Scotland:

Scottish League Cup runner-up: 1997-98

External links

Stats at Sportklubben.net (in Swedish)
Lars Zetterlund at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)