Mats Gren

Mats Gren

Personal information
Full name	Mats Åke Gren
Date of birth	(1963-12-20) 20 December 1963
Place of birth	Falun, Sweden
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Central defender
Team information
Current team	Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978–1983	Falu BS	45	(12)
1984–1985	IFK Göteborg	40	(9)
1985–2000	Grasshopper	427	(45)
Total		512	(66)
International career
1984–1990	Sweden U21	12	(5)
1984–1992	Sweden	22	(0)
Managerial career
2005–2006	FC Vaduz
2007–2009	Grasshopper (assistant)
2009–2011	Vejle BK
2012–2014	Jönköpings Södra IF
2020–	Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mats Gren (born 20 December 1963 in Falun) is a former Swedish footballer and head coach.

Career

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 1985–2000. He won the Swiss Super League 5 times (1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998) and won 4 cuptitles (1988, 1989, 1990, 1994).

International

Gren played 23 games for the Swedish national team and was a member of the squad in the 1990 FIFA World Cup and participated in one game coming in as a substitute.

Coaching career

On 31 May 2009 the current assistant manager of Grasshopper, 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 took up 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.

Personal

Mats son Mikael plays in the reserve team from Grasshopper.